Lol…you made someone a very happy camper though. You were able to spread your joy elsewhere. My edc has been the X5 since I received it and it probably will be for a long time.
I need to tweak mine. It was such a pain for me to mod it when I finally got it all together and properly centered I just left it. Low 200kcd’s iirc. Really disappointing for a FET XPL-HI in a Courui D01.
I recharged the batteries completely in these 5 and measured again. The only other change was that I removed a rather tall centering ring from the Courui, but it didn’t make much difference. It was one of my earliest mods, and I have a feeling I just need to completely rebuild and update it. Any tips on where best focus is? Right now the reflector is directly on the mcpcb. Not sure if I need to raise it up more or sand some off the reflector.
Marked improvement in the L2 with a charged cell.
Here are the numbers:
Thanks. It’s a 14mm od x 12mm id carbon fibre tube, i just cut the pieces and epoxied on.
I always felt the S2 was just a bit too thin & slippery - much better now.
OK - really hard to gauge on such a small sample of known light configurations. You are in the ballpark I would suspect. My original meter, LX1330B, doesn't need a calibration factor - it always seemed bout right, and matched up to other multiple meters on the same light. But I did buy a 2nd one from an eBay source, cheaper than elsewhere, and it's pretty consistent at 5% under the original meter. The LX1330B has been proven to be pretty consistent so I suspect the source of where I bought it.
I'd check with others, maybe reviews, who measured the TM16 and compare. Manufacturers specs are frequently off - look at ThruNite's TN42 as an example, plus ThruNite has always been consistently low in their throw specs. Modded lights have too many variables - biggest is actual amps to the LED, LED itself, and LED positioning, replaced lens, etc. Batteries, wires, etc. all factor in to amps at the LED.