Tac Gunner
Flashlight Enthusiast
Finally got my drop in in this morning from Mountain Electronics along with my 18350s and Nitecore D4. After charging the batteries and following Vinh's how to on wrapping the P60, I have gotten to use the light some, I love it!
First off the drop in is nicely made. LED is centered, potting is nice, and it doesn't feel sloppy made. The guppy firmware driver is awsome, it will be even nicer when I get a reverse clicky tail cap. The output is fantastic, I chose only 3 amps but I would say it is still close to 2k lumens (based on a crash test I saw) and compared to the other 1k lumen lights I have it walks all over them in output. It does have a slight donut hole due to the design of the XHP50 but with the orange peel reflector it isn't bad and only noticeable on white walls. I chose a 4000k tint XHP50 and love it, nice warm feel with good color rendering and it has made me hate the cool white of my other lights. Only issue, and I knew both of these before I bought the drop in, is lack of runtime due to heat and lack of battery capacity but it's not a deal breaker, that's what extra batteries and lower modes are for. Overall really happy with the set up and can't wait until it gets dark!
Parts list:
XHP50 J2 5A on DTP Copper MCPCB
QLITE 6V+ Zener Mod- For MT-G2/XHP
Efest 18350 V1 IMR 800Ah flat top batteries
Orange Peel P60 drop in
Solarforce L2 host
Here are a few pics of the light, beamshots in post 5!
First off the drop in is nicely made. LED is centered, potting is nice, and it doesn't feel sloppy made. The guppy firmware driver is awsome, it will be even nicer when I get a reverse clicky tail cap. The output is fantastic, I chose only 3 amps but I would say it is still close to 2k lumens (based on a crash test I saw) and compared to the other 1k lumen lights I have it walks all over them in output. It does have a slight donut hole due to the design of the XHP50 but with the orange peel reflector it isn't bad and only noticeable on white walls. I chose a 4000k tint XHP50 and love it, nice warm feel with good color rendering and it has made me hate the cool white of my other lights. Only issue, and I knew both of these before I bought the drop in, is lack of runtime due to heat and lack of battery capacity but it's not a deal breaker, that's what extra batteries and lower modes are for. Overall really happy with the set up and can't wait until it gets dark!
Parts list:
XHP50 J2 5A on DTP Copper MCPCB
QLITE 6V+ Zener Mod- For MT-G2/XHP
Efest 18350 V1 IMR 800Ah flat top batteries
Orange Peel P60 drop in
Solarforce L2 host
Here are a few pics of the light, beamshots in post 5!
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