There's a decent $5 2.x amp driver at dx. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20330
What's weird is that the guy at cpf above also has both these "warm" products, and his mce is MUCH brighter than the kd xp-e... (definitely around 2A), which just re-inforces that you pay your money and get random lights from HK.
Its not just the driver , it also depends on the LED , and battery ....
A bad LED may perform half as well as a good one . When I moded my A20 to SSC P7 , I ordered a D***i bin LED , but its weak , it only pulls about 1.2A , now in a CR123A light thats ok ..
But I did hope for 2A , which is what my first one did [ A20 SSC P7 mod ] , I have been very disappointed with the last few D-bin SSC P7 emitters Ive gotten , I hate to say it but the C-bins have been better .
Out of some 4 D-bins , only 1 has been good , the rest very disappointing , so for now I have given up on the SSC P7 , expensive rubbish ..
Been waiting on the XM .... Got parts ready to roll ... a XM @ 2A should kill a SSC P7 or MC-E at the same current level .
I got the $20 "solarforce" p60 MCE-warm from KD. http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=10965
It's very nice. 1.7A draw, donut hole, but everything else is excellent.
The body is a solarfarce, but just as nice quality as the real thing (much better than 504b at DX). Tailstands and flat bezel. 5 modes, WORKING memory. Quite a nice tint.
Do we have a female member? Sounds a bit odd but not totally unrealistic, who knows...
I find this forum almost exclusively male "sport" oriented althrough nothing wrong if a lady kicks in. It is like searching for a male in wedding dresses forum. :D
I've seen ladies writing on car detailing forums, talking about polishes, waxes, etc. :) This hobby sounded more reasonable as not all flashlights can fit into pockets but purses.
My two year old daughter loves playing with flashlights, BTW. I bought 1W ones for her, 100 lm one for my wife, 1000lm :) ones for myself. So I try to pull them into this, which opens the opportunity to invest x2, x3 more in flashlights using the family budget :)