Hi guys,
thanx to Don and Wayne I have the immense pleasure to report my first impressions of the new yet-to-be-named next generation BadBoy board (subsequently called nexgenBB) coupled with the upcoming McE2S two-stage switch for E-Series lights.
The nexgenBB was installed in a PR-NAT head and rides a SF E1e with the McE2S module packed in the regular LOTC. It is this light:
The nexgenBB was set for a burning 1000mA drive current and makes a very useful combo with the two-stage tailcap /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif .
Since I do not own a light-meter, I will show you comparison beamshots of the high mode (1000mA) compared to well known similar setups.
The competitors:
All the lights use the PR and a HD LED, but tint varies and there's the luxeon lottery at play, as we all know /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif. If the new board does what we expect it to do, it should be brighter than the BB611 and about the same brightness as Don's Porsche DB917. The shots:
DB917 – nexgenBB1000 (corona shot)
DB917 – nexgenBB1000 (hotspot shot)
BB611 – nexgenBB1000 (corona shot)
BB611 – nexgenBB1000 (hotspot shot)
And yes, it did perform exceptionally well! To the eye there is no noticeable difference between the nexgen and the Porsche while it clearly outperforms the 611.
I ran two Battery Station CR123 through the light and got about 45min of regulated runtime, which is almost incredibly long! By regulated runtime I mean the time the light works at the same perceived brightness until it starts flickering. As I really have no clue about how it works and Wayne's explanations didn't help me there either /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, I am just assuming that this should be the time it runs in regulation. Anyway, to my eye the brightness was constant and no flickering occurred until about 45min constant on.
I measured about 1.25A current draw on the CR123 in high mode with my new DMM. Bernie goes high-tech ... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif
Heat was not a problem, the head got warm but never ever too hot to hold.
With the McE2S there is a low mode. In fact, as you all might know by now, the modified LOTC works just like the L1/L2/A2 switch. It does so perfectly well, there is that feel of quality and reliability that I have come to like so much in high-end lights like SF and Arc.
The transition from low to high is flawless without flickering and hasn't failed me once until now.
The low beam is achieved by incorporating a resistor thus kicking the converter out of regulation, it is unregulated. At least this is the case with the older boards, here … /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif
The low beam looks like this:
Arc AAA LE – nexgenBB1000 with McE2S on low
McLux TK – nexgenBB1000 with McE2S on low
As you can see it is still plenty bright, and most important, just bright enough that the corona is quite usable in close-up tasks while the hotspot does not blind you, yet it reaches out surprisingly far.
In fact, I ended up using the low-beam in constant on almost all the time and used the high beam only occasionally. The balance of the two is incredibly well chosen.
I did not do runtime tests on the low beam, it should be sufficiently long IMHO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.
In the end, this fabulous new board paired with the upcoming 2-stage switch gives us incredibly high power for quite a long runtime in a 1x123 package with a very long running low-mode that is still bright enough for almost everything.
WOW ! One step further to the perfect EDC.
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif Wayne and Don /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
... and thanx for letting me write this. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
bernhard
P.S.: please note that these are my personal impressions only and that I do not possess the instrumental and mental capacities for scientific testing and evaluation.
thanx to Don and Wayne I have the immense pleasure to report my first impressions of the new yet-to-be-named next generation BadBoy board (subsequently called nexgenBB) coupled with the upcoming McE2S two-stage switch for E-Series lights.
The nexgenBB was installed in a PR-NAT head and rides a SF E1e with the McE2S module packed in the regular LOTC. It is this light:
The nexgenBB was set for a burning 1000mA drive current and makes a very useful combo with the two-stage tailcap /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif .
Since I do not own a light-meter, I will show you comparison beamshots of the high mode (1000mA) compared to well known similar setups.
The competitors:
All the lights use the PR and a HD LED, but tint varies and there's the luxeon lottery at play, as we all know /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif. If the new board does what we expect it to do, it should be brighter than the BB611 and about the same brightness as Don's Porsche DB917. The shots:
DB917 – nexgenBB1000 (corona shot)
DB917 – nexgenBB1000 (hotspot shot)
BB611 – nexgenBB1000 (corona shot)
BB611 – nexgenBB1000 (hotspot shot)
And yes, it did perform exceptionally well! To the eye there is no noticeable difference between the nexgen and the Porsche while it clearly outperforms the 611.
I ran two Battery Station CR123 through the light and got about 45min of regulated runtime, which is almost incredibly long! By regulated runtime I mean the time the light works at the same perceived brightness until it starts flickering. As I really have no clue about how it works and Wayne's explanations didn't help me there either /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif, I am just assuming that this should be the time it runs in regulation. Anyway, to my eye the brightness was constant and no flickering occurred until about 45min constant on.
I measured about 1.25A current draw on the CR123 in high mode with my new DMM. Bernie goes high-tech ... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif
Heat was not a problem, the head got warm but never ever too hot to hold.
With the McE2S there is a low mode. In fact, as you all might know by now, the modified LOTC works just like the L1/L2/A2 switch. It does so perfectly well, there is that feel of quality and reliability that I have come to like so much in high-end lights like SF and Arc.
The transition from low to high is flawless without flickering and hasn't failed me once until now.
The low beam is achieved by incorporating a resistor thus kicking the converter out of regulation, it is unregulated. At least this is the case with the older boards, here … /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif
The low beam looks like this:
Arc AAA LE – nexgenBB1000 with McE2S on low
McLux TK – nexgenBB1000 with McE2S on low
As you can see it is still plenty bright, and most important, just bright enough that the corona is quite usable in close-up tasks while the hotspot does not blind you, yet it reaches out surprisingly far.
In fact, I ended up using the low-beam in constant on almost all the time and used the high beam only occasionally. The balance of the two is incredibly well chosen.
I did not do runtime tests on the low beam, it should be sufficiently long IMHO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.
In the end, this fabulous new board paired with the upcoming 2-stage switch gives us incredibly high power for quite a long runtime in a 1x123 package with a very long running low-mode that is still bright enough for almost everything.
WOW ! One step further to the perfect EDC.
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif Wayne and Don /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
... and thanx for letting me write this. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
bernhard
P.S.: please note that these are my personal impressions only and that I do not possess the instrumental and mental capacities for scientific testing and evaluation.
