Amazon Deal Alerts & Discussion Thread

The SP32A V2? I was just looking at them. They got the black, gold, and silver.

Before, only black was available.

Anyhoo, I got a great deal anyway. 21bux for the light, so I ain’t complaining. :smiley:

Been meaning to grab one. I like the old one a lot, just hated the ramping, used it once and changed it back to modes. I’m interested to try the ramping on the new one.

32v2s, TK18s, pretty much everything but my Q8s, if it’s got ramping, I use stepped mode instead. Quicker.

My Q8s, it’s either something lowlowlow just to see in the dark, or 2click to turbo anyway. If I need anything less than its turbo, I might as well be carrying a light that’s smaller’n/lighter’n a brick.

Fascinating, isn’t it?

We all seem to have our “lighting habits” pretty much all mapped out, while most of the planet just grabs a 2buk plastic-tube D-cell hotwire flashlight and that’s pretty much it.

Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal: $36.99
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Lightning Deal: -$9.00
Your Coupon Savings: -$9.00
Total before tax: $18.99
Estimated tax to be collected: $0.00
Grand Total: $18.99

https://www.amazon.com/Sofirn-Tactical-Flashlight-Features-Rechargeable/dp/B07FKJDH93/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536411647&sr=8-1&keywords=Sofirn+SP31+v2.0

I had to decide which light to give the wife the other night to walk the grand daughter home . None are single mode on/off easy-pezzy. I’ve got to work on that. I’m thinking the Q8 would cover all the bases as long as she doesn’t get caught in multipress jungle.

I got the wife and kids a few single mode sk68’s for just that type of thing. They aren’t impressive lights at all but they give the muggles a way to make it home in the dark. :slight_smile:

S2+ with wider-angle TIR and nice 1-mode driver, say 1.5A or so.

Can’t beat that for close range lighting except for maybe an aspheric.

Thanks Lightbringer, Could you link me up with a 1 mode driver ? I’ve got a couple cheap S2+s I could use for that.

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1612/10001751/1127404-3v5v-4-amc7135-led-flashlight-driver-circuit-gener

I got a bunch of those. Simple, stoopit, works. Nothing to go worng.

No µC to go mental on you, just parallelled 7135s and a reverse-protection diode. Great for pushing XP-E2s in old C8s (type I, with pill and 17mm hole), pretty much anything that takes 17mm drivers.

Get 20mm ones for SK98s if you go the aspheric route.

Oh, and order some springs if you don’t want to be stuck with button-tops. FT got ’em in a bunch of different lengths/sizes, just pick one that suits ya. No need to bypass anything or go with huge springs with only 1.4A.

That looks like a no brainer. Not too hot, on/off, hand to newb FL. Thanks.
PS: which angle TIR do you use mostly ? I’m thinking 45 degree is best for flood?

Not sure what’s the come-with angle of the RJ02, but I swapped that for a 60° and like it.

Wider (90°, 120°) seem to be a bit ringy. Might just be more critical as far as seating height over the LED, dunno, but I wasn’t crazy about ’em.

The emitters in my S2+s are angry blue . I suppose TIRs don’t help ?

They’re already all-blue, so not much tint-shift to fix.

One more ? . Does the driver you linked have any form of LVW ? Doesn’t say it does in specs. I’d like to set an S2+ up for my granddaughter to use.

No it does not, it would have to have a mcu.

Ok , thanks . I guess this would not be a good choice then.Anyone no of a single mode , low power S2+ driver with LVP.

You could try contacting RMM (Richard) on here or at Mtn.electronics for a custom one mode driver with LVP.
http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=67_116&product_id=382
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You could also use this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-KDLIGHT-7135-V3-17mm-AMC7135-1-Cell-16-Groups-Flashlight-Driver-Board-1-pc/32701071546.html
Solder all 4 bridges to get high mode only. Unsolder as many of the amc7135 regulators as you see fit to reduce the current. Each one you take off reduces the current by 380ma.

Excuse my ignorance , could you please tell me what bridges to solder?

In that ali link look at the pictures to the left. On the battery side of the driver you will see 8 tinned pads in groups of 2. Soldering 2 pads together is bridging the connection to change modes in the mcu. The instructions for mode groups and which bridges does what are near the bottom of that linked page.