man. i dont have access to the tools to make the pill in this one! nice tho anyways!
Crap... no machining access either... that's a beautiful job.
I'm certain the star came from LED Supply. I use them a lot-real good people!
I seriously want to do some of these, like my triples I did.
If you could make these heatsinks, I'd take at least two, depending on price. I don't think the plumbing aisle would have anything I could use.
Seriously, please let me know.
Rich
very nice dropin and mod
Hey guys...I just shot this tonight. It's my first attempt at a video, so please be gentle. I grabbed 3 other ligths at random aid in comparison. They are a stock 2xAA mini mag, an EDI-T T11, and a Zebralight SC60. The little "shoot-n-share" camcorder I used looked like it only captured a fraction of the light from all of them, as they're all much brighter in real life.
A few notes: Wanting to keep under the 1.5C max discharge of my trustfires, I'm running the mini-match at 2.2A total (1.15 at the tailcap). Besides not killing my cells, this seems to be a pretty good sweetspot for output vs heat and battery life. In usage it looks like it's easily putting out double the light of the Zebra, with a huge hotspot. I just got a luxmeter so I did some ceiling bounce lux readings (I really need to build an I.S.). Here they are:
Stock mini-maglight: .6 lux
Zebralight SC60: 9.3lux
Mini-match: 20 lux
Manafont XM-L drop-in (3.2A taildraw): 25 lux
More to come later.
WOW
Cool video Match. I was wondering if you can do a whole lot more video time with the triple on your neighbors house. :bigsmile:
thanks for sharing
VERRRRY NICE
Excellent mod, match :crown: Do you have any wall beam shots?
I was just playing around with NiZn cells in this just to see what it would do. I was actually suprised. They drove it for over a half an hour (when my patience ran out). Obviously not as bright as the 14500's, but still brighter than the Zebra SC60. Here's my little comparison with the NiZn added:
Zebralight SC60: 9.3lux
Mini-match (NiZn): 11.5lux
Mini-match (14500's): 20 lux
Manafont XM-L drop-in (3.2A taildraw): 25 lux
Not suprisingly regular alkalines would not fire it up.
Ok...here's some white wall shots as compared to the Zebralight SC60.
SC60 always on left, Mini-Match on right:
Very nice work Match. I admire you guys that have the patience and skill to create items like this
Very impressive Match! Thanks for posting.
It would be great to find a driver with modes for this light
i think you should start selling the heat sinks/pills
Update:
I have finally been able to source another driver for this project. The only problem was it was 19mm vs 17mm, which required a complete rework and redesign(big pain in the butt...). It was just easier to start with a new light (red one this time). Here's the list of changes:
- 3.2A supplied to the triple xpg star
- Neutral White
- 3 Modes: low, med, high
-Mode memory
- Reverse battery protection, low voltage protection,and probably most importantly, thermal protection ( the board will drop to low mode if temp gets too high)
May I present the Mini-Match version 2.0
I'll try to get some better pics and some beamshots up later.
Wow what a set of features. Looks like a sellable product in a much higher range than budget easily.
Neutral tint + multimode with no-strobes + thermal protection.. thats a dream.. I want one..
OMG the red!!! Its just FASTER!
but seriously speaking, where are you getting these drivers!! I cant find 3A drivers that don't suck because of strobes!
Did I say that I just drool uncontrollably when I see your work... Love it!!
I would like to know more about how the temprature protection works. Could it be added to any other flashlight?
That is nice!!!! quick send me your paypal addy - I want one.