The ultra-small (0.5" x 1.85") Draco with XRE from modamag is impressive - incredible performance from such a small and lightweight package. This thread has lots of info/discussion:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/137487
The light is Flupic (PWM) controlled with 3 levels: burst, low, and a user selected level (10 levels to choose from).
Not a throw monster by any means but a LOT of output available - up to 110 lumens (yes that's 3 digits!!) distributed into a very useful wide beam with a soft spot and bright spill, gradual transitions, no artifacts, rings etc. Here's the Draco beam profile compared to some other lights. Similar total output but much wider flood than the other XRE lights (A19 and P1D-CE) – beam somewhat similar to the SF L4's very floody "wall of light". Note the very wide "secondary spill":
Level 4 provides more than enough of light (20-25 lumens) for about any task, and runs an amazing 75 minutes on a tiny rechargeable (unprotected) 10280 cell:
Here's the detail on what I got for all levels (runtimes estimated using level 4 runtime as a baseline then scaling all other levels based on lumens – probably pretty close since this light is PWM):
Primary intent is for a keychain but I will carry loose. Look and feel is very high quality.
Not surprisingly, it gets very hot on burst within a couple minutes and not a good idea to run much longer than that on burst.
Overall a fascinating light that may be showing a glimpse of the future – outrageous performance for size. Congratulations to modamag!
[EDIT 1/27: since the original post I have found that the light does NOT get excessively hot on burst if held in the hand. My original post was based on observation with the light sitting on a wooden block – not representative of actual use. Also - below is a schematic of the operation of the Flupic v2. Not sure if it helps, but I've tried to expand on the supplied user guide schematic in an attempt to make it a little more descriptive/understandable. In any case, for what it's worth….]
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/137487
The light is Flupic (PWM) controlled with 3 levels: burst, low, and a user selected level (10 levels to choose from).
Not a throw monster by any means but a LOT of output available - up to 110 lumens (yes that's 3 digits!!) distributed into a very useful wide beam with a soft spot and bright spill, gradual transitions, no artifacts, rings etc. Here's the Draco beam profile compared to some other lights. Similar total output but much wider flood than the other XRE lights (A19 and P1D-CE) – beam somewhat similar to the SF L4's very floody "wall of light". Note the very wide "secondary spill":
Level 4 provides more than enough of light (20-25 lumens) for about any task, and runs an amazing 75 minutes on a tiny rechargeable (unprotected) 10280 cell:
Here's the detail on what I got for all levels (runtimes estimated using level 4 runtime as a baseline then scaling all other levels based on lumens – probably pretty close since this light is PWM):
Primary intent is for a keychain but I will carry loose. Look and feel is very high quality.
Not surprisingly, it gets very hot on burst within a couple minutes and not a good idea to run much longer than that on burst.
Overall a fascinating light that may be showing a glimpse of the future – outrageous performance for size. Congratulations to modamag!
[EDIT 1/27: since the original post I have found that the light does NOT get excessively hot on burst if held in the hand. My original post was based on observation with the light sitting on a wooden block – not representative of actual use. Also - below is a schematic of the operation of the Flupic v2. Not sure if it helps, but I've tried to expand on the supplied user guide schematic in an attempt to make it a little more descriptive/understandable. In any case, for what it's worth….]
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Amazed at how bright this little thing is.
