The DEFT EDC is out!
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bigchelis
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Well, the meet went great. My buddy PCC had a difficult time doing the copper to LED bonding. So, just to have something ready for the CPF BBQ he put a 1.4A driver and XR-E on star which is not ideal. The DEFT has a hotspot about 50% smaller then the XR-E R2 EZ1000.
Needless to say the DEFT won, but I want to eventually show a video review once PCC finalized the LED to copper bonding and 2.1A driver.
bigC
Without active cooling in my opinion 2.1A is too much for the XR-E. On top of that it is too much thermal load for a light that size and still most likely will not equal the DEFT-edc for throw. I matched my components the way I did for a reason
Although that copper star I sent you is for an XM-L you can also use it to mount the XR-E if you think it would make things easier for him to get his LED mounted.sehireskili
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why does nobody add some videos and photos about deft edc for comparation?just afew
for such a popular light, there sure isnt much pics of video is there? just got mine in today, i will try to post up some pics soon. pretty nice little light, it is much smaller than i expected.
not quite sure how to capture a good beam shot pic....these pictures are with a cell phone, and i am no photographer. this is one fun light! its like a laser beam out of the lens. i have a lumapower d65v r2 with a turboforce head i was comparing it to. throw is very similar i do believe, but i will have to play around some more. the difference is this is much more portable than the lumapower!
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MCFLYFYTER
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Where is page 6,7,8,9 and 10?
bigchelis
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I tried, but its impossible to find something in this size that will throw anywhere near how much this throws. So, I can do a video of similar size lights considered throw lights but at 12~15K lux they hardly throw at all.
Maybe I can show a 350 OTF XR-E Lumapower D-mini with 35mm SMO bezel and 2A of current its at 24~25K lux due to the insane current and copper heatsink.
Stay tunned as this will be a nice comparison, but currently the 2A driver is being put together.
bigC
Joe Talmadge
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Apologies if I missed it somewhere in this long thread, but is there a beamshot or written description of the beam pattern close up, say 10 feet or less? Is the beam 2 inches wide, or 8 inches wide, or somewhere in between? And yes, I realize that's not the point of this light, but besides wanting the incredible throw, I have my own secondary purpose. thanks!
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Joe Talmadge
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Thanks! 7ish inches at about 10 feet, that's what I wanted to know!
GulfCoastToad
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Any suggestions on mounting this to a weapon?
Colonel Sanders
Flashlight Enthusiast
Thanks for the diffuser. Funny thing, it came in the mail last week and my wife opened it up and was startled to find a blank piece of paper with a little disc that she thought my be anthrax or something! LOL! Glad she didn't throw it away.
PoliceScannerMan
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I had this old flip up SF filter sitting around in my parts bin. It is awesome with the DEFT EDC. The diffsuion widens the beam enough to make it very useful up close, but it still has decent throw. Flip it up for some serious throw!
This flip up filter really does make this light EDC-able.
This flip up filter really does make this light EDC-able.
I would imagine any one of those universal gunlight mounts would work just fine. The battery is double sprung and the light has no modes that would go crazy under recoil.
Anthrax?! Wow. Tell your wife I'm sorry I scared her with the diffuser. I suppose I should have written something on that piece of paper I stuck in there. Next time I'll take away all doubt and write "anthrax". On second thought that would be a very quick way to change occupations to license plate manufacturing.Thanks for the diffuser. Funny thing, it came in the mail last week and my wife opened it up and was startled to find a blank piece of paper with a little disc that she thought my be anthrax or something! LOL! Glad she didn't throw it away.
Hmm. I'll have to check it out and see if it will work with my light. Thanks for the heads up!I had this old flip up SF filter sitting around in my parts bin. It is awesome with the DEFT EDC. The diffsuion widens the beam enough to make it very useful up close, but it still has decent throw. Flip it up for some serious throw!
This flip up filter really does make this light EDC-able.
Kestrel
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BigC, put yourself in a frame of mind of a couple years back and think about those last few words, which I found pretty amusing. It's amazing how fast our perspective has to change here.
PoliceScannerMan
Flashaholic
Michael, went hog hunting this week, and the guy I went with was astounded by me DEFT EDC.
He wants one, but with a green emitter. I didn't even try to explain the emitter choice and whether the XP-C came in green. The reason he wants green, he said that the game can't see green light. I have no idea if that statement is true.
Soooo, can u build a DEFT EDC with a green XP-C?
Thanks!
He wants one, but with a green emitter. I didn't even try to explain the emitter choice and whether the XP-C came in green. The reason he wants green, he said that the game can't see green light. I have no idea if that statement is true.
Soooo, can u build a DEFT EDC with a green XP-C?
Thanks!
Michael, went hog hunting this week, and the guy I went with was astounded by me DEFT EDC.
He wants one, but with a green emitter. I didn't even try to explain the emitter choice and whether the XP-C came in green. The reason he wants green, he said that the game can't see green light. I have no idea if that statement is true.
Soooo, can u build a DEFT EDC with a green XP-C?
Thanks!
As a matter of fact I can and have built one with a green LED already. I have some more green LEDs so I can make another. I really do think the DEFT-edc is the ideal gun light it is just a matter of enough people knowing my lights exist. I think you have my email address and you are welcome to forward that on to him so he can get in touch with me.
