Stooopid me, I couldnāt remember who did it, but it was you djozz Now I remember!!
The thing is that not all 18350 tubes fit the S2. And despite I like the S8, Iād prefer the S2.
In case it doesnāt work (the tubes in the S2), Iāve been measuring and Iāll do it with a SMO reflector and a small pill both from S2 in a S2+ host. With a Led4Power driver configured for 5A!
I just verified the S2 head fits the S2+ short tube and the S2+ head fit the S2 long tube ā The tail cap of the grey S2 worked on the short tubeāI have a Black S2 that the tail cap wonāt work on the short tubeāfor some reason the black S2 has a tail cap like the S6ā- If I remember correctly one of the pills wonāt work in the other ānot sureā I had some triple pills machined and I remember the machinist telling me the pill thread pitch was different between the long and short versions
Hereās a pic of S2+ with short pill/long reflector ā- as you can see the S2+ head is aout 1/8ā too short of accepting the battery tube completelyāthe S2 head is 1/8ā longer āā you might be able to shorten the thread length but Iām not sure how that will affect the short tube with a 18350 cell āmost of the time itās already on the short side ā you might be able to gain some by trimming/sanding the pill ā both the pill and the reflector have a recessed space for the LED board
I had already asked Simon and that was is answer (Sorry, it was posted in another thread )
Please say something about that combination (gray - gray) when you get it!
I have 3 ātypesā of tubes from the S2: black, desert tan and blue/grey (from the āminiā S2 18350).
When you get the results, in case the gray short tube doesnāt fit the S2 host, I can buy other tubes besides the ones I have and say which fit and which donāt and let people know about it.
Chris, the gray S2 is matched with a gray 18350 tube?
The S2+ we know they are interchangeable, but it was shown in another thread that the gray 18350 tube didnāt fit the gray S2 host, but that the āsilverā 18350 tube was fitting that!
Maybe this has to do with different batches of hosts/short tubes and different places where they are bought? (example, my S2+ tan bought in Gearbest has a different anodizing from the one I bought from Simon)
I know you did mate, and I was not doubting you, but conflicting information that the gray tube wouldnāt fit, I was trying to ascertain if it was an isolated case! Sorry if I sounded otherwise
And thanks for the photo
Iāll be ordering from Simon soon having this info in hands
Thanks again
Yesterday I received my S2 gray and a short grey tube! I confirm the gray, black and desert tan shorty tubes fit
However the anodizing colour is slightly different from the flashlight.
Here are some photos! You can see that the shorty tube is more blueish (like the Convoy S2+ on the right)
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BTW, Simon wrongly sent me a OP reflector. Still, I moded the light with a Led4power LD-A4 driver (configured to 4A) and an Osram white flat! The beam looks more defined in the photos that in reality, but is still nice! Iām still thinking about buying the SMO reflector or not.