I received both of mine today. At first I thought they both didn’t work but I had to really screw the tailcap on hard!!
I like the modes, the brightness is awesome, but I don’t like the switch. It is too small and recessed to easily access.
Also, I pulled the lens off and am considering frosting it. I tried with scotch tape quick but couldnt get it to apply as nicely as I wanted.
I also want to find someone to swap a NW emitter into it for me Anyone capable? It is easy to get the bezel ring, lens and reflector out, but my skills aren’t up to the task of swapping the NW emitter.
The bottom cap of the H6 could be extended to cater for longer cells. I am using Sanyo 2600 unprotected as there are no issues with it. Unscrew the bottom cap and remove the copper plate / springs. Using a 10mm diameter washer or small coin and place it at the bottom. Screw the retention ring and copper plate back. The circuitry is connected only on the unadonized bottom of the H6.
Too thick. HiMax are about 18.84mm in diameter and the tube is about 18.7mm. I think edc mentioned that long cells wont work either.
I guess TF3000 work, if you can find decent ones. Or other rather small cells. Flat top work, as well as button top. So maybe the new Solarforce V3 will fit. Or clear wrapper Sanyo cells (MarsFire) and so on..
Problem with HiMax is that they have a clear wrapper over the white wrapper. You could remove it, but the white wrapper is a little brittle.. so I wont do that.
I jus figured out the problem with the lenght of some batteries, is the retaining ring does not hit the end of the tube of the flashlight, I added just to try a little bit of aluminium foil and now it works with all my batteries, even the flat tops, where the problem was really with the length not the flat top.
So, I understand the best solution would be to leave a round lip on the exterior of the retaining ring by taking away a few material of it, or just doing the aluminium foil trick for longer batteries.
It is a pity having to do this, as I like it a lot in general, but for this.
I would not try, it looks like I will scratch the bezel trying it, the bezel doesn’t have any protrufing part where you could force it, nevertheless I am not that good at it.
It probably can be dissembled. Whenever I find a light that has bezel I can't get off I wrap the whole thing in electrical tape and then stick it in a clamp. Then grab the other end with a handheld clamp and twist. With this method you can unscrew almost anything. I used this on my G2X which is glued and it worked really well.
Oh, I was just worried it was press fitted, or all one part, or just something wierd. Good technique to know Scaru! Do you think that i’ll get a hotspot if I do remove the reflector, like just from the light reflecting off the sides of the head where the reflector used to be in front of?
I will try today if possible to add an copper cord on the edge of the retaining ring on the tail cap, let’s see if it is a good solution for those wondering to use long batteries such as Hi-Max, protected NCR1650A…
Anyone capable? It is easy to get the bezel ring, lens and reflector out, but my skills aren’t up to the task of swapping the NW emitter.
