Thanks Jon, I read Selfbuilt review too. But do remember that 2,9 years was calculated down to 0V. Expect 1ish year to normal 2,5V as below 2,5V is considered sleeping zone for most Li-Ion batteries. Including the battery self discharge itself.
There’s a lockout function fortunately
Trits!!!
Major respect on your mods and photos… thanks for sharing
despite not being perfect, and what light is?
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these new rotaries are fun lights, with a nice heavy chunk of brass in the head
and they have Trit Slots! and fwiw M4D M4X has a secret discount code… dont ask me, its secret… ask him
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I think somebody should offer a few of the new RRT-01 customized to High CRI…, with Trits Installed!
anyone here interested in having Clemence build up half a dozen RRT-01 w E21a, and Trits!!!
or maybe Bob_McBob will surprise us?
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confession
Ive been using an Eye10 with the stock LED and those supposedly Horrible Detents I ranted about recently… well… when Im not staring at the lumens on my light meter, and not white wall hunting the beam, those little detents are kind of fun. I can see how a muggle would like them.
penance
Im back to carrying my RRT-01 w SW45, the smooth dial is just so… smooth
and the pink tint is heavenly…
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as you can see, Im consistently inconsistent, and often disagree with my younger self.
One way or the other… one of me is always right, some of the time. lol
There’s no better than Clemence to mod these and he has access to the biggest selection of E21A 9080 emitters which IMO is the best looking hi cri emitters available.
Jon, convince me not to buy this and suggest another interesting 18350 light under $100. I can mod it if necessary. If you do not succeed then i will have no choice…
LOL
if you want a magnetic rotary w 18350, this IS the way to go, if you appreciate a beam with a hotspot for general EDC
and at the price M4DM4X is proposing… I think its a great deal… Bird in Hand, go for it, then beat the bush and someday you may do better, if you can find an original, that weighs less, or a Titanium version, that has more Bling
did I mention the new one has Trit Slots? How can you say no? LOL
if you can settle for electronic ramping, a D4 might be OK, if youre ok with that beam style, and the potential to roast nuts
or if you can settle for a 4 mode triple with onboard charging, still w 18350 capability, there is the Mecarmy PT-16, but it does not have a ramping UI, nor a sublumen mode
Today, knowing what I know, the RRT-01 is a BUY!
its not perfect, but, it is here now
Ok, I bit the bait. I blame Jon and Martin for this. Will get back to you all with potential modifications summary later after teardown.
I’m thinking to sell upgrade kit rather than modified one. Time flies faster and my third hand still doesn’t seem to show up anytime soon.
Besides already getting a new emitter put in mine, I now have it broke down and am going to fill in the small detents with some lead. I was taught how to braze with lead by a old body man years ago. He didn’t like body filler and refused to use it. So I think I am going to get those detents filled in. I am sure it will take a bit of work to get it all smoothed out but, I have time and I am in no hurry. Think I will see if I can rid the light of that max brightness detent as well. Haven’t looked at it close enough to see if that will be doable. Not going to try and boost output. It is just fine for me the way it is. No need to give myself a reason to burn through cells even faster.
Guess I will see how it goes. I don’t foresee any problems but, ya never know.
The post says that 2x12mm are too long and need some grinding. It says that 2x10mm should be fine, but I can only find 2.5x10mm. Anyone who has the light at hand, do you think that 2.5x10mm will fit without grinding?