Talk about future projects and donation topic

Excellent question cabfrank…… it appears no one knows.

The last known Miller sighting I am aware of was back on 5 December…. discussed HERE in the GT Thread. It appears he was alive & well then.

It does seem very uncharacteristic of the Miller, who was so involved; to just vanish without a word. Oh well…. stuff happens I guess.

It made things a bit difficult for TA & others at a critical time in the GT Group Buy…… But they overcame & things went very smoothly.
They all did a stellar job!!!

As WaylonJennings mentioned…… someone with the familarity with projects & knowhow will probably step in and things will just move right on along.

As long as he is fine, that is all I am concerned about. He has done great things, and I hope all is well.

/\/\/\ … :+1:

Well as of 5 December it ’appears’ he was. :slight_smile:

I guess if he had wanted anyone, on BLF at least; to know anything more…. he would have told someone something. :open_mouth:

Those already exist. I’ve got a DQG Tiny 7x xpg2. It does 2500 lumen and is pretty awesome, but I don’t like tir lenses. I’ve retired mine as it’s not very good for walking around at night.

Yes, these small diameter multiemmiter reflectors are only found on a few lights and I have no idea if they can be made to fit a different body. Obviously the emitter shelf would need to be raised if you put it in a body that used a single emitter. This means a custom machined spacer which I why I was hoping for a host that already came with a small multi emitter reflector.

I felt the U21 was a bit too big as far as head diameter. If that size is okay by you, then there are existing lights that can be used as hosts. Check out the Shadow SL-3.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.fasttech.com/p/amp/1359103

I would be just fine with a smaller host as long as it could handle the heat of three emitters. The little DQG 26650 seems to heat up pretty quickly due to it’s small size. I like the small size of my SD26 and EC60, but I do not know how they would handle a triple emitter set up.

I am shocked to hear that the Aspire cells have been discontinued. They are so much better than the next best 18350 cell out there. I was hoping that they would start making a 16340.

Um, yes. Short memories!

If your refering to the cometa zoomie fiasco, that light doesn’t count. We mean a reflector type light.

The A8! The Cometa came well after and isn’t BLF, that’s another forum CPF or something similar.

Nothing compared to the new BLF projects but it all starts somewhere. Can’t believe no one else remembers it. I still use mine occasionally.

Here’s a link….
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/15096

Wow, that was 5 years ago. You can’t even buy it anymore, I assume. Flashlight technology moves fast. I think it’s time for another 26650 light.

We could take the A8 and install a TA driver running NarsilM, add a side switch and maybe make the head a little bigger to fit a triple reflector with xpl emitters. Like a 26650 version of the Sofirn C8F. IDK, but I like those kind of lights.

I think a triple w/xpl emitters in a 26650 should be the next project.

Why not a quad? Better efficiency at the same lumen output.

I can’t remember who asked… but the inquiry to Sofirn about a 26650 C8F has been submitted to Tracy.
I recently received a PM from Tracy on something, I will also present my interest bout this form to her.

More emitters makes the reflector smaller. Maybe 4 would work well? Sofirn already has a small triple reflector and Cutter carries a triple 5050 mcpcb that fits it. Triple 3535 mcpcb should also already exist. I don’t think I’ve seen a quad reflector light with a head under 44mm *which is C8 size).

I asked about that. No one currently makes a light like that so it would be unique. (Triple or quad reflector light with smallish 44mm or less size head, side switch and 26650 body) I think the closest was the Shadow SL-3, but it had a 64mm head which made it kind of bulky.

I photoshopped my Convoy C8 head with my Supfire 26650 body to see what the proportions looked like.

44mm head seems to not be too bulky.

I would like to see a 26650 C8F and have asked.

I just received a UT02 and I really like the dimensions. Button area could be smaller OD IMO. That would bring it closer to the C8F in 26650 form. Just strange that so much throw is in a package only a couple MM longer than the C8F. UT02 is a neat light, I like it.

If you want throw then you would use a single LED.
Triples and quads are mostly TIR.
There is not much diameter difference between 3 and 4.

I don’t care about throw.

We are only talking about a reflector based light, not tir.

Then there is no reason to use a reflector instead of TIR…
A TIR will be more compact and give a nicer beam profile for up close use.