Iād love to hear what are your thoughts on them by putting them in a real light, as springs behave differently when connected to a cell rather than a constant current load.
Yeah, I am not sure what light to put them in, I have a new to me MT09R here that I might try them in, although I think I would double up on that light with the small springs as well, so I might wait for them. Otherwise I donāt have any un-modded lights here to put them in lol. I have not ordered a flashlight in almost a year. Just the prototypes I have been sent during testing.
Is it worth the time to replace all the springs in my existing lights with these new springs? Including the bypassed springs that I have? Or should I just save them for new lights? Iām curious as to what people think and are planning to do with their springs.
In my case the lights that are working properly will not gain anything with these springs since they already have bypasses, so there is simply no reason to pull them apart and swap them out.
Now going forward I will most likely swap these springs onto any new lights I built or during any repairs.
I tend to follow the if it aināt broke and it will not gain anything, then donāt fix it mantra.
Yeah. Personally, I would only replace stock springs with bypasses if I either had two lights to compare light output between bypassed and high conductivity springs.
Or a light with a replaceable tailcap. Like the Q8.
However, I like these springs way better than any spring Iāve ever had my hands on. Not solely because they have very high conductivity for springs, but mostly because they are so easy to solder to compared to non copper alloy springs.
Trying to do bypasses on steel springs, is letās just say, mind nerving and very annoying to do, since the chromium surface and steel itself form oxides and donāt adhere to tin well, if at all without flux.
Hmm, I was thinking and I have 2 MT09Rās here. So I could have a direct comparison between 5x bypasses vs 5x of these springs in the same light. If I have some time next week I will try to do that.
That would be great! I adhere to the āif it aināt broke, donāt fix itā philosophy but that BLF modder in me canāt leave things alone if I know that the springs will yield me some more light (but Iām lazy enough that it has to be enough light to make it worthwhile).
We wonāt know until somebody tries it.
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Update: I hope you know TA I was only kidding, I wouldnāt want you to weld your new springs
to the bottom of some perfectly good batteries.