Dragonfueled
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I want a DBS so bad but I figure Ill waite for the next jump in led performance. Im guessing they will have an R2 DBS eventually. Any thoughts on how long it might be?
Any ideas when the R2 will show up in the DBS
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WadeF
Flashlight Enthusiast
R2's are in short supply right now. I know Alan will do his best to get them available to us as soon as he can, but who knows how many he'll be able to get and how long the supplies will last until he can get more.
They'll be available in pills after they're no longer in demand. 
It makes no business sense to sell a pill when you can sell an entire light at a much higher price for barely an increase of the manufacturing cost. R2s are hard to come by now, if they're made into pills NOW, the price will not be as affordable as we would think a stand alone pill should.
It makes no business sense to sell a pill when you can sell an entire light at a much higher price for barely an increase of the manufacturing cost. R2s are hard to come by now, if they're made into pills NOW, the price will not be as affordable as we would think a stand alone pill should.
WadeF
Flashlight Enthusiast
They'll be available in pills after they're no longer in demand.
The only way Dereelight sells lights is with pills. So if they make a pill with an R2, you can either buy just the pill, or a light with a R2 pill. I've never seen Dereelight only offer a pill only if you get a light with it.
If Dereelight has to pay a premium to get R2's, then that maybe passed onto the customer, which is fine by me as I understand it's still a premium bin that is in short supply.
adamlau
Flashlight Enthusiast
I would certainly pay a higher premium for an R2 today. Just to see how it compares in terms of runtime vs the Q5.
nanotech17
Flashlight Enthusiast
i read somewhere in the cpf about the R2.
Just to share :-
" The new XR-E R2 seems not as bright as Q5 at high forward current due to warmer color tempeature.
It has more advantage on power saving since the forward voltage is much lower than Q5.
We feed 800mA and 1A to compare both lumens output and power consumption.
The result of forward voltage shows 10% lower than Q5."
Just to share :-
" The new XR-E R2 seems not as bright as Q5 at high forward current due to warmer color tempeature.
It has more advantage on power saving since the forward voltage is much lower than Q5.
We feed 800mA and 1A to compare both lumens output and power consumption.
The result of forward voltage shows 10% lower than Q5."
