World's Brightest LED in a Flashlight! (Cree CXB3590)
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- čas přidán 20. 09. 2018
- The Cree CXB3590 and the Budget Light Forum Giga-Thrower joined together to make and insane powerhouse of light. Over a 100 watts of LED power from a single die capable of producing up to 3x the amount of light cheaper ebay 100w emitters can produce.
Parts I used
BLF GT70: bit.ly/BLFGT70_2
CXB3590 LED: www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...
Potentiometer: www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/...
Driver: www.taskled.com/hboost.shtml
Knob: www.arrow.com/en/products/oed...
Note that significant modification MUST be made to the GT in order to get these parts to fit. Even the knob and switch hole had to be modified for these to work.
My Shop:https:lumencraft.com/
My products on Amazon: www.amazon.com/shop/mattsmith
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For this build I took the light from my video 1,290,000 CD flashlight (BLFGT) and installed the worlds brightest LED Cree CXB3590. To get the needed 36 volts I converted the 18650 battery carriers in the giga thrower to make a series connection end to end, and then employed the best LED boost driver I know of the Taskled hyperboost. A 50k logarithmic potentiometer was used as the output control. At the drivers maximum output of 3200ma I should be getting around 16,000 lumens which is incredible for a single LED.
The beam is very wide because of the large size of the cxb3590, but the reflector of the BLFGT still causes it to have good range. Easily reaching distances of 300+ yards. Overall I am quite happy with the build and look forward to doing more BLFGT projects in the future.
#BrightestFlashlight #CXB3590
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Hi there Matt, first of all, nice channel work.
Then, to the matter;
In refference to the "dimmed central spot" mentioned in 8:00min, I'm sure you've tried this already, but have you think about adding a convex lens to concetrate and magnify the lumen area of the center?
- www.google.com/search?q=convex+lens+torch+light&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I think i've had simmilar issues trying some "smaller mods", and that could be due to the fact that the led surface itself is too big in comparision to the surrounding reflection ring, so the lumens concetrate around the centre instead the very central spot. Maybe the kind of lens I mentioned could help you.
willing be helpfull, Keep on it, mate.
how can i bye like this from you ?
A company called humblehousehold is using your video to advertise there flashlight.
Major Force hope they had manners enough to ask his permission first. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind. They should give him a little cut of the profit too.
The bespoke engineering part of you is absolutely stunning! Projects like this isn’t for the faint of heart, and who isn’t afraid potentially destroying a $350 flashlight
Blowing a train horn and slowly turning the rheostat up outside someone's bedroom window would likely cause a scene.
Lmao :)
That would be an AMAZING prank! Play a recording of a train horn that gets louder & louder, accompanied by the metallic clanking of the wheels on the track.
A funny scene.
@@cytherians the wife surely chucks all his lights off the damn by then lol
I think you might have the best flashlight channel on youtube. Not only content, but camera work and editing!
The following days news featured
"Man dies is bizarre moth swarm accident."
@BLUETIFUL PAPYRUBY! Do you even do English, dude?
@@TryptychUK hE speaks beautiful England tank you vegy mucs
@@philipsperdon250 My Engrish better gettings, yes?
@Bill Williams I think you are mythtaken.
He no speakeda English
I know others have said this, but if you made a batch of them you would have people lining up to buy them.
I think you are absolutely right! I would consider it...
I think the amount of labor involved will not make it worthwhile. It is super amazing project light no doubt but not meant for business. You can get an MT09R that performs about the same in terms of lumens and throw for much cheaper than the labor cost required to mod the GT but probably the heat sinking on the MT09R is not as good as the on the GT and shorter run times.
I'm sure it's true that it would make it an expensive proposition, and there are cheaper alternatives... but just in the same way that people spend 10's of thousands of $$ on classic cars, when essentially any new car would be better in every measurable way... I feel like you would find buyers at any realistic price for the labour involved.
Agreed. I'd buy it right now $500ish would be perfect IMO.
Money ready
If you sold this flashlight, I'd buy it!!
I'm not good at building flashlights at all but I do enjoy playing with them!!
It's always fun watching what you do and look forward to what's next!!!
Cool video! Thank you taking the time to make this video.
I want four of them to install on my RV. Thank you for showing your skills to the world mate. You put together a very nice light.
I love these videos where you build/modify flashlights! I'm rather new to your channel, but you've become one of my favorites! As the darkness is decending upon where I live, I need to get some light and you've provided me lots of options to consider! Thank you for that and the videos!
I have a mix of feelings after watching this video. First, I think you should get a Nobel Prize for the flashlight mods you do. Second, I think you should get a gold medal for your bravery on what you did to such a cool light such as Giggles without knowing what the end result would be. So if you add these two points together my conclusion is that you are somekind of a mad flashlight genius, A - MA-ZING! Thank you!
