HDS Systems #23

[neco]

Hope I get the shopping notification for my NB30 soon. The order was May 18, 2021.

Than only the tubes are still open. My order was April 26, 2021. It is almost the 1st anniversary.

Think you should get your notification soon, I got shipping notifications for 2 of my lights late last week and both were ordered same day as you (18 May 2021). Now just waiting one more shipping notification for light ordered 24th of May last year.

 

[lion504]

My order was October of 1963.

:ROFLMAO:

 

[WarriorOfLight]

Think you should get your notification soon, I got shipping notifications for 2 of my lights late last week and both were ordered same day as you (18 May 2021).

I am sure I will get the notification soon. Since I have enough spare HDS lights I can wait... :)

 

[wweiss]

Wow... You are waiting really long :crackup::yellowlaugh:

Did you oder by internet, Phone, Letter or carrier pigeon? :party:

I order on Arpanet… Or was it DARPA net? I dunno

 

[WarriorOfLight]

My 2nd flashlight has been shipped yesterday.:clap:

But only for correction reasons. The tubes were ordered 12. October 2020. I was mixed up completely. I am really getting old and start forgetting things... :banghead:

 

[TILL-22]

Happy anniversary, WarriorOfLight!

 

[the.Mtn.Man]

At this point I almost don't want a shipping notification. It might be more fun for it to just show up in the mailbox one day.

Ah, like the good ol' days.

 

[slumber]

Can any of you old timers tell me if this switch boot from a legacy Ra Clicky tail cap is user replaceable and if so how? All my other Clicky tail caps have slots on the retaining ring which can be unscrewed with a dime. Any help is appreciated.

 

[desert.snake]

I see a snap ring here, poke it with a knife and pull it out

 

[slumber]

Thanks DS. I figured that might be the way to go. I had already tried lightly prying on the silver ring, but got no real movement so I thought I'd confirm I was going down the right path.

 

[neco]

2 new lights arrived, those on the far right.
Left to right: HiCRI XPG Clicky (3700k) 120 lumens, NB45 Clicky, SS40 Panda Rotary, NB45 Rotary, NB40 Rotary.

Just waiting for one more NB35 on the way.

Interesting change in reflector texture going from shiny orange peel in the SS40 to more diffuse pattern in latest reflector. New rotary tails feel very smooth and so far am finding that I like the NB40 better than the SS40 in the 4K temperature range. Overall very happy with the lights, one year was worth the wait!

 

[jon_slider]

congratulations on your selection

could you share a photo of the lights Turned ON please.. (Proof of Light.. lol)

 

[elzilcho]

Any idea on a hoped-for timeline to work through the lights that are in the repair queue?

 

[WarriorOfLight]

far am finding that I like the NB40 better than the SS40 in the 4K temperature range.

in my opinion NB40 is the best 4000k LED option I have. Maybe NB4 - the Nichia 4000K 9050 is better...???... but sice I do not own this option, the NB40 is the best for me. Better than NC40 and better than SS40 and other 4000K options. I also prefer NB40 over NB45.

 

[Duster1671]

@neco - How is the Nichia beam from these new reflectors in terms of artifacts, rings, and tint shift?

 

[neco]

congratulations on your selection

could you share a photo of the lights Turned ON please.. (Proof of Light.. lol)

Sure, here’s a photo with the lights on, same order as before. Not sure if I’m imagining it or not but I find the latest NB45 better than my previous NB45. Seems just slightly warmer, maybe less blue? Too soon to confirm though.

Left to right: HiCRI XPG Clicky (3700k) 120 lumens, NB45 Clicky, SS40 Panda Rotary, NB45 Rotary, NB40 Rotary.

 

[jon_slider]

I find the latest NB45 better than my previous NB45. Seems just slightly warmer, maybe less blue?

thanks for the photo, yes, the 219b 4500k sw45k, vary by Dbin, and even within the same bin, D220 is less pink than D200.. here are some examples of different sw45k bins:

 

[neco]

@neco - How is the Nichia beam from these new reflectors in terms of artifacts, rings, and tint shift?

I’m not much of a white wall hunter so not sure about artifacts, rings etc. Here are a couple of photos from the SS40 and the latest reflector on the bottom. In use it seems the latest reflector is more useable of the two.

SS40 (shiny orange peel)

NB40 (latest reflector)

 

[Robot Mania FU]

2 new lights arrived, those on the far right.
Left to right: HiCRI XPG Clicky (3700k) 120 lumens, NB45 Clicky, SS40 Panda Rotary, NB45 Rotary, NB40 Rotary.

Just waiting for one more NB35 on the way.

Oh, so YOU'RE the reason we all had to wait :LOL:

 

[neco]

Oh, so YOU'RE the reason we all had to wait :LOL:

I'm sure I'm not the only one guilty of ordering more than one :)