You’re welcome, thanks for starting the thread, it made me rediscover all these options again.
I agree about the Imalent, it checks all my boxes too, except the most important one. As usual when I find a light that has all the best features there’s no neutral option, this continues to happen again and again. If I’m going to have to live with CW I may as well just get the Nitecore HC33 for half the price.
In the Imalent I really like how it has 1500lm & 700lm modes below the turbo, and also the Zebralight type UI with 1-click on/off, plus it’s a bit shorter than the others. If I’d ever see it on a really great deal I’d get it and try an emitter swap.
Perfect agreement with that cold white emitter. I will do a emitter swap and put a 5k neutral white in it. One of my biggest requirements for a right angle light is the magnetic base. There are lots of times when im working on something and find it convenient to stick my light to something. I think one of these days im going to sit down and design and sketch up my perfect headlight. I have a few ideas :).
XHP50.2 might be best since it has the same footprint as the XM-L2.
Actually mine is an H02, (previous version) and it’s slightly larger than the H03. There’s a ton of space inside and it has a 21mm driver like the H03.
Lexel makes a driver specifically for H03 (but not a boost driver) There are some 1S 20mm and 22mm boost drivers available but not sure about any an for e-switch.
I might just install a new driver and 18350 in my old H02 and call it a day on that one. I think it’s the BLF A6 tube, might require some modifications, I don’t have an A6 shorty tube but I tried the regular tube from my A6 and it does fit, but the O-rings are showing so I’d loose water resistance, although that wouldn’t be an issue for this.
Not exactly sure about fitment on the H03, but it looks like it worked out OK for chadvone.
I havent tried to change the H03 yet, and only had it 2 weeks. I just now got the battery i wanted for it, but it seems like it has potential. I believe an XM-L2 can be pushed to around 1600 lumens, am i remembering correctly? So a FET driver for it might give it a nice bump up. This is a headlight that i have been thinking about modding…… if its not too much of a piece of junk. https://www.gearbest.com/headlights/pp_1104480.html