Hey AR , I hate to keep popping up and making comments on the 2X and M24 when you ask something and I will quit if you don’t want my opinion and / or would like to hear from others instead.
But after all the working together I have done with Maxtoch (along with Mudgripz and Gadgetman) on developing the current 2X and M24 I just feel I have seen results that most people have not on these 2 lights , with all the testing of different drivers and emitters that has been done on these. I have tested the prototypes and changed out emitters and drivers many times between the 2 lights and done actual field testing for many hours as well as probably 100’s of beamshots to sit down and compare with the different configurations that have been tried.
Unless Maxtoch has come up with some new combination I am unaware of , you will not be able to put together a longer throwing light with any thing they have to offer on their site in the 2X or any other body they offer at the moment , than what the 2X with factory dedomed XM-L2 U4 1A is doing as it is out of the box. It is the longest throwing light they have developed to date.
ALL the Maxtoch boards are DTP copper boards also , but the 32mm (31.5 actually I think) XM class board with the dedomed XM-L2 U4 1A is going to have the best throw of any combination of driver , emitter and board they have right now in the 2X body and is what comes standard in the 2X with the U4 emitter. The other 2X is the new XHP70 version but it is a more floody beam and not so much a thrower light.
I mean there isn’t much on the market period that you can take out of the box , put cells in it and turn the light on, that will out throw the 2X , most lights will need a mod of some kind to get close to the 3/4 of a mile of rated throw the 2X has with the 4.5 amp buck driver and the U4 1a dedomed emitter. It is making an average of 355 to 365 K lux ( a few of them tested even higher) and throws like crazy for a 63 or 64 mm reflector with the tight beam it has. Even of the 75 mm plus reflector lights , most don’t have the throw of the 2X without doing some mods on them.
One of the few lights out there right now from the factory I know of that out throws the 2X right out of the box is the ThruNite TN42 and it is in a whole other class of light using XHP35 with a 100mm reflector and also cost a good bit more and weighs a good bit more.
I am talking again lights WITHOUT mods.
You could probably put a dedomed XP-L V6 in the 2X with a higher amp driver (if you could find one to fit , Maxtoch is the only one I know that uses the 27.5mm driver) and get a longer throwing light , but you are talking about a complete overhaul to get the 2X to throw more than it does now and even at that , I don’t think you are going to get just a whole lot more throw because the size of the reflector is the limiting factor and only going to let you get so much throw no matter what you put in the light.
As far as the switch you want……just ask them if they still have the old style forward clicky switch that was in the previous model 2X and it should be exactly what you are looking for , with last mode memory and NO blinky modes.
I am reasonably sure they still have the forward clicky though.