Thanks for the comprehensive write-up. The D4 is my first foray into the ācustomā flashlight world. I have only had ArmyTek Wizard Proās up until this point. I will go ahead and add the glow material in the bezel as that is an easy thing. I have added a magnet (3/4ādia x 1/16āthick N52) to the tailcap and it works ok with the smaller 18350 tube mounted horizontally. I wish I had a lathe to turn down the tube threads so that I could fit a larger magnet in the 18650, which I prefer to the 18350.
I will wait on the button mod for now, although I think that it might be easy enough to add the glow material below the rubber switch boot with some cut-away sections in the boot to reveal the GITD under neath. If I could get a spare boot, then I would be more apt to try sooner.
Great looking light you have there. Certainly one to aspire towards and inspire others :+1: :sunglasses:
Cool, thanks. I considered filing down the tail threads some by hand but I never seem to get it perfectly straight
Just be sure to keep waterproofing in mind if you go altering the switch boot.
Yeah the D4 is a good light, not meant to be run on full pelt all the time but I like having the power there, suits my needs of very bright light for a few seconds at a time in a very compact format.
You seem like a good chap so let me know if you need that spare boot in a few weeks
CRX this is exactly the reason that I love the BLF. Members willing to help a perfect stranger that just happens to have the same hobby. Quite a unique member community here.
Best looking flashlight i have seen in a while. Specialy the button mod. Where can i get my hands on a gitd switch and what flashlights will it fit on?
Very nice mod to the D4. Iād love to find a really cheap host to play with the new electronic switch UIās that are out there now, but itās tough to beat the D4 when it is just all ready to go. You have improved on a sweet little light and made it look fantastic!
Sorry no, theyāre all cropped & resized now. You can right click - view image - shows larger.
What would you like to see in more detail? Thereās more in the first post.
That charging mod seems pretty involved. At first glance I thought it was still using a 18650 cell, until I looked closer and noticed the entire tailcap was gone.
Yeah, it is what I could do with small hand tools and what I had available, could possibly make it even smaller/better with the 18500 tube and a more compact charging unit.
I never used the 18650 tube for itās intended purpose, itās been sitting there doing nothing since it arrived so I thought chopping it down and installing the charger/ locator light would be interesting, doing it this way also allowed me to keep the 18350 tube and magnetic/ tritium tail cap intact as is for easy swapping over if I feel like it.
Hank needs to get some spare tail caps in for us
Very nice work! Mine is in the mail, my first quad. Iāve never done anything like this but have been considering it. How did you do the optic? Paint? What kind if so.
That metal switch looks great too, Iām a sucker for metal switches. Haha
Itās just a thin strip of sticky glow tape, maybe 2-3mm thick stuck around the inside of the body above the MCPCB.
Search glow in the dark sheet on the bay should come up results, itās about a pound for a 3ā x 8ā sheet. I think it is much better than the paint, no mess.
Yeah I like metal switches better, did the m43 too.
As im not one for clips i quite like this as youve got the choice of a keyring and/or lanyard Yes i know i put my lanyard through the key ring hole) lol