Yep, we do think alike, that's about my favorite drop in. I have one more on the way...I think it offers a great combination of brightness, throw/spill, efficiency. I'm sure I'll end up with more...I've been tempted by the manafont R5 for a few bucks less, but the 5 mode format kills it for me.
Yes, it is almost emotionally relieving to not have to think about "powering through" the 2 useless and sometimes embarassing blinky modes when you want to get from Medium back to High.
I like it in my L2R body, great throw for R5, also check out those new OP reflector for XP-G drop-in available, they give nice smooth beam pattern in OP setting.
The SMO reflector has a tight hotspot but also slightly doughnut effect there, hotspot edge seems brighter than the center.
It's my favourite drop-in for my daily duty, mostly the OP I used :D
I have one coming, glad to hear its good item. Gonna gift it along with L2r. After I discovered the world of Atmel re-programming, theres no coming back for me to ready-made dropins. I just love the lower than moonlight of 4sevens low too much…
Ive had one of these but dont know where I went wrong. It only works on lithium ions. On 2 alkaline AAs its dim even on the highest setting. Low is like a moonlight mode. On 2 NiMhs its even lower. There is practically no low mode. You can barely tell the emitter is even being powered.
Anyone know what might be the problem? I never loaded more than 4.2 volts into it (ie: two CR123s) so I have no clue why its doing this.
So I had this 5 mode XM-L drop in that I got from DX in a 504B that I was not using because of the stupid flashy modes plus it only pulls 1.4 amps on high. It had a NANJG 101-AK driver and I found a post showing how to convert it to 3 mode with no flashy BS. So I did the conversion and put it in one of my 501A mini P60 hosts. Results decent high not quite as bright as the Manafont drop in but I got a much lower low and a decent medium not to mention a huge improvement in run time.
If you look at the picture on the chip on the bottom right you add a blob of solder to the bottom two right legs and you eliminate the flashy modes and get a nicely spaced three mode driver that is perfect for the 501A.
I did NOT run it higher than 4.2v (ONLY RAN WITH 1 18650, 2 AA alkalines, 2 NIMHS). I than gave an exmpale of somethign I DID NOT do which was put 2 CR123s.
To put it simply, I never ran it higher than the reccomended voltage range so I dont know why it wont run off 2 alkalines or 2 NiMhs
I did NOT run it higher than 4.2v (ONLY RAN WITH 1 18650, 2 AA alkalines, 2 NIMHS). I than gave an exmpale of somethign I DID NOT do which was put 2 CR123s.
To put it simply, I never ran it higher than the reccomended voltage range so I dont know why it wont run off 2 alkalines or 2 NiMhs
I got the op version for my L2m. Running a single 880ma 16340 I get about 25 minutes on high before it turns off for a moment. I got some 1200ma 18350's on order. They should fit, right?
Haha...Dsoto87 I understood what you were saying from the beginning but it is funny (and interesting) to see how different people interpret the same thing :)