I wonder if the new version will still have the same driver design with the side switch attached to the driver board. If this is the case again, modding potential (for a driver swap) is rather low.
Nah, I don't think so, just in case there's a more powerful boost driver to push the XHP50.2 harder than the stock version. It might also be difficult to disassemble the light with such a special design. I'm just thinking of the DQG Tiny 3rd 26650 with its extreme sensitive switch that could break if you start to unscrew the tube from its head.
There are much better 26650 hosts available. I’ve used the Supfire L5-S and X-17. They have really nice switches with two leds, 20mm mcpcb and 28mm drivers.
This Sofirn I plan to keep stock.
I dont think there has ever been an issue with the switch breaking from removing the battery tube. The few that happened was from people just pressing too hard. Mine is still fine. It’s a very small number of people that had this problem.
I like the old SP33 for its 3V led and nice current controlled driver, although with a ok but less than perfect user interface. It produces a very nice somewhat throwy beam (it has a sliced high CRI LH351D led now, at 3500K) and has good runtimes because of the chunky battery.
I have an SP33 inbound (for $20 why not amiright?) with the intention of creating a replacement 3v led driver for it (based on the TA circuit design) once it arrives!
@ djozz, obviously it’s not gonna be a thrower but just for completeness could you measure CD on the light you have the sliced lh351d in please sir?
Lux-Perpetua was just saying the earlier model driver has the switch built in to it. Assuming the new model is the same (since they don’t appear to have altered the lights appearance) I would say modding potential is low.
Jason, is that switch pcb supported in the driver bay? Looks typical of the kind that has slots in the driver bay for the vertical pcb to fit into… makes it very robust and immune to those with deep press desires.
Yes I got that, I’m saying I will be designing my own oshpark boards based on the 1+n+FET design to run anduril. I like this style driver project with the vertical daughter board, I did a driver for my Nitecore c6r with switches (and indeed conponents) mounted on the daughter as well as the main board. This particular design looks especially robust and I can’t wait to get into it!
My SP33 has had a resistor change on the driver, see What did you mod today? - #4800 by djozz , and after that mod I sliced and fine sanded the 4000K 90CRI Samsung LH351D. The output is about half what a low CRI XP-L would put out, and the throw with a XP-L Hi would even triple. All sacrifices for the nice tint.
Numbers on highest setting
Throw 24 kcd
Output 680 lumen
Current 3.5 A
CRI hotspot 92.6
CCT 3454K duv –0.0008