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Please note that Convoy's focusing of the LED isn't spot on like what's shown here, so you won't get the same range. I've focused these units myself by increasing the height of the reflector. I'm working with Convoy to produce the correct LED gasket to fix this. For my New Zealand customers you only get the best of the best, with the correct focusing.
@@LabiaLicker They were meant to of, but the factory messed up the gasket and so they were still bad. Convoy agreed to get another produced but not sure when it'll be ready.
Convoy won't be producing another gasket with the correct thickness. I settled on making my own for my store. I mainly only purchase the CULPM1 version now that had been fixed, so I stopped asking for the new gasket. The current black gasket is still getting 1500m with the cslnm1 green, just not the 1700m that I get with my gasket. Easy as to make your own gasket. Purchase 2pcs of the 3030 9mm white gasket and sand one flat, then glue them together. This will give you 2.1-2.2mm thickness
Great beam shots, I think both lights have there advantages depending on how you intend to use them. The C8 lights up a fair bit more of the immediate closer up view which for many 'off the ute' spotlighters may work well. Most of my night shots on rabbits, foxes, cats or roo's are often well within that 100m range. Still I like both lights & the collaboration between manufacturer and user on the ground.
If one was only planning to shoot within 200m then the clspm1 would be better suited. Most of my customers use green for deer out to 400-600m, and then sneak up on them with a red. This L21B with red is going to be a game changer though, green may not be needed at all with this extra range. I measured 820m at 9 meters, I'm just off to measure both at 20m for the final spec. Wish Osram didn't have so many models because it makes for a harder decision as to what to stock. I'm thinking of using the white cslpm1 as a gun light and then perhaps the culpm1 for searching.
@@8lorko8 did you delete your comment on my other video? I went to reply and it was gone. Green is better for pigs, and red is best for rabbits, rats, deer, possum since they can't see red very well and it gives excellent eye reflection. Red also provides less glare and helps to retain your night vision
@@PiercingTheDarkness yes, sorry. I didnt expect you'd have seen it that fast! I checked specs for CULNM1 and seen that it only allows 300mA more current than CSLNM1, it's not a 'high power' version like I was thinking
Without focusing it's 75m less than the L21A, yet to correct it. I'll make a video of the white once this full moon passes with the adjustment. The culpm1 is 75m less, but the cslnm1 can't be used without the focus adjusted otherwise it performs worse than the C8.
@@PiercingTheDarkness Thanks man! Is Simon going to correct it before he sells them? Also how was the centerring of the led? (My L21a arrived completely off centered, I had to shove the end of a toothpick between the gasket and the led)
@@yitzimarks6336 yes, I gave him the correct dimensions for the gasket. I customize these a bit though for my NZ customers, they need a lil tweaking before they're gun ready. LEDs are always off center, this is what happens when using a model that's not specially designed for these chips. The Noctigon K1 has the same issue. I try and correct it, but it doesn't affect the range that much, maybe 40m which isn't enough to make a fuss over
@@yitzimarks6336 the L21B currently ships with the reflector out of focus and needs to be increased in height when paired with an Osram led. With the focus corrected I tried a CSLNM1 last night and on a full moon I measured 1,464m (536,000 cd), bet it's over 1,500 with no moon. The L21A only achieves 1,300 since that's not correctly focused either, and can't be fixed. The B version is really impressive with the adjustment
thinking about mounting that L21B on my drone and scaring the shit out of a friend of mine who has an irrational phobia of alien abductions. he goes camping close to my place at least once a month.
With long distances, like 800 meters+, you can hardly see the Light hitting something. Why does not anybody have the idea, of putting something at this cpecial point, that can reflect the light. A simple mirror, or these posts, that mark the streets left and right ? With these reflections one can easily judge the amount of light, that gets there. 🤔
Yeah, the ANSI rating is only good to compare to other models, not for seeing your target. On my website's hunting guide I state the usable range for each model for my customers. You generally take any ANSI rating and halve it. www.piercingthedarkness.co.nz/hunting-guide
The issue with that, is it takes such a minisule amount of light to reflect.. well beyond even being able to see anything right in front of the reflective sticker.. I have tried that, and it’s incredibly inaccurate… I’m not sure how accurate ansi is for being in person and being able to at least make out what’s there, but I’d say it’s less range than the reflectors.
@@AverageReviewsYT The reason why I never only use buildings in my reviews, because they'll reflect light at up to 2-3x the ANSI rating. This will mislead viewers into thinking the range is better than it actually is. I learnt the hard way years ago on the first version of the Lumintop BLF GT. Everyone was using buildings in reviews, and so I purchased it thinking I'd be able to see the same range on the farm, now I know better.
@@PiercingTheDarkness I find that interesting. People always let on like ANSI is like the slightest glimmer of light.. “the end” of the beam.. which makes sense being how seeing even half of that can be a challenge. So that peaks my interest more as to what ANSI actually likes like maybe here’s a lumen n7mber that can be put on it
