Today a mod with nothing revolutionary in it, just making a very nice and robust EDC:
*black S2+ host with short tube
*green o-ring at the lens swapped for a transparent one
*tried a smooth S2+ reflector but that produced a weird red-ish spot in the middle of the hotspot, went for the stock OP-reflector and the beam was fine.
*Nichia 219C SM4070e R9050 soldered on a 16mm Noctigon soldered to the pill
*BLF A6 driver fixed for voltage spikes with an extra 5 Ohm resistor, and added 680 Ohm bleeder resistor
*no spring bypasses, and kept the stock thin ledwires to keep the current down
*swapped the tail spring for a smaller one to reduce the tension on the 18350 battery.
*Lexel’s lighted tail ring with 6 leds, 4.7 kOhm resistors for each 3 leds, 3xblue led 3xpink led
*transparent 16mm tail cover.
The current (measured tail off with a clamp meter) on a full 1200 mAh Keeppower high drain 18350 was still between 7 and 8A, but I reckon with resistance of the tail it will be 5-6A, gradually going down with the battery draining, which is good. Output on high is 700 lumen, user interface beam and tint is great.
Super coool!!! Did the driver fit well?
I am using a 15mm MTN single sided driver as I throught I wouldn’t be able to put a double sided driver on it…
And that light switch…I might need one for mine :smiling_imp:
Nice
I always EDC AAA’s, but if you really need them for something they are depleted quickly.
I really like the Tool AA’s size. Still stealthy in a jeans. Its definately a keeper! Very happy how it turned out :partying_face:
Emitter swap.
Out: XP-L Hi cool, in: Nichia E21A sm203 R9050 warm! on my custom 119 board trimmed to shape to fit in the pill, center piece was left out to get the emitting surface of the (lot thinner) new led in the focal plane of the reflector.
Old output: 600-ish, new output 260. Max. current on a fresh battery 2.5A. Spot is smaller but spot brightness seems not much different. Beamshot is at 2.5 meter. I especially like the efficient performance on lowest setting: 1.5 lumen at 6.7mA current, so that should run for 4 days on a 700mAh 16340.
BTW, does the reflector work well with the XPL-HI LED?
I tried to use it with other leds (not the stock one) and I was getting some rings on the beam.
I then opted for a Luxeon V under a Pebbled TIR lens (the 16mm MCPCB was also trimmed)!
MascararumB, reflector works great with the led. But that’s me not being a beam profile snob. It throws nice though with a usable hotspot.
However I didn’t perfectly center the led.
I filed down the noctigon asymetrical and it was a snug fit to the pill. So the led couldn’t center very well. But for me its okay.
I looked at the luxeon V as well. Nice led, but I had this one still lying around. Also I don’t know if it can mess with the illuminated tailcap.
Yes I would call that extreme haha. Nice, I hate all these cold blue lights.
But 260lm at 2.5 Amp is a bit steep for daily all round usage… But nice for nights at home! Where’s the wine bottle?
Thanks for your answers and pictures Dutchee! I guess that being XPL-HI doesn’t create the “rings” that I saw in mine with the XP-G2 and the Luxeon V, before the TIR.
Even not being completely centered as you said, there is not much “noise” in the beam! Nice work once again
I am tempted to get another Tool AA to do something similar to what you’ve done
Unless LT releases a differente version of the light with some corrections (UI, Driver, LED :p)