Liteflux LF2XT (Part 3)

[genotypic]

I thought the beam was much yellower than these latest pic's by genotypic.

Everyone keeps relating it to incandescent.

Mine is hardly incan like..

I picked light 24 from KuKu427's beamshot page which has a slightly less yellow tint.

I'll see if i can get some pics of actual objects rather than a white paper shot.

 

[cryhavok]

The tint picture accurately describes my LFX2T's tint as well. No yellow incandescent...just a nice soft white.

 

[Thujone]

The latest pics look like he set the white balance to the lf2xt. Remember it's all relative.

 

[DM51]

Let's keep this thread for discussions about the light itself. There's a thread here about charging 10440 Li-Ion cells.

 

[xcnick]

Let's keep this thread for discussions about the light itself. There's a thread here about charging 10440 Li-Ion cells.

At the risk of posting in the wrong place I want to ask about the right 10440 for the light. The thread mentioned above asks, but there is no answer, about the 10440 from light hound which may not have the button raised high enough. I too have this battery and wonder if it will work in this light.

 

[DM51]

OK, that is a fair one to cover here, but let's see if we can do it without getting too bogged down in the many different brands that may be available. I think I recall Titan mentioning somewhere above that the AW 10440 cell worked fine in his. That one is a recommended brand, available direct from AW and also AFAIK from Lighthound.

 

[TooManyGizmos]

Thanks DM51 .........

The AW might be the best choice ........

And it's also back in stock NOW at LightHound.


Now back on topic - and I won't take it off topic any more.

 

[jahxman]

At the risk of posting in the wrong place I want to ask about the right 10440 for the light. The thread mentioned above asks, but there is no answer, about the 10440 from light hound which may not have the button raised high enough. I too have this battery and wonder if it will work in this light.

I have used both the AW 10440s and Ultrafire 10440s with no problems in this light, they both work well.

 

[hogger]

I likey that clip. Dont know what the blue light is tho?

 

[genotypic]

I just received my LF2XT yesterday and I absolutely love the tint on mine..

The beam is flawless and the tint made me smile 😀😀😀

It's almost pure white with a tiny hint of warmth in it, and it makes my other lights look like colored LEDs.

He're a quick pic to compare it to my other lights:

L-R: Solarforce L2 with R2 drop in - should be a WC, LF5XT with an R2 WH, the LF2XT Q4 neutral, and Sabrewolf's 18650 edc with a 5A MC-E. Sunlight WB.

The lights are all at maximum brightness, running on Li-ions.

In reality, the WC and 5A tints are slightly less saturated than how they appear in the pics..

I don't have my LF2X anymore, but I would say that the difference in brightness is not as significant as I thought...120 lumens is plenty for keychain duty anyway.

Here are more tint comparision pics.. Sorry I couldn't find anything more glamorous to photograph 😛

The LF2XT's tint is neutral and looks like a 3B/3C tint to me according to this chart.

The lights are diffused by simply placing it behind a sheet of A4 paper. Exposure is set to auto, and white balance is 5500K, which is the colour temperature of afternoon sunlight.

I think Liteflux got it right as far as tints are concerned..no reddish hue from the 5As, and a definite improvement from the cool whites.

 

[matrixshaman]

deleted as it was related to Titan1833's charging question - PM me is you have any concerns on that unit.

 

[matrixshaman]

I thought the beam was much yellower than these latest pic's by genotypic.

Everyone keeps relating it to incandescent.

I might have posted something to that effect first day but it really is NOT close to incandescent - just that it's not your typical cool white LED - it's warmer but after comparing to incan it's just not even close IMO.

 

[matrixshaman]

Here are more tint comparision pics.. Sorry I couldn't find anything more glamorous to photograph 😛

The LF2XT's tint is neutral and looks like a 3B/3C tint to me according to this chart.

The lights are diffused by simply placing it behind a sheet of A4 paper. Exposure is set to auto, and white balance is 5500K, which is the colour temperature of afternoon sunlight.

I think Liteflux got it right as far as tints are concerned..no reddish hue from the 5As, and a definite improvement from the cool whites.

Very nice comparison! This shows very well the really nice tint this LED has.

 

[KuKu427]

Nice pic genotypic :thumbsup:

Just a reminder to all who are interested on running the 2XT on Li Ions
Make sure you get button-top cells when ordering 10440s for the 2XT.
They're the ones on the bottom.

 

[wingnutLP]

I can't seem to reduce the number of modes on mine 🙁

I have checked that auto off is not turned on by leaving the light turned on for more than 5 minutes. Auto off is definitely turned off. I have never tried to turn it on so as far as I know if it comes with this feature turned off then it has never been turned on.

