Mec-Army PT-16, Triple XP-G2 in a "Nutshell" (NOW a 3402 Lumen Quad!)

Yeah, like, a threaded tube but thin and cut short such that one on each end would space the battery tube out and allow a longer cell to work. The margins are thin, trying to be sure the o-rings stay covered so it looks right and maintains water-proofness, but it looks doable. I’m more worried about the battery tube being pretty thin bored for an 18mm cell, might just make a knurled titanium tube to replace the stock one so the 18500 cell works perfectly and things aren’t “fudged”.

I like the titanium idea. My childhood perception of titanium has varied well on into adult hood:)

22 is my favorite number. :smiley:

I’m not a chemist but I did used to have fun with just #2 at birthday parties. You could read that a couple of ways but count me civil enough to know the difference :smiley:

When I was a kid I was small and quick. I loved watching Bob Hayes, #22 for the Dallas Cowboys, break away and leave everybody in his dust. Then it was Emmett Smith, also number 22 for the Cowboys, breaking records and becoming one of the all time greats in his own right. And some 20+ years ago I discovered Titanium. Lightweight and strong, #22 on the Periodic Table of Elements, and I became obsessed. I wear Titanium glasses, have had a Ti wedding band of my own make, Ti wristwatches, knives, pill fobs, key fobs with Tritium vial inserts, Ti EDC flashlights of my own make, you name it, I love it in Titanium.

Some 16 years ago my son talked me into joining Yahoo Chat. I was TiFreak2201, somehow that gave people the wrong vibe and I got a lot of comments. Go figure. For me it was innocent enough. I’m a Ti Freak, it’s PTE #22, and the year was 2001. In the end it all worked out, I met my wife within a couple of hours of getting online and we’ve been married 14 years now. :slight_smile:

Ever wonder what the next 22 will be in your life? :slight_smile:

You must have titanium fingernails to be removing those retaining rings! I tried now my nails are all torn up:)

They glue the driver onto a shelf, even gaining access through the switch hole it takes a couple 3 or 4 pretty good blows on a small screwdriver to bust it loose.

I glued it back in, potted the piggybacked 15mm FET in the process so it’s really glued in… not sure why I did that so quickly, I meant to stack a second small FET. Oh well, too late now!

Dale the PT16 V3 holds a 18350. If the charger is removed does it have the clearance for an 18490 or 18500? I know yours is the version 1 16340. I’m just curious about the length. So many chargers around the house 18500 over 18350 make more sense for me.

Mine that was made for an 16340 won’t house an 18500, the tube is too short. Hence the talk of making spacers for each end or making a new tube.

Haven’t seen a “V3”, guess I should look at MecArmy’s new offerings…

The rather short and stumpy pineapple knurled original is eye catching though, it’s so ridiculously small it’s just fun! :smiley:

Looks like Illumination Gear sells the V3 18350 size tube with tailcap for $20, 3 in stock at this moment.
PT16 V3 tube and tailcap

2 in stock at this moment. :slight_smile:

Thank you for the head’s up, I hadn’t heard of either the site nor that MecArmy had the upgrade.

Will that tube screw onto any of the heads?

Thank you Dale for all the information regarding your experiences with modifying the PT series, Mecarmy should supply you with free samples.

LightRider, it should. I’ve had the PT10, 14 and 16 and they were all interchangeable. So say if you had bought the PT14 with 14500 cell and then buy this tube from illumination Gear then you’d be able to use the one head with either cell type, actually 3 cell types as the 16340 still works in the 18350 tube.

I REALLY want one of the MecArmy Limited Edition lights, but they’re insanely expensive, $1700 I think. The details are exquisitely rendered, amazing.

FWIW, my Aunt confiscated the PT14 and my wife took the PT10. sigh.

Wow! That’s not even CLF range!

Hey, “The absence of lights means the presence of more.” Quote, LightRider :slight_smile:

Have you seen their limited edition’s? They look like Bamboo shoots, with the cracks and holes and knuckles where roots were coming out, darkened in the cracks and the knuckles are gold plated, the entire thing is done in Titanium. The detail work is incredible.

Takemitu = Take me too… it’s calling me, see? :stuck_out_tongue:

Seems like there were only 10 made of each one, worldwide. So I’ll never see one, as if I had that kind of money anyway right?

Ok, so by now y’all KNOW I really like the PT16, right? So I’m gonna get me a PT60 for sure, and if it makes 9600 lumens with XP-G2 emitters what will it do with XP-L W2 1D’s? :smiley:

Next couple of weeks….

Dang thing is gonna cost me another $100 to buy the XP-L’s… Ugh!

Shoulda left well enough alone, just re-discovered the PT-16 in brass. OMG! Aluminum reflector! Geesh, why is it priced so high? Me want me want! lol (incorrigible I know.)

I got the 18350 battery tube in today from Illumination Gear, worked just fine although the charger portion was a bit different. Didn’t really matter as it came out anyway. I took the new tube and head out to the shop and bored the top of the battery tube where the charger sat so an 18500 could slide through all the way, then I made a couple of brass rings that would fit around the cell and act as spacers top and bottom, 1.2mm in the head and 2.4mm in the tail cap. So now it’s like a twisty, the tail cap screws down onto the cell and if it weren’t bottoming out on the brass spacer it’d crush the cell. No springs either end, direct contact.

So now it does a whopping 3041.7 lumens on the 4 XP-L W2 1D emitters. Crazy little dynamo it is, lights up a room bouncing it off the ceiling! :smiley: