World's Brightest LED in a Flashlight! (Cree CXB3590)
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- 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
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Driver: www.taskled.co...
Knob: www.arrow.com/...
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.
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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.
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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.
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
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
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
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.
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!!!
I think you might have the best flashlight channel on youtube. Not only content, but camera work and editing!
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!
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
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.
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
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
I used this to blind an assailant, but barbecued him to perfection.
Awesome meal for the entire family.
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
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.
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!
Me: Makes flashlight to walk dog
Dog: Goes blind
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.
Bro you are a very good craftsman. The result you got is factory-quality and has ZERO improvisation. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
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!' 😂😂😂😂
WOW You did a very NICE JOB on that BEAST...
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!
Excellent craftsmanship good Sir!
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!
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.
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.
It always helps to go deeper Matt I don’t care what anybody says.
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???" ..🤣🤣🤣
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.
AWESOME Great job Matt
My buddy just sent me this video. I can't believe I'm just finding your channel now!
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
I'm proud to inform you that you've been accepted into the Evil Genius Club we're super excited to have you and expect great things from you obviously we'll eventually be in touch keep up the good work
"only one problem guys...batteries don't last so good..."
"Oh Data!! "
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.
Holy sh!t...you need SPF50 when using that thing.
Lol My same 2 questions.
This video was suggested after the DIY Perks one with the 1500w led. This is impressive.
Put that in place of your motion detectors and no one's stickin' around lol!
Rejecting heat is the problem with these chips. Nice to see that you have managed to keep the chip cool.
Your level of Engineering is absolutely outstanding! Awesome video!! What's the runtime on it with the lumens at Max? Toby from England
Cool video! Thank you taking the time to make this video.
@ Matt: The next evolution step should be a focusable beam (thrower - flood)....
A removable reflector.
Just found your channel a few days ago. This video, this "update", jeeesz, what a light outout. Real bizar. Compliments from Holland.
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 😂
Let there be LIGHT ! 🌞
03:04
“Pro tip number 2, Always blow this direction first” I keep telling her this but she sucks at it 😂
Going deeper in there always works.
"that just looks deadly to me like it's gunna just destroy some darkness" :D
Now imagine buying 100 of those emitters and making a giga-juggernaut flashlight to blind the aliens.
A new moniker for the modified GT; let's call it the "Daymaker".
my god!! its like you have the sun in your hand
I actually think it’s even more impressive as a flood... without the reflector!
Don’t stress on the donut! That’s the most Badass flashlight I’ve ever seen!
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
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.
Had to think about this .... He just made a Dame hand held lighthouse 😲
You should sell them
Full brightness shining would think an angel has appeared!
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!
Your a mad scientist with some serious skills
Me: I am obsessed with torches!
You: Hold my Beer.
That is one bad ass flashlight, well done.
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...
All I can say is WOW.
people must think you have some kind or army surplus anti-aircraft searchlight.
I like how it was done and super clean work on it also.
Some questions:
- How hot does it get when it's on?
- How long do the batteries last?
Good question..
It will be very hot for sure and isn't able to output this power over a long time. Speaking of time: As we say he is driving the COB-Led on a forward voltage of about 36V @3,2A of current (=115,2W) and with the efficiency of about 90% this is drawing 128W at full power. the batteries are 8x18650 with 3500mAh each (for example i assume they really have 3,5Ah) so they have 8 x 3,7V (nominal voltage of each cell) x 3,5Ah (capacity) = 103,6Wh of energy. so we can say they can power the unit for about 103,6Wh / 128W = 0,81h..a bit over 48 minutes. I hope this will help you, have a nice day
9:15 - Very nice shot: The creation and breaking of a faux 4th wall!
Moths drooling
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What a crazy bright light..with that wide angle brightness, I who had a tunnel and low vision..can run in the dark as it was daylight...
Jeez ,you'd of been confusing those plants/trees with that thing they thought it was mid day sun , infact it almost reminded me of British summer time
full sunlight is up to 100.000 lux, so.... not even close.
@@cthulpiss it was a joke, get a personality
@@scottmckelvie6253 it is tiresome to hear that factually wrong "joke" about flashlights all the time.
Yt brought me here beacause that led its made for horticulture in my case for growing weed indoors. The really awesome adaptation and incredibly powerfull light that u have made, make me feel useless as a human being. Such a genius mind!!!
You should put a drone up above and really see how far the light throw is!
Aliens...