If I go into the mode number select and set it down to 3 modes then 3C + PH to save this then the light saves it and will cycle through just three modes OK until the light is turned off. As soon as you turn the light off when you turn it on again it goes back to 5 modes 🙁

Does anyone else have this problem?

Alex



EDIT: A factory reset has sorted it out. At some point maybe I accidentally turned the auto off feature on and that may have screwed up the mode number setting.

Aside from the couple of tiny bugs this light is simply amazing 🙂 running on 10440's the low is beautifully low, 50% is as much light as you could need most of the time and 100% gives short bursts of incredibly bright light. I love it 🙂

 

[matrixshaman]

I can't seem to reduce the number of modes on mine 🙁

I have checked that auto off is not turned on by leaving the light turned on for more than 5 minutes. Auto off is definitely turned off. I have never tried to turn it on so as far as I know if it comes with this feature turned off then it has never been turned on.

If I go into the mode number select and set it down to 3 modes then 3C + PH to save this then the light saves it and will cycle through just three modes OK until the light is turned off. As soon as you turn the light off when you turn it on again it goes back to 5 modes 🙁

Does anyone else have this problem?

Alex



EDIT: A factory reset has sorted it out. At some point maybe I accidentally turned the auto off feature on and that may have screwed up the mode number setting.

Aside from the couple of tiny bugs this light is simply amazing 🙂 running on 10440's the low is beautifully low, 50% is as much light as you could need most of the time and 100% gives short bursts of incredibly bright light. I love it 🙂

Do you have the flowchart for this light? I haven't had enough time to play with it but I'll bet you are missing something in the save procedure which IIRC was somewhat tricky with the LF3XT and may also be the 2XT. BabyDoc or some others here can probably help you better with that. In the meantime I'd look carefully to make sure you are completely exiting out of the options menu and all menus with 'saving' in mind.

I guess I missed that you fixed the problem in your edit before responding. Read the whole post matrix

Glad you are enjoying this cool light!

 

[BabyDoc]

I can't seem to reduce the number of modes on mine 🙁

I have checked that auto off is not turned on by leaving the light turned on for more than 5 minutes. Auto off is definitely turned off. I have never tried to turn it on so as far as I know if it comes with this feature turned off then it has never been turned on.

If I go into the mode number select and set it down to 3 modes then 3C + PH to save this then the light saves it and will cycle through just three modes OK until the light is turned off. As soon as you turn the light off when you turn it on again it goes back to 5 modes 🙁

Does anyone else have this problem?

Alex



EDIT: A factory reset has sorted it out. At some point maybe I accidentally turned the auto off feature on and that may have screwed up the mode number setting.

Aside from the couple of tiny bugs this light is simply amazing 🙂 running on 10440's the low is beautifully low, 50% is as much light as you could need most of the time and 100% gives short bursts of incredibly bright light. I love it 🙂

Hey, Wingnut, you're getting the hang of things just fine. As I was reading your problem, I knew that it had to be something with the Auto-off. Even before you did the factory reset, I knew that was going to fix it! Yes, there are a few glitches in this light, but the more you experiment with it, you realize that in spite of the glitches, this is one of the best lights around. It is certainly the most versatile AAA light for the money!

 

[wingnutLP]

this is one of the best lights around. It is certainly the most versatile AAA light for the money!

When they announced an AAA version of the LF3XT I knew we were on to a winner. Now all we need is LED technology and optics to improve to the point we can throw out all of our other lights and have a single AAA light for the whole lot!

Give it 10 years and we will be there

 

[Flying Turtle]

When they announced an AAA version of the LF3XT I knew we were on to a winner. Now all we need is LED technology and optics to improve to the point we can throw out all of our other lights and have a single AAA light for the whole lot!

Give it 10 years and we will be there

My feelings/hopes exactly. As much as I like the LF3XT this one is what I've really been waiting for.

Geoff

 

[BabyDoc]

When they announced an AAA version of the LF3XT I knew we were on to a winner. Now all we need is LED technology and optics to improve to the point we can throw out all of our other lights and have a single AAA light for the whole lot!

Give it 10 years and we will be there

Its kind of exciting how quickly the LF2XT has taken off. I recall that with the LF3XT there was a lukewarm acceptance of this light, which I couldn't understand. At the time, the EX10 and D10 were getting most of the attention and it took a long time for the LF3XT to take off. But finally, it did and people became as enthusiastic, as I was from the very beginning with the LF3xt. Here we are already on Part 3 of the LF2XT thread with almost everyone loving their light, even to the point of overlooking some of its glitches. But isn't that what true love is all about?