I unplugged mine shortly after it went green and figured I’d check it, and then… where’s my meter?!?
I’ll have to wait ’til the other cells finish refreshing. Over 5300 is pretty good. :party:
One thing I do like quite a bit are the green LEDs. They’re that nice emerald green vs the typische yellow-green everyone and his grandmother uses for “green”. I noticed those deep-green LEDs on Novabuses (side-exit door indicator), and really like that shade.
I sprung for two of these, I couldn't resist at that price.
Anyone figure out any mod to the driver for > output? Seems as if the emitter could be driven harder for more.
Maybe a change to a factory dedome xp-l or an sst-40?
Your thoughts?
Don't know how they do it... you get a 26650, real glass lens, fairly good looks and the thing is built like a brick shithouse. Brightness is almost identical to my D1 pocket thrower, tint is not nearly as good though, a little greenish. I might try to dedome it with a heat gun and if I screw it up I'll just order another emitter.
It’s a nice thrower, but I went the opposite way, and made mine into an around-the-house light by slapping on some diffusion film.
I got lights with fairly big hotspots, have DF on some smaller lights (gotta crank ’em up to get decent illumination, though), and this starts off on high and spreads out the light quite nicely now.
Welp... I dedomed one emitter with the heat gun but of course that screws up the tint, so I ordered two XP-L hi's from mtn and gonna drop those in. It's worth it.
The slow strobe on this light is perfect for daytime use when walking the dogs and the 26650 feel/size is the most comfortable for me.
Everything disassembles with no hassles and it's worth to note that both springs are thick plus nice and stiff.
I used gasoline to dedome, it didn’t come off clean after soaking 48 hrs. I was surprised that I didn’t kill the led with my fingernail trying to peel the remaining off. I don’t believe those that said the dome falls off, it must be a rare chance. I am done mucking it for now. the hot spot “seems” brighter with nearly the same tint. But this is all just based on a feeling.
If there were a super-low moonlight/firefly mode, you could turn it on and look askew into the reflector and play with the aim ’til you’d see a bright spot (ie, when a bright ring would hit your pupil), and could then tell if it’s coming from the shelf near the LED, or if it’s a reflection off the bezel, or whatever.
’Fcourse, being that “low” is painfully bright, you’d just see big green blobs trying it, so…
OK, I'm impressed.. I changed both emitters on two lights. 6500k and 5000k from mtn. (xp-l hi) Quite a bit brighter and of course better tint(s). More intense hotspot. Keeps up with my other throwers. Just change the emitters-you won't regret it! Why mess around trying to dedome an inferior emitter?