I always EDC AAAâs, but if you really need them for something they are depleted quickly.
I really like the Tool AAâs size. Still stealthy in a jeans. Its definately a keeper! Very happy how it turned out :partying_face:
Emitter swap.
Out: XP-L Hi cool, in: Nichia E21A sm203 R9050 warm! on my custom 119 board trimmed to shape to fit in the pill, center piece was left out to get the emitting surface of the (lot thinner) new led in the focal plane of the reflector.
Old output: 600-ish, new output 260. Max. current on a fresh battery 2.5A. Spot is smaller but spot brightness seems not much different. Beamshot is at 2.5 meter. I especially like the efficient performance on lowest setting: 1.5 lumen at 6.7mA current, so that should run for 4 days on a 700mAh 16340.
BTW, does the reflector work well with the XPL-HI LED?
I tried to use it with other leds (not the stock one) and I was getting some rings on the beam.
I then opted for a Luxeon V under a Pebbled TIR lens (the 16mm MCPCB was also trimmed)!
MascararumB, reflector works great with the led. But thatâs me not being a beam profile snob. It throws nice though with a usable hotspot.
However I didnât perfectly center the led.
I filed down the noctigon asymetrical and it was a snug fit to the pill. So the led couldnât center very well. But for me its okay.
I looked at the luxeon V as well. Nice led, but I had this one still lying around. Also I donât know if it can mess with the illuminated tailcap.
Yes I would call that extreme haha. Nice, I hate all these cold blue lights.
But 260lm at 2.5 Amp is a bit steep for daily all round usage⌠But nice for nights at home! Whereâs the wine bottle?
Thanks for your answers and pictures Dutchee! I guess that being XPL-HI doesnât create the âringsâ that I saw in mine with the XP-G2 and the Luxeon V, before the TIR.
Even not being completely centered as you said, there is not much ânoiseâ in the beam! Nice work once again
I am tempted to get another Tool AA to do something similar to what youâve done
Unless LT releases a differente version of the light with some corrections (UI, Driver, LED :p)
Swapped out the led in my T20T with an old dedomed sst-90 4500k. Results are not quite what I wanted, the tint seems a bit green to my eyeâs. Plus the firefly mode doesnât light up the new led. I think Iâll try a different led. The led shelf had a step in it so I lathed the shelf flat to suit the larger led.
Got a really neat little Thorfire TK05 in the mail yesterday, a friend liked it so much he sent me one to play with so heâd get a better idea how he wanted me to mod his own. lol
So I pulled the XP-G3 and replaced it with an XP-L V6 3D on a Noctigon sized to fit, that helped a lot but it was still somewhat anemic. So I build an FET+1 driver and flashed Anduril and now it does 1386 lumens out the front.
Anduril allows controls on the floor and ceiling of the ramp so itâs easy to set it up for the high end of the ramp to be more gentle on the cell and not make so much heat, a quick double click yields full Turbo if needed.
And lightning/candlelight modes make it exceptionally sweet for EDC!