What did you mod today?

LedGlider · July 12, 2020, 10:59am

Very nice mod!
I’m happy to see this light with a nice upgrade.
Good job Franck :+1:

jon_slider · July 12, 2020, 1:59pm

thanks for making it possible

a hint about picture quoting… the last pic in a quote needs a space after the !
then it works

definitely worth requoting those pics… they are outstanding, so is the light

g_damian · July 12, 2020, 6:37pm

I know that probably most of you tried this before. Like 7 years ago. But I had to try it myself.

It’s MT-G2 Q0 in OP reflector. The host is ThorFire C8S with H1-A driver.

Hotspot and corona are creamy white , spill has a just a tad higher duv, nothing crazy like XHP-xx or even XM-L2. Very, very satisfying build.

contactcr · July 12, 2020, 6:44pm

C8S is a sweet host and that deal that came up from the ThorFire rep on the forum was too good to pass up. Larger driver, tail standing and thumb compatible switch, nice machining.

Your build looks nice!

g_damian · July 12, 2020, 7:09pm

I really like C8S as a host

Thanks

Unheard · July 16, 2020, 5:53pm

Since I dislike low CRI CW and since the UV light of the K3 lite is too easily activated, it got a SST-20@4000K (main, for a little more throw) and a 219B sw45k D200 because everything else is red or rosy, too.

Not a nice mod. Fitorch lived up to the RoHS regulation and used leadfree solder. Melted at approx. 230 °C Taking this apart is also not nice

Edit:

Armytek Zippy. The 5000K Nichia 219C is a little tilted. I never before reflow over a candle. May fail or not, LED swap is easy enough for a second try.

Good news for SP40 users: 219B with no beam artifacts

Don’t know if turbo is healthy for the LED, probably not, but color is still ok.

1313 · July 17, 2020, 12:48am

I found out the 17mm forward clicky from mountain electronics will fit a Lumintop Tool AA with some dremeling to reduce the diameter a little bit. I used an old surefire switch boot with no nub and it’s worked great so far.

gchart · July 17, 2020, 1:04am

Welcome to BLF, 1313! You’ve been here 6 months and this is your first post?

contactcr · July 17, 2020, 1:06am

I’m willing to pretend the last 6 months didn’t happen!

raccoon · July 17, 2020, 1:10am

Yep, 2020 has been a rough year.

1313 · July 17, 2020, 5:17pm

:+1: I read a lot and post very little.

Also swapped Osram W2s into a FW3A, my first emitter swap. I love the W2 emitter. Love the torch labs clips too. Their 1” clip just took a little sanding on the inner diameter to fit and the Convoy had to be drilled and tapped. The convoy next to the FW3A was modded by Skylumen with an sbt90.

MascaratumB · July 17, 2020, 5:08pm

Looks good
BTW, are you using Carclo 10507 or 10511?

1313 · July 17, 2020, 5:16pm

10507, I think its my favorite.

MascaratumB · July 17, 2020, 5:18pm

Nice, it will also give it some throw! Well done!!

pc_light · July 17, 2020, 5:46pm

Greetings 1313.

Nice work on the Tool and the FW3A.

Would love to see some beam comparisons of the W2 against whatever you have that might compare well.

1313 · July 17, 2020, 6:10pm

Beasmshots to follow, thanks for the feedback

This is the switch I used for the Tool AA 2.0. Not the prettiest work but dropped right in afterwards.

mitsuki08 · July 18, 2020, 4:43am

Finally have a warm thrower. XPL HD 3000k in a Astrolux C8. Too lazy to slice it so it’ll stay an HD. And it’s not as warm as I thought it would be. Kinda disappointed but also happy about it.