APEX 5T6 BIKE LIGHT

Well it is mounted on a mountain bike....

Very well done, jlogres - I'm interested in where you got your clamp mount? Can you post up some night shots later?

Well obviously that solves that then. Funny how I don’t live near a mountain at all yet I see in the region of 50+ mountain bikes used every day. In fact there’s one by my front door and that’s never so much as seen a mountain.

that is impressive :slight_smile: must be nice in the forrest

Now that is impressive jlogres!

Good thing as you mentioned it’s got low and medium modes for urban riding. :wink:

Now if only there is a way to stop those idiot drivers who rather dangerously neglect to acknowledge cyclists when turning/pulling over……

That’s why I said low and mid mode for public roads and high if you want to get crazy - in city with all this lights you don’t want a light to see but to be seen so even in low is more than enough and there is no way to blind people with low mode.
But I believe that you don’t need to buy or build such a strong light for city use , a strobe led with 5 euros is more than enough.

Thanks
I took it from an old 10$ bike light I had and I was lucky because the quality is very good and strong and also it has a screw to take it of the old light and screw it to the plate.
I will soon upload some night shots or video soon

Nice!
I’m going to start a very similar project, my 5t6 was delivered just today. Now I have to find a switch for the handlebar, I want to find a handlebar mount for 2 switches, to install an on/off switch in series with a temporary NC switch to change the modes. Obviously I need only one, but for the off road ride I like to practice, it’s better to have a dedicated switch only ,to change modes. I don’t like when I accidentally switch off the light when I only wanted to change the mode.

Now I have to pay some beers to a lathe operator friend, and find the switch, and some kind of clamp made with gun mounts

Nice job, lets see those beamshots or videos, I didn’t have time to check my light today, I’m waiting for the night…

What a terrific mod. Very creative and should light up those trails no problems.

Two better photos of the plate
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very nice… i always want to do this to one of my lights… maybe with Trustfire TR-J18 :smiley:
thanks for the tip… :beer:
how do you keep the spring to stay on the plate?

Thanks DayLighter.
I am waiting for your project :slight_smile:
I heated the spring and manage to stuck it on a RC servo plate I had , or else I was going to glue them together.
And after I glue and screw it with the aluminum plate.

Great project !

what we need now is some beam shots… preferably somewhere nice and dark place :wink:

I thought that 2x18650 parallel holders didn’t exist. Where did you get them?

there’s a lot of those on ebay… i think i saw them on fasttech too :slight_smile:

Couldn’t find one in parallel :frowning:

maybe this will work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18650-Battery-Holder-with-Cover-Parallel-/200864837974?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ec47a3156
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18650-Battery-Holder-with-Cover-Parallel-/200864837974?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ec47a3156
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Plastic-Battery-Storage-Case-Box-Holder-for-4-x-18650-Black-with-6-Wire-Lead-/310543423335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item484dd49767

I found them at aliexpress

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-Shipping-Hold-Two18650-Cell-2x-Parallel-Connection-3-7v-Plastic-Battery-Holder-Box-Case-With/711157_635043823.html

They say now 50 pieces , but at November you could order one holder for 2.55 $.
The only problem with this one is that’s very difficult to fit protected 18650 - with my Panasonic 3100 protected there is no way to fit them (bigger than others).
So for this project I use my Samsung 2800 unprotected

You will have to wait for that , we have a very cold weather and snow here in Greece - like in all Europe - but I will try soon.
But you will see the same beam shots like others reviewers - it’s always the same APEX , maybe a video will be more interesting.

Until my new APEX 5T6 BIKE LIGHT video is ready you can watch my older videos for two patents I’ve made , not for flashlights .
One is for making a waterproof-diving case for my small 808#16 HD camera with 1.5 euro.
I am using this camera with my hand made diving flashlight 3T6 2000 lumens