I was going to suggest that instead of using a hateful little reflector, standard 20mm TIR lenses would be ideal.
They can be swapped easily from narrow-angle to wide-angle in a minute or less, and would blend colors so much better to eliminate tint-shift and “fried egg” beams (yellow center hotspot, blue-white outside spill).
The 4C that’s commonly used in the S2+ has a fried-egg beam. White spill, yellow hotspot. After substituting a TIR lens for the reflector, the beam was perfect, like warm sunlight.
Looks like a good idea but totally not overthought. The H03 is compact as well but easy to modify. OK, just don’t glue the bezel or the threads.
BLF version:
please make it 20mm TIR compatible or make a extra TIR model
ad a usable sub 0.5 lumen moon, the current one is too bright for preserving night vision (camping etc.)
use the XM-L2 5D nice rosy tint for the 4000K CCT choice
double press goes to turbo
Seriously, delete that useless strobe mode. It’s as needed as FGM in Africa. Besides the strobe this is a very good muggle UI. Long press shouldn’t be longer then 0.5s however. A good moon/firefly mode is needed for people who don’t want to blind themselves taking a piss at night or don’t want to bother other people. 0.05lm is actually too bright for this.
“0.01%firefly-0.1%moonlight-3%low-30%mid-100%high ,(double-click the switch from off for high); if the flashlight is turned off, press the side switch for 0.5s to enter into firefly mode directly.
3. Many many thanks for those L6 switches! I would like to get some more L6 tailcap switches and rubber caps again with my next order. Any chance to get these again? :-)
4. Any news so far about the XHP35 boost driver for L2? Would this driver also work in the S11 host (22mm diameter)?