It appears that Neal’s SS35-1 is available on BG as Dito XG1.
There’s aluminum Dito XL1 but the BG site utterly fails to style own shop on that site, putting all the actual content off-screen. So I don’t even know the dimensions.
Quite slim for an 18350 light (22.5mm wide at head. 82mm long)
Excellent output: 1770 out-the-front (note the manufacturer claims around 2400 lumens, but it’s explained somewhere in the instructions that those are emitter lumens not OTF).
Switch is small and stiff enough that lockout is not needed for regular pocket EDC. Chance of accidental activation is very low.
Biggest downsides of the DX3B:
USB cover can pop out in the pocket. It’s easy to put back into place though.
Not sure about the battery voltage indicator. It still gives 4 flashes even with the cell down to about 3.5 v
I wish someone would sell a shorty tube for DQG Tiny 4th - this would make for a really small 18350 light since the 18650 version is only 87mm long. The 18350 version would be 57mm long.
The tube is different from the S2, at least in anodizing. The top threads of the S2 shorty tube are not anodized (the edge is). On this tube the threads are all anodized! But, it if fits, maybe it works
Can you or anyone confirm the compatibility of the S2 with the S2+ 18350 tube? I don’t own any S2 but would like to try it on a short version :nerd_face:
I’m just curious to know. Have you tried both S2+ short tubes (silver and grey) with your Astrolux S41/S42, A6 maybe? I’m very familiar with the Convoy shorties, but I don’t have prebuilt Astrolux lights. I just want to know if I can try and use the Astrolux short tubes with some hosts that I have.
The threading of the Astrolux S1 short tube doesn’t fit the Convoy S2+ short tube and vice versa — I think their threading are different, which causes both to not completely screw inside each others tubes…
Okay, but have you tried both silver and grey? As you can probably tell, the silver and grey Convoys do not have the same fit. For some reason, they are built differently. The silver short tube (and the desert tan color as well) are for later generations of S2+, but they seem to go well with the older S2 tube.
Here is an image: Astrolux tube on the left, Convoy on the right!
The threads don’t match and don’t fit. Well, at least not in my Convoy S2+ flashlights!
EDIT: thanks d_t_a for confirming those matches on the tubes :+1:
Would you care to compare the silver or desert tan (sand) with the Astrolux? I’m more interested in the front thread or the front end for the head. The whole tailcap assembly can be bought anyway, at least for the S41/S42.
I don’t have any Astrolux flashlight, only the tube (I bought it ’cause I thought it would fit an headlamp I have, to make it shorty…It didn’t fit :person_facepalming: )!
Can’t help with that mate :zipper_mouth_face:
Thanks, Pete. I’d appreciate it if you could try the desert tan with the Astro S1. I’m looking for a short tube that I can use with an old host that I like. See the black one in the picture below.
I know for a fact that the S2+ silver and desert tan shorties can be used, especially the silver which seems like a perfect fit, but I am looking for a black one. I’m sure the black and the titanium grey for the S2+ are totally different and will not fit. The same goes with the blue, the green and the red for the S2+. Based on what I know so far, only the silver and desert tan will fit, so I’m looking for something that comes in black and is thread compatible with the silver and dt shorties.
