The black X2R receives the typical XP-L HI & FET+1 treatment.
15mm FET+1 with bistro FW from RMM: in the charging PCB the first two pin are removed, the second one replaced by 22awg teflon wire and connects to the positive side of the driver, third pin is shortened and soldered to the ( - ) ring. Two extra solder points secures the microUSB connector housing (connected to ground) with the new driver. It is very firmly secured and won’t require potting.
The XP-L HI V1 1A on 16mm noctigon sits perfectly on the shelf. The centering ring is made by Hoop, XP to 7mm size. The new convoy 7mm centering also works but this one is black and looks better.
Now it is much brighter and has better UI. The beam although being tighter is still the floody type, as it seems very difficult to achieve any throw with this small OP reflector, even smaller than the S2+ reflector.
The integrated charging system remains untouched but with a caveat: the light has to be ON for charging. There is nearly no impact on the charge rate if I leave it in moonlight:
On the other hand, it now works as an usb powered light. Drawing up to 1A it provides decent lighting in an emergency situation.
PD I think you should! My mod was too minor for a mod thread, plus you did the teardown first and have the driver project going! Besides I’m not really good at keeping threads updated…
Put a XP-L V6 1A into an EE X6. With dome on, I measured 1690 lumens (semi-calibrated ceiling bounce test) and 49.4 Kcd. Dedomed, I measured 1547 lumens and 93.7 Kcd. Significantly brighter than the XPL HI V2 3B at 70 Kcd. All with fresh 30Q at 20-30sec.
I had trouble dedoming this particular XPL V6 1A. I have dedomed 6 others and the dome came off easily after 30-60 minutes of soaking in warm gas. With this one an “outer dome” came off easily but there was a large piece of silicone stuck to the die that would not separate easily. I ended up taking it out of the gas and carefully scraping the silicone off with a blade. Has anyone experienced this behavior with dedoming XPLs?
A mod long overdue: replacing the ugly cool white XM-L2 of my copper Olight S1 by a XM-L2 T4 7A led (from Simon’s Aliexpress store). The bezel was removed using the by others described method: first carefully hammer a thin utility knife in the groove, working my way around the bezel, then a thicker pen knife, then a flat drill bit and after that the bezel popped out with a light twist. Thanks X3 and others for working out the method.
Now it has the proper led colour that the copper S1’s are supposed to have:
Finally
You did a good choice with that warm tint, that was my first choice for my Ti version !
But after a while, I finally found that it’s too brownish for my taste and swapped it for a 5D1 80+ CRI from IO
I think so, but I totally agrre with you…
My S1 alu is equipped with a “T6”–6C from FT and find it too warm…on the other hand my CNQG brass beauty got some XP-G2 R4 7A that totally fit the sweet brass host…
We might have a problem