WOW You did a very NICE JOB on that BEAST...
Excellent craftsmanship good Sir!
Some guys have all the fun...It's almost like that LED was made specifically for the BLF GT! Thanks for sharing!
You have such a nice presence. Very nice to watch. Awesome video and great work with modifying the body to house the cob.
You truly love your work great modification
You did a great job adapting everything, it looks so professional! Great tutorial too.
AWESOME Great job Matt
If you guys enjoyed the show feel free to give me an up vote on reddit :)
www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/9hpinv/worlds_brightest_led_in_a_flashlight_cree_cxb3590/
OMG DUDE! We need to show this to Lumintop so they can make a production light off of this design!!!!! This will totally sell! I want one ! You do such a pro job on nice, clean mods. This is perfection at it's finest! Cudos!
I love flashlights I'm a moth to bright ones I wish I had one but don't have money so can't get on and I love collecting flashlights the brightis one I have is the tech lite lumen master 200 but I wish I had yours and good luxs to you
Please, sell it!!! I'd pay 6 Benjamins.
Please make a auxiliary light for road use... 3 x broad beam reflector with the CXB3590!
Can u make one that fits 5
Of those in a reflecter?
And how big of a reflecter would
U need...?
I"m in love with this Monster Flashlight!! Absolutely Insane!!! Amazing job my friend....
That is one bad ass flashlight, well done.
OK, so myself and my brothers are complete flashlight- torch freaks. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE start producing this magical light we all will purchase from you! JUST DO IT
Yes, I’m ready to buy one, what a SICK flashlight! Lol
I’m sure the L.E.D. is quite expensive however. I also wonder what the rated hrs of operation of these LED’s at rated voltage and current are?
Why not just buy a real product with much better performance? Imalent...
@@jobathano1660 it doesn't exists.
@@repairfreak actually cob is only 30-40 bucks. It can last thru thousands of hours at 1.4 amp
Just order the stuff from ebay and make 1 just add airflow for cooling. Be alot cheaper
Me: Makes flashlight to walk dog
Dog: Goes blind
Excellent craftsmanship. Impressive mod.
I like how it was done and super clean work on it also.
About the reflector: the diameter of the reflector has to be at least 10 times the diameterof the LED to prevent that donut pattern. I have done a lot of reflectors with a 3d printer, and now I understand that the LED must be small compared to the reflector if you want to get the pattern that you want.
exactly, he`s missing the point: you use only one LED when you want to make a monster tight-beam thrower . But when the LED is too big it`s impossible to create a tight beam. You can get ~ 100 watts from a HaikeLite MT03 TA Devourer that has 3 XHP70.2 LEDs at $100 and 3 reflectors. In theory you can get a tight beam with a big LED like CXB3590 if you use a big glass lens instead the reflector, but the LED has to be far enough from the lens (orelse no beam) and it will lose a lot of light ( a led that type emits almost 180 degrees spread)
@@himanologanor4093 I believe they have 90°, 60° angled lenses. Have you seen the video with the 150,000 lumen flashlight? Several COB's w/lens on each(maybe 8-12 COB's, each with spherical lenses). Also, very little light loss through lens(2%?), from what I've heard from indoor gardeners, who use 8-100W Cree CXB-3590's for a 5'x5' space. Mostly 1000W HPS lamps, have been used as highway lights(150,000 lumens), while the shorter poled street lights use 600W HPS lamps(95,000 lumens), but have a orange tint/glow, to give an idea of how dang bright these COB's are, and how much of a better spectrum! And some LED's are putting out 160 lumens/watt! Very bright, full colors, and replacing the HPS lamps as street lights, as they're about double the efficiency of HID(High Intensity Discharge) lights(HPS(orange tinted-2200°K color)and MH-Metal Halide(very white, slightly blue tinted, often used for gas stations, convenience stores, security lights-6500°K color). K-Kelvin(temperature it takes Tungsten steel heated to put off that color of light. So an orange/yellow tint(more efficient), or cool/blue tint(less efficient). I've seen COB LED's from 2700°K, 3000°K, 3500°K, 4000°K, 5000°K, 6000°K, and 6500°K. Probably more! But much better color spectrums, last 10X longer, much less heat/more light than traditional HID lighting. But you may know all this, so forgive my rambling.. Have a great weekend!
don`t worry, i`m 100 times crazier than you when it comes to flashlights, i only have some things to add, everyone wishes a tight thrower and it`s not about the right colour there cause you can`t use that for photos. I know guys that can`t stand the blue tint but they are than the same that fall down when you use the strobe, so i guess it`s about brain wiring. Lastly i can`t use a huge lens cause of the weight, and same about the power, it`s only that much accu weight that you want to carry. So i`m forced to stay with my ACEBEAM X45 and its form factor : soda can accus and a nice beam reflector that in the end can fit inside a jackets pocket.
