Hence, the reason I've ended up here in the first place, I was just looking up reviews for the SP10S as I've just noticed it on Ali not long ago and with the new GT Micro from Lumintop, I was wondering if it would be possible to retrofit the GT Micro Narsil driver into the Sofirn SP10A (a nice host with a side switch - Initially I was thinking about fitting the Micro's driver in the Tool AA, but.. that host has no side switch, so.. bumer.. )
So, would I take an SP10S with a driver running Anduril natively ? Hell yeah! Even better than Narsil.
With that said and whatever I know about the SP10, whichever version, I'd like to see the following changes/additions:
- Glow in the dark O-ring on the glass lens water seal - (Lumintop AA)
- Copper MCPCB for the emitter (a Luxeon V if possible ? )
- Switch indicator light - (as previeusly mentioned, just like on the SP32A V2.0)
- PCB for the tail cap spring (with friction ring soldered where the body will touch the outer PCB edge) - thus not relying on the anodizing to break connection / "physically lock" the light
- Dual spring (springs on both the driver and the tail cap alike) - thus, electronic reverse polarity protection instead of mechanical
On my part it’s still a thing, there’s progress and set-backs alike
Integrating both AA & 14500 to the point that the driver doesn’t care what you feed it - LVP aside - is the hardest part if both are supposed to be regulated well.
Just 14500 is dead easy, regulated AA + DD 14500 is simple still, beyond that it gets complicated.
Thanks for the explanation and reply!
I will be using such kind of light only with 14500s so I won’t care much for AA Alkaline or Ni-MH! I do see the point, though, of trying to make it versatile to use those kind of batteries.
Still, 14500s will probably rule on it, more than AAs…