anyone knows any make and model of high CRI led flashlight? preferably something greater than 90 with above 200lm output?

haha... i think your D-Mini VX Ultra SST-50 will be no match to his new toy... it can B-U-R-N ... yea... literally... when couple with the correct lens...

but if there is a D-Mini VX Super Ultra SST-90 High CRI, then that will be a whole different story...

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Dec 8 2009, 05:19 PM

Out of reach at the moment for McGizmo...
current neutral white emitters offerings has yet to reach the CRI level of Nichia's. Only some rare quantity are floating around customs and modders. May finally give-up searching for complete flashlight and go for drop-in instead.

strobelighter, since you can get all three from GW2U, it may be better to pay them a visit and try them out yourself. I'm confident that GW2U will be able to guide you thru your evaluations.
your choice will depends on some selection criteria that you plan to use the light for:
1) Usage Indoor or Outdoor or both
2) Types of battery you plan to invest or already invested
3) Runtime vs Output
4) Pocketable vs holster carry vs BOB

well, for me, it will be an easy pick, EagleTac P100C2 Neutral White!!!
EDIT:
but...
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I recommend to take a closer look at EagleTac T100C2 MKII Neutral White (OP/SMO). I still think it's one of the better performance/value flashlight to date, if not the best!

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Dec 9 2009, 11:34 PM

something shiny, something black, something shadowy, something bright!


and joining other AAA family members...


hope to get the Preons soon to do a comparison review...

Tint is warm (lean towards greenish), feels hefty, hot spot is well define and transit smoothly into spills, reverse clicky switch feels better than Preon Ti that I tested from polkiuj, 3 modes (Med, Low, High), anodizing is flawless on my unit, XP-E emitter is well centre sitting in lite OP reflector, thread feels smooth, can tail stand...

nope... they are different design.

haha... but "shadowy" == noticeable PWM

It's like asking a Hummer driver about fuel economy... What's the question again?

pseudoblue, those are some nice pictures you have there.

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my LiteFlux LF2XT











from left, iTP A3 EOS, LF2XT Q4, LF2XT R2, all on max, 1/100 sec

haha... not always, me "kiasi" and "kiasu", so always tend to have a backup... and backup of the backup...

EDIT: But seriously, these LF2XT does live-up to the "Most advance AAA EDC light" claim as far as I'm concern.

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Dec 18 2009, 07:02 PM

this is obviously not news... but just went to light-reviews.com to check out those Quark reviews: Quark 123² Tactical and Quark AA² Regular, and glad that i have similar runtime experience (compare to selfbuilt's reviews here: 4Sevens Quark Round-up Review, guess when you win some, you lose some).
I didn't pay much attention to the runtime for first 2 sets of batteries on my 123² and >10 charging cycles on AA², but now I know why I keep getting the feeling that the 123² just keep running and running, above and beyong the rated 1.8 hours (mine was ~20 minutes each run for 9 days), while the AA² just barely touches ~1 hour instead of the rated 1.3 hours (guess they could be using 2500/2700mAH setup).

my Quark's food supply:
feeding Quark 123² Tactical with 4Sevens' CR123A batteries,
feeding Quark AA² Regular with Eneloop 2000 mAH LSD batteries

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Dec 19 2009, 01:22 PM

well explained. yup, for all things equal, the Lithium CR123A primaries may give approximately twice the performance... but it gets more complicated when taking into account other variables (Vf? temperature? cell resistance? etc... ) wasn't trying to compare the different batteries chemistries tho, I'm just pretty impressed by the efficiency of Quark 123² circuit.

hey, do post some pictures of the RRT-0 when you have it. especially the warm one

Haha, that's a special run of LF2XT titanium with sapphire lens and Cree XP-G from Steve Ku.
I'm waiting for 'official' XP-G release from LiteFlux next year, hope the neutral white XP-G will be available in time to make it.

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Dec 20 2009, 11:17 AM

huh? the QMini 123 comes with Tesco battery? 4Sevens CR123A no more stock?
is the wall of the QMini too thin? or the light feels too light (no pun intended)? does it feels hot (uncomfortable to hold) when running more than 10 minutes continuously?

Beauty and the Beast

Thanks to polkiuj...
A Very Merry Christmas everyone...

hahaha... that very much depends on your "inner" taste...
also just found out yesterday that these Preons are lego-able with iTP A3 EOS.

when clones are better than original?


L2P in all its glory


EDIT: perhaps NOT!

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Dec 23 2009, 07:23 PM

my IMRs are fully charged!

pseudoblue, had to find out myself... well, it works, it fit!

the TK40 head is big enough... haha...