I wonder if a slight convex lens in place of the flat glass on the reflector will get rid of the donut.
A 3d print ?. He owns a lathe.
Dude....that is not a flashlight......that's a searchlight used by 20th century fox
Da da daaa da da da da dadadada da da da da da daaa.
Pretty sure 20th Century use the old Xenon bulbs.
@@stoopidhaters no its the sun
@@imcringeanditstoolateforme4347 * MS18 has entered the chat *
@@stoopidhaters arc lights
Love it man! Awesome entheusiasm, awesome result.
Awesome Mod! CXB390 is a beast chip.
I like the baby brother to this LED, the CXA1304. ~500 lumens of quality LED COB for a little over a buck. I've used them in everything from lanterns, car dome lights to under cabinet lighting.
..........meh
my olight m21 warrior did 500 lumens and cost me 130$ canadian, and that was 5+ years ago easily :D
my current recommendation would be an olight r50 pro seeker (3200 lumens for 150$ USD)
Tnx for the pointer, John.
I used this to blind an assailant, but barbecued him to perfection.
Awesome meal for the entire family.
I've never seen a flashlight with a knob driven potentiometer on it. How is this not on the news? That's one of the greatest things I've ever seen. I'll bet your neighbors have invested in high quality, thick drapes.
Awesome video Matt learning a lot 🏆
Brilliant build. You should make another one into a bar mounted mountain bike light!
CB i think you would fair blow motorists away with that! I can i just imagine the rubber necking 'Gee was that a UFO Wilmer!' 😂😂😂😂
Hi,
Great piece of work there. I would like to see a video on external security lights also one on how different torches perform in Fog or Smoke.
Cheers,
Steve in Scotland.
Nice work
Classy
Dude you're insane. I love it.
Make another, I'll buy it. I bet there are 100 people in the comments alone who would buy this light. It's insane : ) The only thing I was thinking is that it would be a lot better, with a reflector about 6 to 8 times that size (and geometrically/proportionally longer also). Even 3 to 4 would make a huge difference. I'll bet that thing could throw 5 or 6 miles with such a setup.
cob led is vary low intensity
even if you have
900mm reflector and this led
you will get lower then 20Mcd
but if you put cslnm1 led instead of cob led you will get over 100mcd with 10-20 time less brighter and 10 time more intensity
Testing performed at about 11:00 had my jaw hanging slack! If you were doing some search and rescue ops team work or perhaps working in law enforcement and searching for badguys with arrest warrants I'm thinking some fugitives would give up because of the light intensity alone.. cool stuff!
Just found your channel a few days ago. This video, this "update", jeeesz, what a light outout. Real bizar. Compliments from Holland.
Thank you, Matt. That was fantastic light! The temperature at the core would be greater. This light could be modified into an off road vehicular lighting. Food for thought. Good machine work, as always, Matt.
Super Impressive!!!!
This video in a nutshell: The Host; "Ok guys, in this video what we're gonna do is basically take a aircraft landing light and make it hand held. Any questions???" ..🤣🤣🤣
5:32
Sick vape mod bro.
Kidding, Holy smomes I didn't realize that was so big. The last time I saw something on Cree LEDs I think I saw one about half that size, this was ages ago. Thank you for sharing this video with us.
Literally Brilliant! If I didn't dig flashlights B4 (which I do), I totally dig them now. I want one of those, the button is perfect, nice work.
Your level of Engineering is absolutely outstanding! Awesome video!! What's the runtime on it with the lumens at Max? Toby from England
It's like you've somehow managed to overcome the laws of physics and trap and contain the sun at the bottom of a small, very shiny bucket!
INSANE!
That is so awesome.
Can't wait to get mine!
"only one problem guys...batteries don't last so good..."
"Oh Data!! "
@ Matt: The next evolution step should be a focusable beam (thrower - flood)....
A removable reflector.
YOU ARE ONE SERIOUS FLASHLIGHT DUDE !!!!!
Your a mad scientist with some serious skills
Holy sh!t...you need SPF50 when using that thing.
Lol My same 2 questions.
This just made me lol. I freaking love it. I'm jealous. The dinning room scene did me in. haha
Me too... it looked like he went into heaven...😂😂😂
I thought the same thing, he had risen to the heavens! Playing with all that power has permanently jacked his cortex. He is very intelligent however a little off, kinda like he's been shocked the hell outta!
Well, I guess two people already said what I was about to write!
You’re very talented. That’s awesome! 🇺🇸
What amazes me more than how good this build looks (the GT never looked more like an oversized caricature of a pocket light!) and performs is that in 4 or 5 years, this insane effect might just be doable on a single cell.
