outstanding little Regulated Anduril Light!

Album w more details: https://imgur.com/a/vXeGC1t

Loving the color of this beam.. Just perfect for dark of night.

available for adoption

SC21 Pro is my favorite little anduril host

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What might be a good strategy to remove the stock XP-G LED on the DQG Ti AAA driver? I want to install a 219b. Please see this album:

https://imgur.com/a/CgNuZcO

I’m debating options:

1. hot air from the LED side, but not sure how to keep the components on the bottom of the board from falling off.. I do have some Kapton like tape, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00W3FAFP0/ but it has almost no adhesive and does not stay in place.

Im wondering if “real” Kapton tape would stick better? Ive never tried it.

1. Im debating using a soldering iron to heat the positive contact disc on the bottom of the driver, below the LED.. same concerns about components falling off. I expect the positive contact disc would be the first thing to get desoldered.

brainstorming and suggestions welcome..

Hi guys seems lemmy does not want to show me more than 7 posts..

dont know what went wrong.. Im guessing my computer is too old. I cant see any of my own posts..

I give up on Reddit and Lemmy

was nice hanging out.. you can reach me on BLF or CPF.. BLF preferred..

Both lights are modded to 3000K 219b, w 30 degree Pebbled Tir.

tldnr: Compare and Contrast Summary

The Mini has better regulation, runtime, and less flicker than the Pro. It lacks a constant on indicator button light, but has a more muggle friendly low battery warning.

The Pro has better low modes below 1 lumen, and much better ramping control. It also has a battery voltage check option.

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the longer version ;-)

Ramping

The Mini has its own version of a ramping UI (plus a toggle to a 3 mode clicky UI). The ramping on the Mini jumps up from the low mode, to about 60 lumens very quickly. It takes some fiddling to dial in a lower output, for example 10 lumens.

I like the Pro ramping speed better, it is much easier to fine tune to an output in the 10 lumen range.

Driver efficiency and regulation

The Mini has regulated output and can Sustain 300 lumens 4x longer than the Pro (53 minutes vs 13 minutes):

runtime charts courtesy of zeroair

The Mini has much lower flicker index. (flicker index is a combination of modulation depth and frequency).

The Pro has full PWM, iow 100% modulation, where the LED is turning all the way off and back on, albeit at very high frequency that is too fast to see.

Button light, low battery behavior

The Mini has a button light that only comes on for about 5 seconds when the light is first turned on. It is an automatic battery level indicator. When the battery is charged, the button light shines bright Green for 5 seconds when first turned on. With a CR123 battery (to simulate a discharged LiIon), the button light fast blinks bright Red, non stop, while the light is On. This is a very muggle friendly battery indicator.

The Pro has a button light that by default is on in dim Green all the time. I like this locator light feature. It helps me find the light in the dark, for example when I put it on my nightstand. The button light also helps me find the switch button when using the light. The Pro with a CR123 shows dim Green rapid flashes, only while the light is off.

Output Range

The lowest level on the Mini is 0.8 lumens, momentary maximum is 415 lumens, with a 3000K 219b.

The lowest level on the Pro is .02 lumens (w visible PWM when waving the light), momentary maximum is 480 lumens, also with 3000K 219b.

Flicker Index

The Mini:

Flicker Index of 0.2704 when at about 6 lumens output.

Flicker Index of 0.0042 when at about 30 lumens output.

(Flicker below 0.0500 is considered harmless.)

The Pro:

Flicker Index of 0.7951 at about 6 lumens output.

Flicker Index of 0.5339 at about 30 lumens output.

(The Pro scores poorly due to PWM, although it is very fast)

Opple 3 flicker measurements

https://i.imgur.com/M6p3q0h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/YzKsaVt.jpg

trying to figure out how to post inline images from an Imgur link.. so far, nothing works.

Best I can do is build an Album and link to it.

first post on the new site.. Nice to see many familiar redditors.

Suggestions welcome on how to make my imgur images show inline, instead of as a link?

Here is the whole HDS album in one swell foop: https://imgur.com/a/hXiAKxM

sw45k at 200 Lumens and 110 meters of throw https://i.imgur.com/pOs0mUF.jpg

4500K 519a DD https://i.imgur.com/FOjvqaE.jpg this was a 140 lumens 219a light with the DD 4500K 519a it now makes 193 Lumens w 138 meters of throw

compare cct and tint https://i.imgur.com/aZYAmhi.jpg

the sw45k got trits: https://i.imgur.com/RSpRTVX.jpg