BLF style 18650 1s thrower( poor mans Olight M2X)

Nice to see you hop in here, kariba-ru. I have searched your work on Google.

It would be fantastic if you could help us all get by this hiccup with this mod candidate :)

I am new to the mod scene. So will listen and learn more than comment

Here we go :slight_smile:

Actualy T20 pill fits better yet we do need a CU pill in there, what do you think about that matter?
If so, i could give you some thoughts about it, it should be actualy something like the t20 pill yet with a flat emitter plate in order for it to be capable of 26+mm pcbs carrying

I got 320cds out of that body folks, nearly the same as a very well modded M2X: with everything needed for a good mod but the ar glass

For the money, one of the best thrower budget deals atm: its the reflector equivalent of B158

Im short-sighted so Im not into this throwers :wink:
If you need some copper pills, I can do them, but I dont want to have one more useless host on my table. If you can send head with stock pill to me, I will return it with upgrated pill :beer:

If you accept i will buy one in your address ā€¦ It will be around the same cost wise as sending one to you from here

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Lets wait Mitko`s reply

Of course :slight_smile:

I will be buying 2 pills if you produce copper pill for 26mm mcpcb (depending the price) .

I also have good old G2 S3 2B(which should be even better than Mitko S4 1A, and only about 10% lower performance than S4 2B) so now when I saw Djozz result I think even 350 kcd should not be any problem and all that with just 4,5A current draw :slight_smile:

Nice results guys. Djozz managed to get through :+1:

Mitko I donā€™t understand this.

This what I will mention below is real T20 pill cause Iā€™ve done couple of them with 20mm mcpcbā€™s so I really donā€™t understand how it donā€™t fits for you?

This is real T20 pill that I bought at fasttech and fitted to couple of T20 :
this is

So if T20 pill fits I really donā€™t get how this particular T20 pill wonā€™t fit? :smiley:

Folks over at TLF have taken a closer look at the Black Flat than we did at BLF, and found that they vary quite a lot in voltage, output and current handling. But if you strike a good one that handles high current well, the illuminance of the die and thus throw can surpass the best dedomed XP-G2.
So if I was lucky with my led (that was driven to the max in this mod), 343 kcd may be harder to beat than you think.

Probably the T20 pill that takes a 20mm star is problematic as the reflector still touches the pads. If it had a flat emitter surface then a 26mm mcpcb could be used, this would put the contacts outside the reflector base and allow a deeper set of reflector onto emitter for proper focus.

Iā€™ll sure report my results when they come with slow boat from China.
The best single cell reflector thrower I have is lumapower with turboforce head and it is also throws around 350 but with s42b.
Mitkos thrower(Iā€™ll call it that :slight_smile: ) seems to have even wider reflector so I am very optimistic.

Solder filling the gap on brass pill should be easy job? Even for direct soldering to pill(if someone wants) of big 26mm mcpcb?

Despite the modding challenge of this light I ordered another one to see what the XP-G2 does in it. At least I know what to do now!

Thatā€™s the spirit!

Imho the harder it is to modd the greater pleasure of of final result it will be

Edit: Do you have old s42b?

No, I donā€™t, but I like dedomed 3D better anyway :slight_smile:

Wow, you guyā€™s are getting sweet throw numbers from such a cheap light. I remember seeing the OP but never came back until djozz showed his light in the ā€˜what did you mod todayā€™ thread. Still not sure Iā€™ll buy one though.

Any cheap 26mm mcpcb (dtp , copper) with XP footprint ?

Yes I would also like to know more info on that.

So far only that I managed to find is 5$ one here.

LOL, BLF minds think alike, was looking for that board as well. The only seller that has the Maxtoch boards a bit cheaper ($3) is Banggood, and they are out of the 26mm XP version.

MTN has 26 mm boards, if you can bundle or group-buy around the shipping:

Thatā€™s why Iā€™m asking ā€¦

Bought one with XM footprint from BG but XP one is double price.

That is fairly cheap source for USA citizens. But unfortunately Europe does not have that kind of vendor. So we depend on slow boat from China.

But I also know that Mitko has incredible knowledge in finding electrical stuff for cheap probably because this is part of his daily job and he for example managed to find old school XP-G2 S4 2C emitters and shared the link. BTW Mitko did you spend them all already? I managed to get couple of them and than when I found that they are good old ones and when I wanted to order more they disappeared.

Btw S42C is same in performance like S32B but tint would not be everyone choice. It was really something magical in performance of old S42B that disappeared into oblivion.