Folks usually dont go out to buy mod hosts ... Usually !
If you have an old Maglite lying around ? Like a Mini Mag , then I just posted a link to a very cheap / easy mini mag mod I came up with a long time ago ... Simply because I didnt like the complicated and pricey solutions some folks were coming up with , not that they were not good , or trick , or effective , they just were not budget !
Same with the 2C 3C and D series mags , if you have one , why not mod it ? make it effective ... I love my 2D , now 6xAA and XP-G R4 ...
My 3D is 9xAA and SSC P7 , My 6D is still 6D but is XP-G R4 as well , mags are throw city when XP-G ed .
A small CR123A light thats good to mod = Ultrafire A20 ... I have 2 stock ones , and the 3rd was , XP-G R3 , now SSC P7 [ Nice flood light ] , one of the other two may become XM-L ...
I like the Ultrafire RL-168 , mine is moded to SSC P4 now , and I like it .
I also did a real nice twisty mod a long time ago on a cheap host , its now Q5 5 mode and works like a treat [ Pre - ITP etc ] ...
But $5 hosts in 18650 size , I cant think of any worth a damn ..
For $10 you can buy a P60 host , and then build your own custom pills ... Thats all I can think of .. for 18650
yea i dont like the p60 hosts. heat sinking is too poor for me, however i do like the mobility of them, so i do have a few
ill look into the A20, i picked up that richuang (or however u spell it) 5 dollar LED flashlight, for the money its GREAT, but it has no good heatsinking so i cant upgrade it :-(
as far as mags go, i dont like the minimags platform for use, too large, unless u want to put it in your mouth and work lol
so instead im working on making my minimag into a burning laser!
also i have two 3D mags, which were going to be SST-90 builds, but they are just too expensive for my budgets right now
i do alot of Aurora V6 builds, since the DIY case is only 12 bux on DX. I LOVE this platform, but its just too expensive.
esp since the pills are so easy to bend now that u can deform it in a matter of seconds.