Only thing thats all that better about the yinding is the front cover (removable for easy optics change) and stock heat dissipation is better. Modding to compensate is pretty simple imo. thin piece of copper sheet, good scissors and a drill. Takes about 10-15 mins. What ive done (about to put thread up from first plate mod will now almost finished light) is very extensive but its because as of last check, KD drives LEDs harder than yinding (unless they fixed that) by quite a bit and I pushed it 1010mA harder lol.
KD2 works, but unless your in a rush (KD 2 on amazon under brands of mudder and securitying) or being really cheap, buy the yinding FROM GB (not other places). And seems yindings are taking FOREVER (backorder or what I dont know) to arrive. But these guys are more in the loop than me.
KD2 stock ok, difficult but fun to mod, higher output on driver to emitters, all around BETTER driver (programmable). KD is working on the heat issues
Yinding, better build/heat management, easier to change optics, since its a “clone” parts from the REAL version fit it (optics). And if your up for it, KD driver fits in yinding so can get good KD driver into it, making the yinding an awesome light.
I hope this is not a ‘hijack’ guys. If it is, please report it and let the admin delete it/pm me and I will delete my post. Interested bikers can have a look here for a GB on the fenix BC30.
Just received my BC30 today, very good light and nice neutral tint with an excellent beam profile. One big advantage with the BC30 is if you’re spending some time on roads you don’t have to worry about blinding other commuters so much as the light has a horizontal cut off. I’d consider the yinding if the price were considerably cheaper, however either with stock battery or with the solarstorm battery pack you’ll be required to do some DIY for waterproofing. The latter I’d be concerned with the connector as mixing connector heads with different batteries often means a lack of waterproofing.
wanted to throw this over here too. Read a few things about de-doming emitters. Considered trying it but….havent been that brave. Well till today which was compeltely by accident. Wont bore you with the story behind it, but basically using noctigons inside my yinding. Last night accidently without realizing it (the long story) put it back together and emitters werent centered in the optics, noticed it today, went to fix the one cause the dome was pushed off to the side and it just popped off. Not sure how safe or anything this is (but dome isnt resiliant to anything anyway) wihtout any dome at all, but holy crap talk about a boost in throw. I can even notice any loss in light with 1 emitter de-domed but the throw change and better spot is awesome. Got my yinding to exactly where I could ever want a helmet light set up.
So thats how you make these and similar have a nice throwy spot using LEDDNA 15deg optics lol.
