Got it in a givaway from Don (thanks again). Best thrower I ever seen. Very large reflector gives a very narrow beam. Reaching 200-300 meters at least.
Somebody needs to do the math and figure out a reasonable price to lumen ratio..
it seems that there are lots of older lights that will sell cheap and will generally do 76.3% of what the newer more expensive lights will do . Some in very nicely built bodies that are easy to mod ..This is what I'm on the look out for . One reason i was sad to see edi-t lights go up at DX ..i thought they were right up my alley .After getting my hands on a 501b and some pathetic small suns I realiz what real garbage threads and el cheapo bodies there are out there ..I want budget ....Not bad **it...
I think the easiest thrower i know is a solorforce with an xpe r2
Just out of curiosity, the p60 dropins if i unscrew the reflector off the pill can it be inserted into a C2 or C8 body without modification or it is an entirely different pill? Wishfull thinking?
If i decide to get the manafont mrv... is it possible to mod it for better throw or it is best left as it is. Would a XM-L do that light justice. I understand the XM-L has a wider angle but is it enough to compensate with brute force output?
Another option would be changing the driver and the led for an R2 slightly overdriven at 1,1-1,2A...
I own two hs-802 from DX and they both are not glued. They are very easy to mod and with very deep smooth reflectow that gives pencil thin beam. If you could mod that with XLM it will throw like crazy. In stock form it throws superfine up to 200m or so... For 25$ it's a steal.
I`ve got the SkyRay 1JC8 .Throws like crazy useful up to 200m . It has an xre q5 drawing 1,6 Amps at the Tail outperforms in throw everything i have . Lights up to a distance from 400m (Google Earth measured). I think a good xre overdriven and a perfect smooth reflector will do the trick.
Long 5cm wide, deep smooth reflector... should be a winner or em i missing something?
Upon reasearching a bit it should be a solarforce skyline clone. If it is an exact copy then the driver swap would be a headache since it seems it is press fit into the pill like assembly.
Certainly the Skyline could do with more output - and that's with a Q5 or R2 in it. This isn't the same as it'll take 2 18650s which the Skyline won't at it is 6V maximum.
It is probably cheaper to press in the driver capsule than to thread it in.. And none of the pictures show the back of the module with the LED in it. It might be easy, or it might be next to impossible to mod, but for the price it is probably worth a try.
Old4570 was going to mod his Skyline, but I assume from not having heard about it that he's not yet done so.
An emitter swap on its own might be worthwhile but if it has the strange dimmer in the tailcap like the Solarforce does (Which is unlikely. I believe that was the reason for the 6V limit), that would have to go too.