You’re welcome
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What is so horrible on your light?
The different anodizing colors? That had been a thing since the first one……
Edit: Saw the scratches now… Well that stinks, on the up side, it is broken in…
What? 
Yep. bad scratches and a couple of dents. Looks like its been rolling in a conveyor belt for a while 
Mine’s got some comparable scratches. I bought a faulty DQG AAA in the past, at least this one works 
Still very much like the size, but quality in general sucks. With only slight scratches as an EDC for me it’s oke though…
Offcourse it should be flawless, good luk with aftermarket sales…
Will post my mod once done. Still need some work on the driver.
Grey color have bad anodizing. They send me black for rewiew and it was OK.
I have a grey from Banggood, and it was very nice anodizing, with the bit of color mismatch that is “normal” for DQG tiny it seems. No scratches or flaws like shown…
If you want long runtimes at max power, how about the Zebralight SC600w III HI
- Build quality is superb both inside and out.
- The light has no timed turbo stepdown.
- Thermal stepdown is unnoticeable. The light will maintain near max brightness for the life of the battery.
- Excellent output: over 1100 lumens
- Wide flood, with excellent throw (19,000 lux)
- Shorter than most other 1x18650 lights, which is important for pocket-carry. Still considerably larger than the DQG though.
- Flawless build quality
- Perfect tint
- Great UI
In my opinion, the SC600w III HI is probably the best stock light I’ve ever owned. It’s so good that Vinh gave up on modifying one because none of his modifications made a significant difference on performance. About the only bad thing about Zebralights is they can’t be modded by most amateur modders.
people,which driver will be fit into this flashlight? 3amps are not enough for me.i want change it.thanks
about driver
2000mA
Just look what they’re doing
it’s step down driver and 3th tiny
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?t=22959
But you need new bezel & bit process on a lathe head
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=940
list this two pages
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?p=731180&highlight=�����#post731180
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showpost.php?p=731443&postcount=151
Not sure exactly what size driver will fit in. It’s larger than 17mm. I think maybe 20mm.
HOWEVER… the biggest problems is that the original driver includes both the driver and emitter on the same board. This allows for the most compact light possible, but unfortunately doesn’t allow you to simply swap in a new driver. Any new driver you could buy won’t have the emitter on it, and there isn’t room to install a single-emitter star, the optic and a new separate driver board.
Essentially, if you want more power, the only option is to convert this light to a triple. The Carclo triple TIR optic is 7mm shallower than the stock TIR. This frees up enough space to mount a star in front of the driver.
Maybe use somewhat thinner glass. On mine (1mm x 21.3mm glass) it screws down all the way.
But nice, how’s the driver section working out?
I’m reorder new glass (1mm)
Driver glued. I squeezed it with a screwdriver. But in the end broke the resistor R50.
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15196
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15201
I finally finished my flashlight.
All photos here Светодиодные фонари и световые приборы. Всё о светотехнике. - Альбом MSS: DQG Tiny 4th XML2 18650
LED https://www.fasttech.com/p/3505302
Glass http://aliexpress.com/item/New-flat-glass-watch-crystal-diameter-21-5mm-Thick-1mm/1097050471.html
MCPCB http://intl-outdoor.com/noctigon-3xp-advanced-triple-led-copper-mcpcb-2-pcs-p-763.html
TIR http://intl-outdoor.com/carclo-10507-triple-led-optic-lens-p-836.html
Serp,
That is a fantastic mod! Thanks for the great photos and especially the links to the parts you used!
I do not like only a small gap between the bezel and the housing
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15681
That gap is only a small flaw in an excellent build, take the excellence, accept the small flaw… Great work…
I am still too chicken to do more than swap TIR’s in mine…
Nice job :+1:
What driver did you use?
I think your heatsink (is it thermal glue?) is a bit too thick. The top of your carclo sit’s a bit too high for the gap to close on the bezel. Does the carclo slide all the way down? I had to sand off the edges a bit.
Or maybe you can sand down the heatsink. Or the noctigon board a bit, but that is not really nice for the already limited heatsinking maybe.
Or place an (O-)ring to fill the gap.
I don’t know these nichia’s you used. Tint looks nice. Is it bright?
I’m looking to mod a second one with the new noctigon board with the small added pad for a locator led and high cri nichia’s. Someday :person_facepalming:
Worked out nice for you! It’s really my favourite small powerhouse.
Really nice job.
Hi
>What driver did you use?
Original. Wires are soldered in place of the LED. I removed the LED on the soldering station (hot air 240С)
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15303
No thermal glue, only termalpast.
Optics sits right on the edge. In addition, Im made a pit under it
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15683
triple rests on a support of aluminum desired thickness
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15304
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15253
>I don’t know these nichia’s you used. Tint looks nice. Is it bright?
Not bright. I’m like it
It’s warm white led (2500-2700K)
0,01А-0,25А-1,05А - after change SMD resistor R35 for R50
Turbo 2,25А
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062&pictureid=15254