I just want to ask in all seriousness. What application is high-CRI needed at 800 meters where you can hardly distinguish what you are looking at anyway? This is a serious question, not sarcastic or belittling at all. Educate me.
I had a GTvn mini with the Samsung LH351D 4000K in it and his specs on that light was 1100 lumens, 65kcd, and 510m throw and it wouldn't reach out to that 250yds.
I just want to ask in all seriousness. What application is high-CRI needed at 800 meters where you can hardly distinguish what you are looking at anyway? This is a serious question, not sarcastic or belittling at all. Educate me.
I was thinking the same thing.I just want to ask in all seriousness. What application is high-CRI needed at 800 meters where you can hardly distinguish what you are looking at anyway? This is a serious question, not sarcastic or belittling at all. Educate me.
For a farmer it will help differentiate between the neighbors cat or something else getting ready to eat the chickens before you shoot it. But Only one of them you need to apologize for.
Mainly for fun and to see out into a field at my uncles farm at least 250yds away. I had a GTvn mini with the Samsung LH351D 4000K in it and his specs on that light was 1100 lumens, 65kcd, and 510m throw and it wouldn't reach out to that 250yds. Thats why i said 800m + so i can actually have some usable light to see out to that 250yds.
I'm a CRI junkie myself, but I find that high CRI lights are better suited to close up work. Just a thought.
The SST20 95 CRI will be your best chance at getting that kind of mix of throw+CRI. The SST20 has a tiny die, so putting it in a large reflector assures great throw.
Reflector wise, you'll want to look at Manker U21 or Convoy L2 size at minimum. Those reflectors plus the SST20 should net you around 300kcd and 700-800 lumens.
My L2 figures are from https://zeroair.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/zeroair-reviews-convoy-l2/ - if you have other figures for a stock L2, please share them.
The L2 uses a regulated buck driver with a maximum of 3A. It's a conservative light that can run cool and produce full output for a very long time when using two 26650s. The GT Mini uses a FET driver, which should pull 4.5A or more. I'm sure an L2 can produce much higher numbers with a current boost or a different driver, but I was talking about stock.