CelticCross74
Flashlight Enthusiast
OUTSTANDING!! You are nailing the carbon fiber very well the patterns and textures are almost dead on like the knife I was talking about. Am preferring the natural finish top and the DLC top. Alright man so far you have more or less put together one hell of a high quality host! How is the mode selection done at this point in development looking like either a head twister or multi tap tail switch deal. Still consider a well done side switch for mode changes so the user can turn on and off the light as well as change modes with the same hand. Still no clip? Heat sinking with this lights thick top, bottom and you said radiator in the top? Appers so very good! Carbon Fiber is also excellent at heat sinking so you are looking great thus far.
So we need to get down to some electronic guts and wiring. The emitter is still XP-L? V5 or....? No matter how nice the materials that make up your light are it will be shopped and compared against the Fenix TAC35 XP-L, Jetbeam WL S2 XP-L and even the ET T25C2 XP-L V5. You are obviously looking to charge premium prices for what is obviously so far an expensive light to make and were not even to the guts yet. Looks like the light with its aluminum radiator will be thermally regulated at least on Max?
How is the reflector coming? Youre going to need to meet or beat the XP-L competition. Despite the extra thickness the thick head and tail are and the thickness the CF adds to the aluminum tube when it comes down to it this light internally has the same room to work with as the Fenix TAC35. A premium material premium price high out put XP-L PD35 size/output light is going to be expected to at least take an 18650, 3 volt CR123s and rechageable 2x 3.7 volt RCR's.
I would personally tune the reflector shape and emitter placement where the beam profile nails the huge hot spot, proper and even corona as well as the width of the beam diameter out of the UC35 it would the tint needs to be perfectly even across the hot spot and spill portions of the profile. No harsh purples or blues. Nail down the UC35 beam profile with the added efficiency of the XP-L and mostly what is widely expected out of a domed XP-L and so far that has been blinding white tint. The emitter and connected wiring has GOT to be bomb proof. If Im going to pay the prices I am imagining youll charge I should be able to not just drop the light from waist high without the emitter breaking loose and or solder points cracking etc I should be able to throw it high and far into 2 meters deep of water where the light should still be undamaged and cranking away.
I am LOVING your light so far OP but the competition in this class is cut throat and many. I own just about all the cigar tube sized PD35 class of lights and boy youve got your work cut out for you when it comes down to how well the light actually functions, how well done the beam profile is at ALL mode levels. Im not seeing anywhere on the so far posted lights where a clip would connect to. Its GOT to have a clip! Deep carry and bi directional make it out of a nice brushed steel anodize it whatever.
I have high hopes OP! I am very impressed so far youre blowing away the rest of this class of lights when it comes to materials Im sure Im not the only one waiting to see how you proceed with the electronics!
So we need to get down to some electronic guts and wiring. The emitter is still XP-L? V5 or....? No matter how nice the materials that make up your light are it will be shopped and compared against the Fenix TAC35 XP-L, Jetbeam WL S2 XP-L and even the ET T25C2 XP-L V5. You are obviously looking to charge premium prices for what is obviously so far an expensive light to make and were not even to the guts yet. Looks like the light with its aluminum radiator will be thermally regulated at least on Max?
How is the reflector coming? Youre going to need to meet or beat the XP-L competition. Despite the extra thickness the thick head and tail are and the thickness the CF adds to the aluminum tube when it comes down to it this light internally has the same room to work with as the Fenix TAC35. A premium material premium price high out put XP-L PD35 size/output light is going to be expected to at least take an 18650, 3 volt CR123s and rechageable 2x 3.7 volt RCR's.
I would personally tune the reflector shape and emitter placement where the beam profile nails the huge hot spot, proper and even corona as well as the width of the beam diameter out of the UC35 it would the tint needs to be perfectly even across the hot spot and spill portions of the profile. No harsh purples or blues. Nail down the UC35 beam profile with the added efficiency of the XP-L and mostly what is widely expected out of a domed XP-L and so far that has been blinding white tint. The emitter and connected wiring has GOT to be bomb proof. If Im going to pay the prices I am imagining youll charge I should be able to not just drop the light from waist high without the emitter breaking loose and or solder points cracking etc I should be able to throw it high and far into 2 meters deep of water where the light should still be undamaged and cranking away.
I am LOVING your light so far OP but the competition in this class is cut throat and many. I own just about all the cigar tube sized PD35 class of lights and boy youve got your work cut out for you when it comes down to how well the light actually functions, how well done the beam profile is at ALL mode levels. Im not seeing anywhere on the so far posted lights where a clip would connect to. Its GOT to have a clip! Deep carry and bi directional make it out of a nice brushed steel anodize it whatever.
I have high hopes OP! I am very impressed so far youre blowing away the rest of this class of lights when it comes to materials Im sure Im not the only one waiting to see how you proceed with the electronics!
