This interest list is about UV-transmission filters to filter out visible stray light from 365nm UV-leds. These 41.8mmx2mm filters will fit the C8-size flashlight.
A few people are interested in one so I asked a quote via alibaba. If I buy 20 pieces and keep 3 for myself, the costs, including shipping worldwide (no tracking to keep costs down, your risk) are 14 dollar per filter.
I keep an interest list here, if 17 filters are spoken for in a few days, I will carry on with the order. If not, I will probably cancel it.
Edit: 16 filters spoken for at this point so I gave the go ahead to the alibaba manufacturer. When they arrive at my place I will send a PM to the members on the list asking for an address and money. Will send them out ASAP then.
Oh yeah. Definitely would like 1. Been running across scorpions under my house and my shed. Would like some serious UV flood/throw to quickly scan an area before crawling into it. Thank you for pursuing this.
There is no good way to do this, I realise: the aliexpress quote will not last forever, and to be honest: I do not want to spend more than a few days on it to start it going either. But although I’m sure there is interest for 17 of these filters, a list like this may take weeks to fill up.
Still, on wednesday or thursday I make the decision…
One for me please. Don’t have a 365 nm thrower, yet.
If the deal goes through, I won’t have to wait indefinitely for my parcel to arrive.
The current record is 123 days between PP and ding-dong.
I’ll take one, I’ve been wanting a uv light for awhilr and c8s and x6s are my favorite host. Should flood and throw decently with a big reflector like that. Now just have to find a suitable led and driver.
Doesn’t nichia make one?
If someone could link a led from Cree or nichia it would be appreciated. I guess if I had to I could get one of those cheap 501b 365nm uv flashlights and take the led out of it if push came to shove
The list goes unexpectedly well, I wake up with 14 filters accounted for, and maybe two more by PM. I decided to already proceed with the alibaba order. Thanks for the speedy decisions, and I hope that not too many will miss out now.
I will take one please. This will go perfectly with one of the three Thorfire C8S’s I just ordered. Looks like Simon is selling the LG 365nm led on 20mm dtp boards. I’m waiting on my S2 with that led from him, and already have a filter for that. Curious to see how that compares to my S2+’s with the Nichia 365nm leds. Any idea which would throw better djozz? Which has the smaller die? If I remember from your tests, it looks like the LG might handle more power and have higher output, with similar quality to the Nichia, right? I guess either way, the LG from Convoy is already on a 20mm dtp board, so that seems like the way I’ll go for my first C8 mod. Thanks for the idea and the filter!
Added! The die of the LG is slightly bigger than the Nichia 276A, but the higher drive current and output of the LG should more than compensate for that.
About the quality, I think the LG on a DTP board is a much tougher led than the 276A (that has a 2-pad design that can not be mounted on a common DTP XP-board). The only quality aspect that the Nichia has over the LG is very low visible stray light, but with the use of a ZWB2 filter that quality is not relevant.
Btw, the SeoelViosys led from Kaidomain has a smaller die than the LG and should throw a bit better than the LG.
LOL, we are talking throw in 365nm UV-leds, how about putting one in the GT, spotting scorpions on the other side of town :party:
