I welcome you Newlumen.You are always respectful and easy to get along with.
As far as Greta and ~ 30% of “Vinh’s Minions” go, I chose to leave CPF for good. It was the easier softer way! that has NOTHING to do with Vinh as he has always been fair and generous to me.
Thanks capo… I don’t really like cpf. The site is slow and too many rules… I like blf better… people are nice too.
Your welcome.
Your light was Born 3 days after me[June 7th],minus 57 years! 
As far as I have experienced on this site everyone is welcome, that certainly includes you.
i had a time with mine also
tried cleaning from both sides
took forever but finally got it
try using more spray, and the finer the cloth the better
why wouldnt you be welcome here?
your not a braggart, a self proclaimed prophet , :student: , ughh :person_facepalming: :person_facepalming: …… , or a know it all
of course your welcome here my friend 
Hmmmm… more spray like no doubt said. As well as good cloth… finer the better.
I use the Zeiss spray too, but I mist the lens with it and then clean in a circular rubbing/wiping motion with a bit of pressure… turning the cloth to a dry spot towards the end.
Never had a problem so far. Clean & crystal clear lenses every time. :+1:
Heck yeah… welcome. 
Now, about the light.
Either way… it sure looks nice, as do the numbers. :+1:
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Don't worry - it's all good here 
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That TN42vn looks awesome! Is that Cerakote? Think I read vinh is offering that now. It's like an Arctic camo... 
Also good to see the dedomed XP-G2 S4 gets some decent #'s, certainly better than the XHP35 HI can do, but not my much - think vinh's does ~790 kcd. The beam must be like a laser though - maybe some don't like it so thin. Wonder how the beam compares to a smaller thrower with a dedomed XP-G2 in it. Is this your first dedomed XPG2 light?
vinh modded it - a long time professional modder on CPF, very committed to CPF, website here: https://skylumen.com/pages/about-us
My best guess is it's Cerakote.
I had vinh mod a Crelant light for me way back, before I got into modding, back in 2012 I believe. Now he does it full-time and makes a good living from it, and lots of happy regular customers.
What a nice light !
I guess performance wise it could be better , if instead of 4P batery carrier & fet driver configuration had 2S2P battery configuration & a mtn buck driver , it would give at least 10% up in the results due to the high Vf xp-g2 …
Vinh is perfectly capable of tweaking or replacing drivers. He works with Richard on custom designed drivers, so anything is possible pretty much. Usually it's hard to find out exactly what he does in his mods though, but I'm sure he's up'ed the amps in that one, probably to the max.
As far as i remember from a post in cpf , he is using a fet driver , that’s why i mentioned it .
Ohh. Then true, he could have, but might take too much time. He's on the clock with modding, unlike us hobbyists, where we may skimp on money, not time.
But I've seen some pretty good results with 4P setups, like in the BOSS1 - 4 cells definitely get more amps than 1 cell on these, but a buck would still do better. All depends of course on what amps he was able to achieve. Also wonder what XP-G2 he used, surprised he could get good ones still, but I don't know.
He must be using old production xp-g2 s4 1a emitters , but i don’t know at all !
I would like to make a tn42 with xp-l dedomed or xp-g2 dedomed , but starting from the light it is already expensive .
Thanks guys. First of all, I like this blf. Everybody is nice and knowledge. This tn42vn have a cerokote coating… vinh mentioned to run a Sony vtc5a on this light… I am assuming it’s for better performance and driver vnx2.
Dat’s Bad Azz! I want a Ted Nugent TN42 with Zebra Stripes now! :+1:
I wonder where Vinh added the Cu heat sink?
I think so. You can see cuhs on the card. I also know for sure he add cu heat sink on the acebeam k70vn too… he also retune the beam on the all the xpg2 pdt and even xhp 35 thrower light. ( He say it’s hard to refocus the beam)… I take his words since I am not a modder.
Different Flavor, similar photography techniques,slightly different results as NewLumen! :sunglasses:
When using multiple cells in parallel it’s easier to deal with the high Vf of an emitter. Between Vinh and Richard, I doubt anyone else knows better how to modify a flashlight.
I think the Richard influence/driver design has made Vinh’s mods jump light years from where he was just resistor modding
Plus help from BLF —— The TN42vn XPG2 version was produced right after I posted on CPF about the BLF member doing an XPG2 older bin mod and getting close to 1000 klux—can’t remember his name though
But man the cost—Have you guys seen the price tag on these lights lately