SL2 (Must Have)

[MAD777]

Look what came in the mail.
She's a beauty!

 

[vudoo]

What LED option did you go for?

 

[MAD777]

What LED option did you go for?

That's the triple XPL PDT w/copper hear sink & driverVN2. The color is exactly neutral to my eye. It has a very useful beam, neither a pencil beam nor a super wide flooder. On high, it gets hot FAST!

 

[MAD777]

Here's a little more about my observations of the heat produced by my SL2, shown above.

On 100%, it gets too hot after about a minute. This would be used momentarily to look at something further away or in more detail, but not to run continuously.

On 30%, it seems to reach a plateau of heat and stabilize at a point where the head is hot, but can be held continuously. The handle is only slightly warm. (I ran it for about 15 minutes in a 75° house.)

I'll set mine to driver mode #9 which is 1%, 30%, 100% with no memory.

 

[Skylumen]

I plan to order a ton of these to include with the SL2. What you guys think?

http://www.batteryjunction.com/jetbeam-middle-holster.html



NM I just ordered 2 ton. 1 Ton of SL2 size and 1 ton for SL2c size

 

[Bigwilly]

I plan to order a ton of these to include with the SL2. What you guys think?

http://www.batteryjunction.com/jetbeam-middle-holster.html



NM I just ordered 2 ton. 1 Ton of SL2 size and 1 ton for SL2c size

Nice holster.

 

[MAD777]

Yes, I like the idea of having good protection for my lights, especially the ones I take on backpacking trips. I plan to make a holster for my S200C2vn.

 

[MaxBeam]

I plan to order a ton of these to include with the SL2. What you guys think?

http://www.batteryjunction.com/jetbeam-middle-holster.html


NM I just ordered 2 ton. 1 Ton of SL2 size and 1 ton for SL2c size

Great!

 

[ven]

Not bad holsters at all vinh, i have a few different sizes from small/med/large. Pretty good material and fit for the money, similar to nitecore type quality imo.

Small fit lights that are small 18650 just, med are more for a typical lenser t7 sized light

 

[vudoo]

Anyone got a pic of their SL2 with a clip?

 

[SA Condor]

Anyone got a pic of their SL2 with a clip?

Here you go:

 

[vudoo]

Nice....thank you

 

[KarstGhost]

I do love this light!

Anyone know how much lumen with XML2 5000K?

 

[MAD777]

I took this light hiking /camping this weekend. We were in a large clearing, surrounded by pines and moderate underbrush. I aimed the SL2 toward the trees and it lit up far into the forest with an even, smooth, broad beam. My friends were flabbergasted! This is the 3rd V54 light I blinded them with!

Mine is the triple XPL PDT.

 

[vudoo]

Does the triple XPL throw very well? I got the triple 219c. Beautiful tint but it's very floody.

 

[DellSuperman]

Does the triple XPL throw very well? I got the triple 219c. Beautiful tint but it's very floody.

Nope, triple lights are not meant to throw well.. If u are looking for throw, u should consider reflector based lights.

But of cuz the triple XPL will out throw the N219c thru sheer power.

 

[MAD777]

Does the triple XPL throw very well? I got the triple 219c. Beautiful tint but it's very floody.

The beam isn't like a reflector light with flood vs hot spot with varying proportions, depending on the light. It is an even beam, not two parts. Some describe it as a very concentrated flood and others as a huge hot spot.
While not a thrower, per se, it has plenty of distance to make it a perfect forest light.

 

[lampeDépêche]

Some describe it as a very concentrated flood and others as a huge hot spot.

I have that same XPL Triple, and MAD777 is right. I lean towards "huge hot spot" when I think about it.

The ratio of distance to area of illumination is about 3-to-1 or 4-to-1: to get a one-meter circle of light on a wall, stand back between 3 and 4 meters. That means that at 100 meters, you are going to illuminate a circle of about 30 meters, quite big, not like a thrower. But the Triple is putting out so much luminous flux that that 30 meter circle will be very well lit-up! And very even light across the circle; no hot spot inside of it.

 

[vudoo]

If only we can buy multiple heads and swap them around for flood/throw.

 

[huffman.matthew]

If only we can buy multiple heads and swap them around for flood/throw.

I was thinking that would be great, when they get the spare sl2c tubes in I'm gonna get one of those, but I was also thinking how great it would be to be able to pick up another, more throwy, head (if such a thing exists)