I still use my modded Ultrafire Wf-501b as a i-don’t-care-if-i-drop-it and “dirty hands” flashlight .
Uses dedomed xpl v5 3c , and the tint is really close to 5A-5C . You can’t imagine how much i enjoy the tint outdoors
It will run longer on the XPL hi. Unless there is a tint preference I’d go with that. Or get/make a longer tube and use an XHP-50 3D with a couple 18500’s.
I’d rather it be less floody if I can, and I actually plan to use an 18350 tube with it sometimes
I actually just ordered on of the 4B HI’s from KD, so hopefully they aren’t green. I’ll probably put the 4000k XPG3 back in it for now, the “3A” XPG3 is way too cool for me. I’ll probably use it to try a dedoming idea I have.
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just got home, put the 5a XP-L in it aaaaaand… its perfect. No way is this emitter leaving this light. My L2 will just have to wait for the 4b when it get’s here.
I gutted an Eagletac M25C2 Turbo (a.k.a. Plunger) and added a fet+1 and a dedomed XM-L2 U4 1A…she throws like a champ!! Here’s a few comparison pics with a sexy beamshot at the end.
EE X6, Olight M3XS-UT Javelot, Convoy L6, Eagletac M25C2 Turbo
Olight M3XS-UT with XP-L HI V2 1A
Eagletac M25C2 Turbo with fet+1 & Dedomed XM-L2 U4 1A
Second Astrolux SS arrived recently.
Decided to Fix one up. Both are 3B tint
Stock is on the Left, Fixed on the Right
Right one now has the 20mm MCPCB soldered direct to copper head. 20AWG wires to FET. Bypassed both Springs with braided copper.
The yellow Dim spot in the center of the spot is gone. Halo of the spot is also more white. More better now…
topping off batts to test current draw on each.
Convoy L2 with short tube, XP-L V6 1A dedomed, FET+1 and 2x spring bypass: nice beam, narrow spot, 280,000 cd at 6 ampere with Liitokala 5200. Handy thrower …
Tint doesn’t shift as much doing hot de-dome but it still shifts.
Lot of factors, including freshness of gas, ambient temperature and octane rating. Acetone, seems like that can give more shift than gas but again I’m sure there are variables.
Hot de-doming takes less than a minute and doesn’t stink. Haven’t done one in gas in quite a while now.
Today I glued some trits in the lanyard holes of my D25C ti.
I also never liked that the head always needs to be a bit unscrewed for the L-M-H setting. So I put a piece of kapton tape on the battery side of the pill. Now I can keep the head fully screwed in, as eagletac should have designed it :).