What a cool wee zoomie, love it! (searching for one now) :laughing: Nice mod :+1:
Thanks, CRX. The only thing I don’t like (other than not having modes) is that the zoom never brings the LED into perfect focus. It was that way before the mod, probably because the fully-focused image of the cheap LED would be hideous! My driver board has the LED footprint on the back, so by putting it under the shelf, it would move the LED further away from the lens, and bring the die into focus when fully zoomed. I just really need to do this mod again when I get my boards made (after fixing the error).
Congrats on your first mod thread, David. Oh and on that cute little zoomie of course! 
I mentioned a couple of my mods here and there, but I have yet to post my own first mod thread.
Love the mod David. Well done. The million dollar question, whats next on the hit list? 
Very nice, Like CRX, I’d love that zoomie too for modding, it looks good and has many options!
Where did you source the 119B ? Last year I was looking for one to test a 119 board and it was impossible to find. Luckily I found some old stock 119A on Ebay, and even he had only 5 left.
Nice, so small and cute
Thanks for posting and to ima4wheelr!
Sorry, I was remembering wrong. I don’t have any 119B, only the 119A that I got from texaspyro a while back. I’ll edit the OP to prevent confusion. Edit: done.
That's a sharp looking mini light. Nice mod DavidEF. I think you may have started a new trend. This thread should be named Micro Zoomie Mods. I want one now.
I need to check out the wording in the GAW OP. I didn't mean for folks to have to create their own mod threads, but I'm glad this one was created.
Well, TBH, I don’t remember how it was worded either. I probably just assumed that you meant for it to be in it’s own thread. I myself prefer that people post a build thread rather than just post a pic of the finished product into someone else’s thread. To me, it’s more fun to see how it’s made. So, even if you didn’t/don’t require it, I would have done it anyway. 
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Totally agree. Much easier to find down the road. Now, I'm off to find rechargable 10180's.
A very nice little modded light indeed. Good stuff!
Nice mod! I like that zoom!
The light was found at Lowe’s Home Improvement and it is a LUX-PRO LP-130. They have a few colors to choose from. I bought the gray one, but there is also black, blue, and pink. I can’t remember the exact price I paid, but it was a few bux. I’m thinking around five-ish.
I manage to order 2 of them (red ones) from the Lux-Pro website, they appear to ship abroad without altered shipping costs. Or else I will get an email today or tomorrow that it was a mistake. :partying_face:
Let’s see if they hit Amsterdam! Thanks for the detailed information about this little thing, David!
Oh, the stack of button cells is a bit longer (and a bit wider) than the 10180, so if using the stock springs, they won’t get compressed all the way. Since the springs are so small and thin, it might be better to replace them anyway. I didn’t because I wasn’t too worried about it at the time. The cell doesn’t rattle, so it’s fine for me. But I’m sure it would get more power to the emitter if it had complete compression, and even more if it had better springs. Alternatively, a spacer could be stuck between the battery and the tail spring to make it compress better.
10250, fet driver and some copper I’m thinking :laughing:
Will need to check the website, only place I could find them was amazon for over £50 
I payed $16.50, for two plus the shipping.
https://luxproflashlights.com/index.php/luxpro-retail-flashlight-key-chain-focussing-light-w-grip.html
If anyone could shoe-horn a 10250 in there, it’ll be you! If you remove the springs, I’d bet it’s already really close. And I’m certain that tail cap switch pocket could be modded to be more compact and give up another millimeter or two. That would probably do it! If you do a FET driver, I hope you put a XP-L HI in there. In my previous testing (with a set of parallel emitters) I was able to see about 1 1/2 amps from one Veleno Designs 10180 cell! Perhaps you could eek out a bit more from the 10250 cell? If you could get 2 amps to a XP-L HI, then you’d have over 800 emitter lumens in that tiny zoomie! :smiling_imp:
wow, just got a shipped notice, they are fast
CRX, and anyone else who might be interested: I just took some rough measurements. The stack of 4 button cells (finally looked at what they are - LR44’s) measures about 21mm long. The inside of the host was very roughly measured to be ~28mm deep. With the 10180 in, the measurement to the back of the tube is ~10mm. I measured the total length of the threaded portion of the tailcap plus the uncompressed length of the tail spring, and it was ~12mm, so the springs are compressing just ~2mm with a 10180 inside. When fully compressed, the tail spring gives ~6mm of compression as it sinks into the tailcap and the top spring gives ~3mm compression. So, if you happen to have some 10250 cells, or if they happen to be easier/cheaper for you to get than 10180’s, you shouldn’t have any trouble fitting them in (without modding, I think). I don’t have any 10250’s to try, or I would.
Also, I’m charging up my 10180’s for a shootout. Getting ready for another beamshot because I realized two things this morning:
- I didn’t make sure the cell I tested with was at full charge before taking the beamshots.
- I also have a DQG Hobi that I could compare this to, since it uses a 10180.
Edit: Well, the zoomie light didn’t do any better with a freshly charged cell, and the Hobi didn’t have a tight enough beam to compare. So, no new pics today. Sorry!