I really like the ’351 that’s in there now. It’s a nice creamy white, lit up everything wonderfully in my skeeter-hunt, and was almost as floody as my Cometa.
That candlelight ’351 sounds nice, but I’ve been using red at night for peeking at the clock, etc., to not ruin my night vision. Kinda eerie when I hit it full blast. I feel like a rotisserie chicken. :laughing:
I thought that with all the hoses, etc., you wouldn’t want anything particularly… abrasive… near them too much or too often.
I was thinking something along the lines of a stretchy rubber sleeve to fit around the narrower midsection. LuxPro lights have it embedded on their lights, and I’ve seen cheap AAA craplights with stretchy sleeves on them for texture/grip. Maybe even just as an add-in that someone could use or not as the case may be (like a clip, lanyard, etc.).
Welp, it was just a suggestion directed at MacLee's ^^^^ response as he alluded to an "upgrade". Wishful thinking on my part. Yeh, those little rayovacs AAA lights have that thin stretchy rubbery material that they use on the tubes. Works.
But OH, that tailcap on WK30 could use sumpin for sure. :-)
For the S2+, if you want a smaller light that takes an 18350 instead of an 18650, you can order the “shorty tube” to replace the come-with long tube.
The same way, if someone wants a knurled tailcap for the WK30, that can be made as an add-on, so someone can buy it separately (or it may be an option when buying the light itself).
That’s why I “noticed”(?) that lots of diving lights don’t have knurling. If someone wants to use the light on land, they can get the knurled cap as well.
OK, now I’m shopping for changes. Bought XP-G2 and Seoul Viosys UV 365nm Z5.
My plan is to:
- switch white to LH351D 4000K (yet from L4P) <— meant for close range
- switch red to XP-G2 de-domed / sliced <— meant for long range
switch UV 390 to Seoul Viosys <— meant for… ummm… nothing?
I wish all the modes had more amperage, but that seems way beyond my capability. Anyway, would you advice any changes? Is Seol UV good choice? Considering rather low power: is there any commonly available LED that could throw further with this Amps?
White LED lost some output but I need the high CRI 5700K for work more than the stock 5000K LH351D although those are actually nice for general usage. The tint of the 219C 5700K (from jaxman) is quite nice and even a little bit rosier than the 5000+6500K e21A mix that I have. Will replace UV with 365nm but I only have Nichias at the moment and those, I realized, use different pads.
And I’m going crazy just trying to find a decent (molle) holster for it.
Got some Jetbeam holsters that fit tubelights perfectly, but it’s quite snug trying to stuff a ’30 into it.
Ordered some Convoy C8 holsters, just got ’em, perfect width but the flap is looooooooooooong. Yeah, scratch that, they’re going to hold actual C8s instead.
Saw some “universal”(?) holsters at FT which are adjustable out the wazoo that are a good 2’ wide, so those might work.
I got a Convoy holster that fits it perfect. Hhhmmm, not the biggest Convoy holster - not sure of size though.
Just measured mine - it's 45 mm across, from edge to edge, maybe 50 mm including the 18650 holder. Open up, its about 22.7 cm long. Closed it's about 130 mm with the Velcro aligned. With the WK30 in it, you only get about 1/3 down the Velcro, so the light is a little too long but still fastens well. Width wise it's good.
So I guess it's not perfect - I'm guessing it's the S2+/S3 holster but the spec'd dims look weird. Dunno why it's so hard to get simple well defined specs on these things...
Thanks for the recommendation Lightbringer! I just ordered mine for $29.99 with that coupon code! It’ll be here on Thursday and I’ll test it out on my Tarantula.