And wut? I did put return addresses on the letters… I’ll check.
Edit: Ohhhh frick. I used the wrong envelopes on the first+second shipping batches. The first envelopes ran out, so I now use the tougher envelopes with the address preprinted on them. I’d like to take pics, but my phone is down temporarily.
Damn it. I wonder why I never do these kind of mistakes in other hobbies. It’s really strange.
My springs showed up as well and look great. I hope to put together an MT09R with them this week if I can find the time. I just started some new work, so not sure when that time will be available.
The taped envelope was intact. The springs look good. I haven’t had a chance to do anything with them, yet.
For my most practical and frequently used lights, I plan to replace many of my spring bypasses with these springs, either singly, or nested. For my highest output hotrods, I’ll probably continue using spring bypasses.
I got my MT09R built yesterday when my internet was down.
Overall the new springs are working quite well and are way easier to work with then the bypasses if you have a hot air gun.
Using these springs vs the bypassed spring carrier on the same light showed around a 10% difference in output on average.
The main spring for the driver has to carry the full ~40A of current so it sees a bit more of a drop when that spring is not bypassed but still quite good. For production lights these style springs should work great, 90% of the performance and way way more reliable. I don’t see me doing a lot of bypasses from now on, that extra few percent is just not worth it in most cases IMHO.
The spring tension is also great, although in the MT09R they are taller then the stock springs so getting the tailcap on is a little harder but not a big deal.
Very happy with my order and already thinking I should of ordered twice as many.
They shrink a bit after the first few full compressions so even though they may look big once you realize that it may not be as big of difference as it seems.