Wow thats amazing .. well done nice crafting ! .. i was thinking if you used the same reflector to diode ratio as the 'giga thrower' you'may need a reflector the size of a 36+" satellite dish to get the full capability ...lol
"that just looks deadly to me like it's gunna just destroy some darkness" :D
I absolutely love watching this video. It just makes me happy. 😁
My buddy just sent me this video. I can't believe I'm just finding your channel now!
03:04
“Pro tip number 2, Always blow this direction first” I keep telling her this but she sucks at it 😂
Put that in place of your motion detectors and no one's stickin' around lol!
Coool.
PS. Nice house & yard.Looks peaceful.
U look so humble but knows so much 😂 goodness me if this is sold somewhere id be glad to join the queue
Very nice! How about mounting a Yuji BC160H into a Thrunite V6, Wowtac A4, Thrunite TN42, or the GT?
I actually think it’s even more impressive as a flood... without the reflector!
that is crazy but very cool great job man
Like a work of art🌱
Interesting to see the CREE used in a flashlight. We are more into plants growing. Great Video! But I am really curious about the temps of the flashlight, at 3,2A it should get very very hot.
Moths drooling
Underrated comment
Let there be LIGHT ! 🌞
I must agree with all the others. Would definitely be nice to own one of those powerhouses.
A new moniker for the modified GT; let's call it the "Daymaker".
Great job, very clean modifications, we could believe that it comes out of the factory like this ! I would love to see this led with a huge reflector, or an aspherical lens :D The throw distance must be crazy...
Crazy ...... Good job
Going deeper in there always works.
This is the flashlight you use when you show up at your daughter's BFs house trying to find her lol
lol
woah u're old dude!
You show up at my house with that becuse my sons dating your daughter you better leva it turned off.
Besides last place he'd take her.
Why not trust her and her decisions
If you raised her right no one is going to have there hands down someones pants.
@@bobbg9041 Oh shut up. I bet you're just a joy at parties. Only a dweeb like you responds to an obvious joke with a dipshit lecture.
@@bobbg9041 lul
That's the flashlight that John McClain needed in Die Hard 2 to signal the airplane it was to low before it crashed
I think it would've blinded the pilot and the airplane would've crashed anyway 😂
Wow thats daylight in the dark.Great job man.You inspired me but i dont have the brains to do that much work.I hope to buy one already built.
Very nice job. Good job of adapting the body of flashlite and battery case very impressive .
Well you cant have everything as far as the reflector goes nice work!
13:10 Looks like he is holding the Sun.
amazing work 1!!
It always helps to go deeper Matt I don’t care what anybody says.
Who needs the sun when you've got that?
I hate you! This is cruel to those of us who can't do this... SELL IT!!!
Oh! or you can buy A more powerful! in here . 80.000 Lumen. yeah! It here reasonbuy.com/brightest-headlamps/. Dear!!
@@kimproshow4910 You trollin? ;) On the side note, that would be 1kW power out of this tiny creeds;)
@@kimproshow4910 That list is sketchy.. In the table it says the headlamp is 80,000 lumen, then inside the Amazon link it says 80,000 LUX (completely different metric than lumen), then it says it comes from a single Cree XPL LED, which can barely hit 1,000 lumens when driven harder than what many of those flashlights would run them at to begin with, plus those kinds of flashlights tend to have questionably regulation circuitry (if any) to begin with, which will lead to only having peak brightness on fully charged batteries.
There ARE however legitimately bright LED flashlight you can get from reputable companies. 1lumen has a real list containing the brightest reasonable flashlights for each category, immediately following with the top 5 brightest overkill manufactured flashlights in the world! The only light I feel should have had honorable mention on there is the brand-new 14,000 lumen Emisar D18 for only $100, which I plan to buy soon.
Better yet send it to me!
Bro you are a very good craftsman. The result you got is factory-quality and has ZERO improvisation. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
WOW, the most powerful lantern👍👍👍
Very fun video. Good work. I was entertained, by the skill and demonstration. Chuckling, wondering if the runtime or the point it puts 3rd degree burns on you hands, is shorter. As a flashlight I see it as useless, But give me the mule with enhanced heat sink and 4 hours of runtime battery pack, with ac operating while charging. Then, you have a practical light. I wonder how the price has dropped of the chip.
Me: I am obsessed with torches!
You: Hold my Beer.
Awesome, dude!
Don’t stress on the donut! That’s the most Badass flashlight I’ve ever seen!
what an insane modification... would be cool to see it against Imalent DX80 and Olight X9R
Be sure to come back next week ;)
I want 2
It's a moths dream. lol
Thank you for this work.
That’s awesome bro.
How long before the light overheats?
Had to think about this .... He just made a Dame hand held lighthouse 😲
You should sell them
9:15 - Very nice shot: The creation and breaking of a faux 4th wall!
Great job !