Lithium466
Enlightened
I think Novatac must have used the cheapest emitters they could get, at the end of their life...coupled with no calibration.
your SPA @54 lumens is even more pathetically out of spec than mine @70 lumens.. but, like you, I mostly use about 20 lumens.. I do also enjoy the option to use 3 lumens at times..Good thing for me now is i can just click and every time i get around 26lm of usefulness. As i dont do sub lumen, it works out pretty much perfect as a general user.
Even more proof Hondo, that a more to date LED does give out more lumens.
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The actual cool LED in originally was imo quite good. By that i mean it was a pure white
no calibration.
Would you have the opportunity to measure the tailcap current on lowest and highest mode ?
Lumens are just a number Jon, 70, 120, 240....................end of the day, its quality of beam, how it is put down field(figure of speech.............could be garden). Just a number, most of the time, outside with a decent designed reflector(like these for size) puts out a good all rounder imo. Maybe 25-35lm is enough tbh.
My memory is useless....................well almost, i remembered i had posted the exact numbers(well which relate to each other) in hondo's awesome thread.
As follows
Ano stripped 120e
Previous measurements
Low – 10 lm, 140 cd
High – 30 lm, 420 cd
Turbo – 106 lm, 1520 cd
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Now with 219bt 4000k
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]High – 100 lm, 950 cd[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Turbo – 310 lm, 3100
Copy and paste from here Jon.....................fantastic read, if not read already get stuck in!
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thanks for those data points, ven
very helpful.. the 4k 219b produced 3 times more output, while keeping runtime presumably the same.. win win, I like 219b
a N219b 4.5k 9080 might be fun in the SPA
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[QUOTE="ven, post: 5236030, member: 293069"]The SPA was actually worse than my memory(gold)
Before
High – 54lm
Low – 8lm
After Nichia 219C D280 5000k 80CRI
High – 220lm
Low – 38lm
A jump from 54lm to 220lm which is quite a jump.
I look forward to hearing you managed to ramp down your SPA to 20 lumens on first click.
I am not sure how old you are Jon, how many roughly and to be expected years left to enjoy............................I wish you luck in what your looking forward to hearing
The Novatac SPL-120 AWLK was made for the US Army. At their request, Novatac removed the 0.3l (3 clicks) setting, and did not make it programmable. It can be hacked using the 250 click back door.
There are also 3 generations Novatac made for the US Army, each with a subtle change at the client's request.
Gen1 has a steel black-oxide bezel. Programming is 120L@1 click, 10L@2 clicks, Disorienting strobe@ 2click/press-hold
Gen2 has an aluminum bezel anodized to match the body. The Army also requested the head be locked to the battery tube to cut down on "movable parts". program remains the same.
Gen3 is the same as Gen2, but the bezel was elongated to accommodate a bezel up pocket clip, although no clip was requested or provided in the kit.
All of the SPA Defense lights were made in China.
Where does the 120M fits in these different gens?
Below you can see the differences in tailcaps, springs, contacts, etc.
From left to right: 120P, 85P, SPL-120, 120M
Head does not come off. Battery change only through tail.
Bill