What did you mod today?

One of those 3 for $1.80 flashlights, pimped with rngwnā€™s warm LEDs

Direct driven, three AAAs. 110mA each LED :person_facepalming:

Nice, that must be about 200 lumen of extremely pleasing illumination.

Yes :smiley:

But Iā€™ll see where I can add a resistor.

Sweet :sunglasses:

Simple mod last night.

Lumintop EDC18

  • Swapped out the Nichia 219C high-CRI LEDs for three 4000K XPL HI taken from an Emisar D4. The Nichias have great CRI and tint. Unlike the SST-20, the 219C doesnā€™t become greenish at low power. Unfortunately, the Nichias just arenā€™t that bright and have little throw. I find I prefer the extra punch of XPL HI.
  • I also replaced the stock one-piece plastic optic with a Carclo 10507 and glass optic.
  • I swapped the stock tailcap for one from an early model black Emisar D4. The thread pitch is the same and it fit nearly perfectly. There was a slight gap at the bottom which I bridged with a piece of solder braid bent into a c-ring. I swapped the tailcaps since I donā€™t like magnets for pocket EDC. I donā€™t want to demagnetize my wallet if I put the light in the wrong pocket.

Sawed another hole in another bowl.

My wife likes this shade better than the other. But as Henk4U2 stated, I think the darker green looks kind of nice in room light. The shade is easy to swap though. :slight_smile:

^ I like that! :+1:

What KB said. :beer:

Nice bankers lantern :wink: .

If you recall my 14500 fw3a from last week (a modded Nitecore D10 with custom fet+1 driver running anduril) Iā€™ve now completed the mod with aux leds.

Add on aux board? We donā€™t need no stinkin aux board!

Installed and wired

Finished. Pic was taken hastily so itā€™s not directly head on, the main led is centered but because of how I had to do it both aux leds are offset to one side

This light is for sale. Iā€™m also building one additional thatā€™ll be for sale too.



I know itā€™s nothing fancy but Iā€™m new to modding and I wanted to post my mod. I still have a lot to learn and this thread is a fun read. I know this is a pretty simple mod for a lot of posters here, but I feel a sense of accomplishment with this build. Removing the factory solder from the pill was probably the hardest part. Lol

Convoy S2+ (Sand)
XPL HI
Fet +1 with Guppy
18350 tube
Clip from Mountain Electronics

+some customisation of the ano :slight_smile:
Nice job, and much better than what I made when I started modding.

Nicely done. Donā€™t worry that you think the mod is nothing special. I drilled a hole in a bowl showed it off :person_facepalming: post #8302

Thank you guys!
Hey MtnDon, I like it. Thatā€™s a good idea. The thingā€™s boredom brings us too. : )

Iā€™m waiting for the snow to meltā€¦ā€¦ but I think Iā€™ll have to shovel first.


Made an S2+ (shown with 18500 tube) with a 6x7135 biscotti driver and an XP-E2 (on a Noctigon board soldered to the pill) that was supposed to be binned at 485nm according to RS-components.

It appears to peak at 472nm :weary: , which is the common blue wavelength and not that nice ice-blue 485nm, and the too fast biscotti driver acts a bit weird too, canā€™t switch the mode memory off.

So a bit disappointed after 1.5 hours work, but it was nice to do some soldering again, was a week ago already :person_facepalming:

Nice! Maybe one of these days Iā€™ll build a blue or red light. I think itā€™s cool!

PM sent !

Mod my long time favorite light, C3 SS clone with Lumintop Tool AA V2.0 driver, Nichia 219C sm4070e 4000K emitter, and lighted switch from Convoyā€¦ have to use a 14500 battery so the switch led can turn on.

Tool AA V2.0 driver

Sanding driver to fit the pill (press fit)

using AWG24 cable



Gchart (a member here) has a boost converter lighted tail cap so you can have the lighted tail while retaining AA compatibility.