Thanks jon_slider, please do keep me in mind. I am familiar with the Vllr - I have 3 and have followed your mod with the E21a and will likely do this with one of them.
It’s a chunky heavy little stainless thing. I don’t mind the weight but I know most wouldn’t like it. Dead simple and basic triple. I wish I were able to justify some of Reylights other lights but that $100 is about my limit.
There’s a story behind that.
Actually I have two of them, i don’t know exactly how old they are, but probably very old. They were from my father in law who passed away 17 years ago, when i met him they were already hanging in his garage in this state.
They are decorative items now, there’s a rust hole in the bottom, i can’t get it over my heart to throw them away
With holes in them there is not much reason to restore them, too much work, it is not that they are rare (I think I read that up to 2012 250 million Feuerhands have been produced). So to keep them out of sentimental reasons is probably best
Got some PCB’s today from Oshpark, I love their new black substrate / clear solder mask option
Edit: populated with the components from a BLF-A6 driver from Banggood, with FET replaced by a LFPAK33 size FET from Mtn. It tested ok. Note the interesting MCU that is used on the new BG BLF-A6 drivers, branded Atmelu??
Today I got two of these Vapcell H10 1000mAh 10A 14500 cells.
I can not test batteries but I can do a quick comparison: I have a Convoy T2 with direct driver, springs bypassed and a sliced 4000K 90CRI LH351D led. At max it draws whatever the battery can deliver. I measured at 30 seconds with a freshly charged battery:
The output of the Vapcell was hardly dropping at 30 seconds. So my preliminary conclusion: another winner from Vapcell, this is clearly a battery from what HKJ calls the “new chemistry” ; both high capacity and high current.