The xhp70 is the most efficient led you can find in a light prior to the new chinese leds. Now consider that an led is more efficient the lower output you drive it at. So at 5200lm that's about 1700lm per led which is low for an xhp70. Case in point a very efficient led driven at low levels is going to easily get good run times and sustainability.
I love the runtime! Not a fan of lumen monsters that drop to nothing after 30 seconds. I do wish it was over 10k lumens but I also like the 5k tint. 6500 is too cold for me
great review! I do wish they would hit their rated lumens! 8500 is not bad, but it needs to be 12K!! lol. Have you looked at the TN42 V2 from thrunite? They seem to rate their lumens more accurately.
Thank you I appreciate your comment 🙏 I do not have the tn42 but it definitely looks like a great light, I do have a older video on testing thrunite lumens and they are really close to there actual lumens
So, I just got my 4000K version of the 3X21B today, and it's weird. The beam LOOKS pink as cherry 7up, but when I tested it on my Opple LMP, I got a duv of +0.0017 (actually slightly green.) Measures almost neutral, but looks quite pink to the naked eye. I can't explain it.
@@smotheredchrome Well, the CCT measures between 4000K and 4100K, so that's normal, but the fact that it looks pink but actually measures a little green on the duv is odd and something I haven't seen before in a few hundred flashlights. I may throw on a weak layer of...I forget if it's plus green or minus magenta film, and see what happens. I care more about what the eye sees than the instruments measure.
Yes I totally agree, I have heard of some type of tint film you can add to your lens and possibly help your situation, but I have no experience or knowledge of, just hear say.
Honestly it's pretty accurate I have a lot of lights that are over there claimed lumens, I believe alot of companies use the LED's manufacturing specs and run with it, just my opinion though.
Thank you I appreciate your comment 🙏 I don't have the 3x21a I have the 3X21B and I would pick the 3X21B over the sp70 because it has more lumens and smaller package.
Hello friend! Quick question. I recently ordered a Sofirn Q8 Plus with three Sofirn 21700 batteries (which BTW is a wonderful flashlight). I fully charged the three Sofirn batteries that came with the flashlight using my XTAR VC8 charger and noticed each battery was fully charged, but each at a different fully charged voltage value. One battery was fully charged at 3.97 volts, another battery was fully charged at 4.03 volts and another battery fully charged at 4.08 volts. I was under the impression that, 21700 batteries were fully charged at 4.20 volts. Can you shed some light on this? Is it possible that lower quality 21700 batteries fully charge at a lesser voltage,
Thank you I appreciate your comment 🙏 I have the liitoKala Lii-600 and Nitecore UMS4 and they charge all my batteries to 4.20 even my cheapest batteries such as ultrafire, does your XTAR have the option to repair your batteries? If so I would try repairing them, that's definitely odd that you have 3 sofirn batteries not getting the 4.20, I actually have 4 sofirns in my charger that just finished charging all 4 at 4.20 3 21700 and 1 18650.
@@smotheredchrome Thanks for your reply, friend. Interesting, I have not considered the problem to be with the charger, but perhaps it is? I just purchased the charger and don't have another charger to compare it with, except for an older Nitecore charger that charges 18650 cells, but not 21700 cells. The XTAR does have a repair function, so perhaps I'll give it a try. Good idea, thanks again!
No problem my friend appreciate you 🙏 If you have a voltage meter charge your batteries in your flashlight and check the voltage after fully charged if they read the same it's your batteries but if they read 4.20 you probably have a faulty charger IMHO, that's what I would do.
@@smotheredchrome Great idea! Coincidentally, that's exactly what I decided to do before I saw your text! This test will reveal if the charger is defective just as you mentioned! Thanks again friend!
@@THEPLANETEARTH I have a couple Sofirn pop can flashlights they're not my favorite since they are too big and bulky. The reason I liked the Olight is because it looks like it fits your hand better and more light weight. Too bad they don't come in 4500k or 5000k!
Like the size of it And flood pattern seems good It holds the turbo pretty nice actually But almost 4,000LM less? That's significant! That's a 3rd off Don't know how they tested And came up with that high figure Convoy are usually never that far off They really slipped up on the Lumens on this one though... Bit of a money grab... If i'm paying good money for something It better be performing how it supposed to Way too pricey for being 4000LM OFF Better to go for Sofirn SP36 PRO 8000LM Almost half the price including batteries👍👍
The SP36 Pro performs much worse than this though, it falls off super fast (drops to 1000lm) and doesn't even reach 8000lm according to testing done by 1lumen.
man i like this light lol i like most lights but if i dont like it ill deffinitly tell you lol but yesh god bless and kep on keepin on borther ill see you in the next one
i wish they would make all the batteries the same with button tops or without but having both makes it hard to remember witch ones you need for witch flashlight lol so yeh i wish they would all just use button tops cells lol
Convoy has an upcoming light I am very excited for. Its a large head 3x21, with a head much wider than the L8. According to Simon it will feature a SBT90.2 at 28A. Seeing as the L8 has a throw of 1400m. This new light will be a monster thrower at 1400m>
Doing well......without checking, have you done a lumen "turbo" test on the 3x21a to compare to the updated b version? Or an outside visual comparison of the a vs b? :-)
@@smotheredchrome -Well, after a few months have gone by, maybe now a comparison of the Convoy 3x21a vs b vs c versions?!? Just purchased the c. I like it, though I like the throw of the a.
Thank you my friend I appreciate your comment 🙏 Yes I can definitely put something together, although I don't have the c version witch is 7 sst40 but I do have the pioneman k75 with 7 sft40 which is the same light.
I don't have the 3x21c I have the pioneman k75 witch is the exact same light as the 3x21c, as of now the pioneman has 5 different emitters to choose from and the SST40 is one of them, my k75 with sft40 is supposed to be around 16000lm and I get 12500 so I'm assuming the SST40 version will get you a little more 13000 to 13500
i want the mateminco TK04 for a thrower but its like 60 dollars wright now with the xhp 50.2 leds or its like 45 dollars with the ssft20 leds and i like the xhp 50.2 leds because im more of a flood lover then thrower so this mateminco TK04 with the xhp. 50.2 leds cost 60 dollars and the ssft leds only cost 45 with this light so yeah one day ill buy this mateminco light lol
lol i hate noisy nabours but yeah you have to excpet that where your at lol but in the hood where i use to live before i moved into the woods lol wow it was bad the nabours will kill each other and no one would say anything or even call the cops because the cops couldnt do shit about it so yeah these small towns where you dont go to jail anymore lol is bad for having nabours lol thats why we moved the stress was litterly killing me faster then i allready am lol but yeah god bless and ill see you in the next one keep on keepin on brother
lol what your trying to say is this light doesnt have reverse polarity lol witch just mean you dont want to axcidently put the batteris in the wrong way lol unless you want to see a show lol a light slash fire show lol well brother god bless and will see you in the next one
