I was thinking of getting a 519A DD CCT-shift for the giggles of having that much high-CRI rosy light. What’s everybody else getting?

  • asciipip
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    12 years ago

    Nothing, probably.

    I have so far found two use cases for channel switching that I like. First: tint mixing, like in my LT1. Second: alternating between flood and throw, like in my D2 (3500K 519A and W1).

    But I haven’t really felt like I wanted tint mixing in a flashlight, and the pattern of LEDs in the M44 don’t really lend themselves to throw. It might be different if each channel got two four-led clusters, so you could put different optics on each cluster,

    On top of that, I already have a D18, which probably puts out more light than an M44, even with just SST-20s in the D18.

    So I just can’t come up with an M44 configuration that feel compelling enough for me to want to drop money on it.

    • @jerv
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      12 years ago

      What’s the M44’s rampdown like compared to the D18 though. That’s the real question. For some, the sustained lumens of boost drivers is a draw.