Hand made carbon fibre & brass tube flashlight with electronic illuminated tail switch. Cree XP-L HD v6 2C on 16mm KD DTP MCPCB 17mm MTN FET driver with moppydrv E-switch firmware 18mm SMO reflector 17mm ARC glass GITD LED surround Circular ring illuminated momentary tail switch 18350 cell compatible Micro USB charger unit Magnetic front & tail Brass & Carbon fibre construction Max - 1260lm OTF Length - 94mm Width - 20mm Weight - 90 grams with 18350 cell
Nice! I swear just yesterday I had a very similar thought. I was “juggling” around some copper fittings thinking of light ideas and then I remembered the colorful rainbow line of xiaomi aa batteries. I thought it would be cool to have a flashlight that would swim off batteries with interesting or appealing designs. Is that what this will be? Open view of the battery? Or maybe it’s just not finished?
When mere mortals like myself think of flashlights, the form of it will be a sodacan, tube, plunger or box-plus-reflector. Not you. Every time there is a new object to amaze us all. And once again! You are not afraid to think out of the box. :+1:
On the other hand: I think I’m glad you were not on the design-team for building women :smiling_imp: I like the traditional ones!
Concerning the battery: how about an acrylic cilinder, or something like the sliding door of a TGV (train).
That’s a really cool design
If you used one of those custom nitecore/olight batteries with both contacts on one end it might be possible to use a strong magnet to hold the head onto the battery with no body
Literally just a head and a battery, nothing else, not even a tail cap.