tylerdurden
Flashlight Enthusiast
Here it is, on a rev 2 Arc board:
The TV1K emitter was extremely easy to remove from the star. After desoldering the leads, I just barely flexed the star and it slid right off. The color is actually very nice. The V1 bin would seem to be in the old "1" bin range IIRC, but this emitter is whiter than my best R2 (and those are pretty white). As with most high domes, the tint is consistent from the center of the hotspot all the way out to the edge of the corona. No green or blue bands. It now resides in a beadblasted grey body:
On the right is my EDC grey kit, which has a R2K emitter on a rev 1 board. Head-to-head, the R2K seems a little brighter close up (less than 1 foot), but at a distance of 20 feet or so, the TV1K is CLEARLY brighter. I don't quite understand that phenomenon.
I will get beamshots later tonight, I have to move the furniture around to make enough room to take good pictures. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
The TV1K emitter was extremely easy to remove from the star. After desoldering the leads, I just barely flexed the star and it slid right off. The color is actually very nice. The V1 bin would seem to be in the old "1" bin range IIRC, but this emitter is whiter than my best R2 (and those are pretty white). As with most high domes, the tint is consistent from the center of the hotspot all the way out to the edge of the corona. No green or blue bands. It now resides in a beadblasted grey body:
On the right is my EDC grey kit, which has a R2K emitter on a rev 1 board. Head-to-head, the R2K seems a little brighter close up (less than 1 foot), but at a distance of 20 feet or so, the TV1K is CLEARLY brighter. I don't quite understand that phenomenon.
I will get beamshots later tonight, I have to move the furniture around to make enough room to take good pictures. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
