Reflectors for XP-G: Post your tests here
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Hmmm, that's not the one they show on their site. This is the one I order and it's the only one they have listed for xpe/xpg. How long ago did you order that?
znomit
Enlightened
Yeah more importantly there's no holes for the 10mm optics on that star.
CampingLED
Enlightened
Wow, mine is different (and doesn't fit). Also from Cutter.
Where did that scratch mark and other stuff around the emitter come from? Did the STAR and EMITTER come from Cutter?
Can't say for sure. Both are from Cutter and led was mounted to it. That was quite crappy mcpcb after all, I hope newer one is better. 🙂
coors
Enlightened
I've been using XP-E emitters w/ Ledil LXP-Tape optics (RS, M and W) for about a year now. I see that Ledil has designated a new LXP-G-Tape series of optics, for the XP-G. Am wanting to try out the XP-G, so should I go with these new optics, or are these really just the same as those that I have already? Also I can not get my head around the new tint/binning, for XP-G. I've read the binning page on the Cree website, but it means nothing to me. I've read that the neutral tints aren't available yet, but is 5000k available? What's that color temp. designation? Does Cutter have the 5000k available, now?
Beamhead
Flashlight Enthusiast
I put an XP-G R4 on a 10mm board from Nailbender in one of my oddball (low output on high but long runtime) EX10's. The beam is nice with a huge spot that seems a tad too de-focused so I put some satin tape on the window and its a nice flooder.
I wouldn't recommend doing it unless you are bored, curious and can reinstall the original emitter and PCB.
Lousy pic before satin tape install.
I wouldn't recommend doing it unless you are bored, curious and can reinstall the original emitter and PCB.
Lousy pic before satin tape install.
The ledil optics are exactly the same, they just changed some of the info in the pdf to show the differences.
znomit
Enlightened
Anyone tried the tight small polymer optic XPE?
At 6deg/~15mm it was one of the better small optics and might be a good compromise for size and throw.
At 6deg/~15mm it was one of the better small optics and might be a good compromise for size and throw.
Can you post a link?
trout
Enlightened
Funnily I have one sat on an xpg at the moment will take it out and do a beam shot tonight .
znomit
Enlightened
trout
Enlightened
as promised beam shot of a polymer optics 120 as Znomits link on an XPG led .
cross 1 mtre across and 2 mtres from led .
and out in the woods
cross 1 mtre across and 2 mtres from led .
and out in the woods
znomit
Enlightened
Thanks Trout. Looks pretty tight.
TorchBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
With a central spot half a metre across at 2 m distance I make that 14 degrees.
Techjunkie
Enlightened
I've only fiddled with XP-Gs a tiny bit, but so far, I LOVE the way they look in SMO reflectors when perfectly focused - so much nicer than XR-E. Perfectly, perfectly round hotspot. I put one in a AA torch with an 18mm SMO reflector and the result was a perfect bigger brother to an XP-E with SMO AAA light that absolutely love white wall image of.
I also found that I had a collimator designed for something else that worked really well with the XP-G. It produced a bigger, brighter, less ringy version of the classic Lowes TaskForce 2C XR-E 35mm collimator beam.
The 18mm SMO reflector is DX sku 5960 and the 35.6mm collimator is DX sku 4544.
I also found that I had a collimator designed for something else that worked really well with the XP-G. It produced a bigger, brighter, less ringy version of the classic Lowes TaskForce 2C XR-E 35mm collimator beam.
The 18mm SMO reflector is DX sku 5960 and the 35.6mm collimator is DX sku 4544.
Techjunkie
Enlightened
I'm very interested to know if anyone has tried the Ledil Regina XP-G reflectors yet. I'd like to do quad XP-G in Mag with four of these.
http://www.ledil.com/datasheets/DataSheet_Regina.pdf
http://www.ledil.com/datasheets/DataSheet_Regina.pdf
I saw those as well. Looks like it would be a perfect fit for a quad, and it appears to give nice throw like the LXP RS.
Here are some of the reflector/optic options for a tri or quad XPG that I have been considering. Specs are from the Ledil website. Thought this comparison may be helpful to others.
Pic came out small (sorry).
Regina (+/- 5 FWHM)
Heidi-D-XP (+/- 4 FWHM)
Lisa XP-SS (+/- 9.4 FWHM)
Tina XP-RS (+/- 5.5 FWHM)
LXP-RS (+/- 3 FWHM)
Here are some of the reflector/optic options for a tri or quad XPG that I have been considering. Specs are from the Ledil website. Thought this comparison may be helpful to others.
Pic came out small (sorry).
Regina (+/- 5 FWHM)
Heidi-D-XP (+/- 4 FWHM)
Lisa XP-SS (+/- 9.4 FWHM)
Tina XP-RS (+/- 5.5 FWHM)
LXP-RS (+/- 3 FWHM)
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