@Aarons117 lol even more reason to 😆
Either that,.. or they all might be rushing out to purchase six months supply of toilet papers. 😅🚽
Aarons117 stupid people. You must be in America
@@andreaswickman1508 Yep (sarcasm. I dumbed it down for you) So stupid.., here in America.., that our borders are flooded with illegals wanting to be here... in the land of the stupids? People the world over flock to our universities, or obtain degrees in other countries that improve their chances of immigration? You should watch the TH-cam video about the Dunning-Kruger effect. "Why do stupid people think they are smart?" Learning about yourself could lead to a better life.
AWESOME, thx.( Sorry about the donut at lower power). Otherwise, it's like a massive flood lamp. It would be really great if we could dial it in to just focus a straight concentrated beam that would easily reach that hotel or apartment building across the water. 👍🌟☀️
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!
That's badass. Mitilary, police, fire,rescue pro grade flashlight.
Or arm torch.
Who needs the sun when you've got that?
I"m in love with this Monster Flashlight!! Absolutely Insane!!! Amazing job my friend....
HYPER BOOST MULTI PASS!
love to have that for the high beam tailgaters!!!
No! No! No!, They will then rear end you after they are blinded.
Super Impressive!!!!
SELL THESE! Every first responder agency would buy one.
It's a moths dream. lol
It's great that there are so many of us into lights. I'm not a BLF member but I've been around there for years, Been with CPF for years also.
Every time I get a new light everyone around me is like "seriously?... Wtf do you need that much light?" my reply is either I cause or I just throw on turbo and smile 🤣🤣🤣
Love my floody lights more than throwers but several of my floody lights throw far enough. In my head it gets to a point where a light throws so far it's absurd and doesn't really help unless your helping out a mountain climber at night from atop a different mountain.
Flood though, you press a small button and purge darkness wherever you face the light. I've gotten to appreciate my smaller lights like my crappy XHP-50 warm wizard pro(I say crappy because the electronics problems have been an issue for 4 of them..) my new favorite even though it's cool white.. Would be my nitecore E4K and for the size it is mind blowing how bright it gets.
My ultimate favorite is my Incan collection of rare/hard to get lights like my ASP Triad, my larger Half Mile Ray handheld, and some pentagonlights. Second time I've seen this vid but the first time I've left a comment for you 👌😎👍 don't leave scars on your retinas
that things a freakin prison spot light 😂 but damn is it a beauty
You did a great job adapting everything, it looks so professional! Great tutorial too.
13:10 Looks like he is holding the Sun.
Excellent craftsmanship. Impressive mod.
Very nice! How about mounting a Yuji BC160H into a Thrunite V6, Wowtac A4, Thrunite TN42, or the GT?
You truly love your work great modification
Someone way off in the distance is going to think there's a UFO
Especially when the probing starts
Congrats, you have turned giga thrower into giga flooder. Fantastic work there, mate.
Careful! You will be blinding the guys in the space station with that thing!!!
The iss dids not exist. The earth is flat. No joke. th-cam.com/video/x0EGB_o9TZM/w-d-xo.html
@@degreesdegrees-jr4eg That statement is false. No joke.
@@koushiroizumi0 proof?
@@degreesdegrees-jr4eg Ha ha! It doesn't work that way
@@degreesdegrees-jr4eg ROFL ... your freaking smart....
YOU ARE ONE SERIOUS FLASHLIGHT DUDE !!!!!
Now u can Grow Tomatoes with a Flashlight :)
I can only sum up this video in one word with my limited vocabulary ,AWSEOME!!! Great build . Thanks for sharing.
Please, please, please put a bat symbol on the front this massive LED..and shoot it to a cloud....lets if he shows up!!
Hey also a windows logo to see if Bill gates's helicopter shows up!
@@Alexander_l322 lol
You know Dan Lok is Batman, right?
6:47 now that is a lizard tongue of techie pleasure!
That is a Beast.. what dose a light like that go for???
I dont think he has the time to spare to build these for other people.
He refurbished a previous light he had. Probably not too hard w/a shop like that! He then explains, and shows the whole process, except soldering the chip in place, where the tiny chip had been removed. They have solderless chip holders these days as well. Cooling is VERY IMPORTANT, and he explains this, but dosen't mention using thermal paste, or a thin piece between the chip and board with the paste spread well, or piece well, to heat sink/fan for lowering temps.
You should sell this on your store! Maybe not a production item but im sure a few of us wouldn’t mind waiting on a custom light of this magnitude.
Those two guys in cars are exchanging something suspicious :D
That wasn't two guys in those cars. It was me and my wife exchanging something else.
@alex vows lol
Those are police cars
Yeah, those were def two cops killing time on a slow night. See em parked like that all the time.