Wavelength
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2010
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- 16
I tried waiting for some reviews to crop up on here before going for the Dereelight XP-G, but I've been surprised at the apparent disinterest in a 300 lumen single-die dropin!
My Dereelight 3SD XP-G R5 finally arrived today from Flashlight Connection, and I've gotta say, I was not impressed. I thought the XP-G at 1.2a would be a real torcher, and the integrating sphere sticky would indicate that it is (300 OTF @ turn-on), but my particular drop-in seems pretty lack-luster.
By comparison, I have a r2 driven at 1.4a, and a XP-G R5 @.900ma, both of which I would guess to be somewhere around 230 lumens OTF. The new XP-G seems absolutely no brighter than either of them. Honestly, I would say it's dimmer if I didn't think that sounds like crazy-talk.
I have confirmed that the drop-in is drawing right at 1.2a, so the only thing I can think of to account for the output is the color tint, which is quite warm. The Dereelight site says they're only shipping in 1B tint, however I don't believe for a second this particular drop-in is doing the 300 lumens seen by MrGman's sphere. Anybody else have reason to believe they got a different tint? Or did I just get a dud that should really have been binned an R3 or something?
My Dereelight 3SD XP-G R5 finally arrived today from Flashlight Connection, and I've gotta say, I was not impressed. I thought the XP-G at 1.2a would be a real torcher, and the integrating sphere sticky would indicate that it is (300 OTF @ turn-on), but my particular drop-in seems pretty lack-luster.
By comparison, I have a r2 driven at 1.4a, and a XP-G R5 @.900ma, both of which I would guess to be somewhere around 230 lumens OTF. The new XP-G seems absolutely no brighter than either of them. Honestly, I would say it's dimmer if I didn't think that sounds like crazy-talk.
I have confirmed that the drop-in is drawing right at 1.2a, so the only thing I can think of to account for the output is the color tint, which is quite warm. The Dereelight site says they're only shipping in 1B tint, however I don't believe for a second this particular drop-in is doing the 300 lumens seen by MrGman's sphere. Anybody else have reason to believe they got a different tint? Or did I just get a dud that should really have been binned an R3 or something?