OLight K90 pics leaked (SST-90 light)

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tab665 said:
the costs of making a HID is much more than the cost to make a LED light. you cant just charge an arm and a leg simply based on lumens. heres the four main things in my opinion that make HIDs expensive.. 1. HID bulbs cost more, 2.they mostly all come with thier own battery pack/charger, 3. HID's have the added cost of needing a ballast, and 4. bigger light, more material. however, with the size of this light, and the included battery pack/charger olight is stepping into the HID price waters.
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The cost of a top-bin SST-90 from Photonfanatic in CPFMarketPlace is $60 too.

So 3 out of 4 of your points that apply to HIDs making them more expensive also apply to this light.

The only thing that doesn't apply is the cost of a ballast.
 
$60 is more than twice the cost of a Chinese HID bulb btw (in production volumes).

Also, the regulation and control circuitry in the LED doesn't exist in the HID so match it against the ballast.
 
Bingo. Plus with the light being as completely humongous as it is, and the added cost of a balanced 6x18650 battery pack...I can see the price being decent. It's also not going to be insanely high production numbers to reduce costs at all that way. Not going to be a cheap one, that's for sure...

...but I still can't wait to see it! :popcorn:
 
well if anyone can produce a light like this at a relatively low cost, it would be the chinese...nobody is better at logistics than they are. despite that they'll still sell this at a high price.

A) they can always drop the MSRP if they aren't moving enough units...consumers would love that, whereas trying to squeeze more money out of the market if demand is higher than anticipated would still be bad for PR.

B) if you have a unique product to sell and no competition then it only makes sense to exploit that advantage so long as you have it.
 
A light like this cannot be produced at a 'low cost' - the materials costs alone are very high - then add in machining, assembly, development, packaging, distribution...
 
The old adage "you pay for what you get" is still largely true with flashlights regardless of their country of origin.

Manufacturers like Jetbeam and Olight have improved their quality immeasurably since their first offerings in every respect and they now have a level of expertise which offers consumers considerable reassurance that their investments will be rewarding.

It is the quality of the end-product which will find its market-place value.
 
romteb said:
I really doubt Olight buys sst90 from photonfanatic, the cost of an SST90 bought by the reel is probably less than half the mentionned 60$.
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My point was to show that the SST90 is not a trivial cost.

If photonfanatic is charging more than twice as much for it as he does for other leds, then he is also paying a lot more for it from whatever his source is.
 
MattK said:
A light like this cannot be produced at a 'low cost' - the materials costs alone are very high - then add in machining, assembly, development, packaging, distribution...
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i realize that...the point i was making is that a product of this magnitude will go for as high a price as possible, regardless of production cost, especially when you consider that this may be on the market for a few months before other MFG's get their own version out there to provide direct competition.
 
easilyled said:
My point was to show that the SST90 is not a trivial cost.

If photonfanatic is charging more than twice as much for it as he does for other leds, then he is also paying a lot more for it from whatever his source is.
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That's what i understood, i was unecessarily ironical, sorry :naughty:
 
ACHË said:
I've often wondered why there aren't any/many high power flashlights with active cooling?

While in smaller form factors this is impractical and it would kill the efficiency. In a large multi battery setup like this one I'd love to see a protected copper heatsink with a small fan/thermostat.

Kind of a like this:

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OK.....I know this is major overkill...but if that was scaled down where the square part in the front was just big enough to hold an SST-90 or an MC-E; and the whole thing was protected inside the head of the light with air holes all around it like the Raidfire Spear. That thing could be driven HARD.

Hey we can all dream can't we😎
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I think this would be the best option for high power LEDs.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080318110327.htm
 
$449.99 😛

I don't know, I see the SST90, which isn't cheap, 6x18650 balanced, which first isnt't cheap, and wasn't cheap to develop, a big body, charger and being first on the market with a product like that.
 
:bump:

everyday i look in this thread and hope there will something new about the sr90 (or even sr50/ k 50)

@MattK
is there a chance to get news before shotshow? if we had to wait until shoht i could lay back and i don't have to look every day in that threat. well, It's monday and i hope.......

Olaf
 
So, MattK, is it like The Price Is Right where if I guess over the retail price then I don't win? Or just straight closest wins?:naughty:
 
seestuff said:
So, MattK, is it like The Price Is Right where if I guess over the retail price then I don't win? Or just straight closest wins?:naughty:
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Nah, not closest! I talked to him today and he said in confidence that everyone that gets the price exactly right, gets a free light...shhhhh 😗
 
The DX version of the SST-50 flashlight is $67. I haven't heard of any becoming bombs yet. When they come out with a SST-90 model I'm sure it won't be that much more.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32591

Regarding cooling the emitter...it's not just a matter of cooling the emitter and then driving it to infinity right? It's still not efficient when you drive it to the point that most of the energy is going to (wasted) heat even if you have the technology to transfer that heat.

If this was the case dive lights would be much brighter than "land" flashlight since once you transfer the heat to the body the water takes care of the heat.
 
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