What did you mod today?

https://indigo.lighting/shop/lights/indigo5

Out of this world! Awesome just awesome you are crazy with crazy beautiful ideas..

beautiful and unique as always!:)


Do you know what mcu is on the 14x7135 board?

Some really nice mods here guys. Thanks for posting them up and keep them coming. :+1:

In the pic it appears to be 10-pin and not labeled, so likely a de-labeled or knock off PIC. I’m not aware of any 10-pin attinys.

I had one unused 10mm KD board with a Nichia 219C left.

BLF C01S with honeycomb optics (I have no longer any original C01S to compare) vs Nichia C01S with original optics. It was worth it, spot and color are much nicer now.

(plus finally put an A6 driver into my C8 today)

All easy mods, but to much avail :slight_smile:

I have a crappy little headlamp/magnifier that uses 2 5mm leds. Years ago I changed the leds to Yuji 3200k hi cri and they were great! Just not quite enough output. The driver??? A single 22 ohm resistor and 3xAAA driving it. I added in parallel a 47 ohm resistor to up the driver current by about 25%. Much better now!

Old eyes suck! Just about to the point that I can’t or shouldn’t work with tiny SMD stuff.

Swapped SST-20 for sliced LH351D in FW1A and flashed latest Anduril just because. More output, much better tint, less R9:

All tests using 3.91V GA cell

steps 2,4,6,turbo:

SST-20 4K
25.28
127.3
360
735

SLICED LH351D 5K
28.11
145.8
447
1030

1x7135, max7135, turbo using stock AR lens:

CCT = 4024K (Duv 0.0010)
Color Rendering Index (Ra) = 91.8 [ R9 = 56.4 ]

CCT = 4264K (Duv 0.0016)
Color Rendering Index (Ra) = 89.3 [ R9 = 46.2 ]

CCT = 4433K (Duv 0.0001)
Color Rendering Index (Ra) = 88.6 [ R9 = 40.9 ]

Nice! I used my last (sliced) 5000K90CRI led in my Wildtrail D80V2 with similarly nice result: good output, good colour rendering, great tint.

What is it?

Time’s up, no winners this time :innocent:

Phosphor slip on attachment for my CuTi 1600mW 450nm pocket laser made from some stuff I had laying around.

Not the best tint or output, around 54lm but does convert the laser to a flashlight. Can serve as a dust cap too.

The prey is unaware… :smiley:


Nice cap and idea :slight_smile:
Does the stuff melt if illuminated for too long?

It’s a silicone compound.

Much better tint than the SST-20? But the stock SST-20 achieves slightly negative duv at turbo.

This probably would too with a better lens. In my experience turbo is also sometimes overpowering for as short as it lasts so that rosiness is lost in reality. Your pupils are so constricted from DEM LUMENS :slight_smile:

Edit: I just looked at my old pre-mod numbers and mine was not below bbl at any level: Lumintop FW1A discussion and review - #350 by contactcr

Wow that FW1A is so green. I wonder if it is because Lumintop switched to the FB4 tint bin or is it because the reflector raises the DUV that much compared to TIR optics.

Occasional shit post necessary when times are slow.

“Modded” two Spyderco knives (Southard & Smock) which never got carried due to their clips to deep carry Ti clips. They will both see a lot of pocket time starting today!

Tested a hole range of emitters in a C8 and decided aside from a white flat you really cant beat a domed XML2 U4 with a 4.2A driver, just a lovely clean tidy spot with nice spill

that said there is still one or two emitters left to try… SST40 & 2mm White flat

White flat 1 into D1S yesterday


Moonlight mode @6ft to wall
…Yes, my Tool assisted.

After the C8 driver, I decided to implant a warm XP-L HD into the Jet-II MK. Now it’s nearly perfect.

Took it from a BLF A6, which is now completely empty. But well, never used it anyway.