What you got today

Nice score … I am a big fan of SWM … :beer:

wow :slight_smile:
Trit Envy

Hi. Is the above link the only place left to get the SunwayMan V11R? It is discontinued and no production Ti will be made anymore?

Received my BLF logo magnets and stickers :slight_smile: check out my post (BLF Magnets)

That’s beautiful :heart_eyes:

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.

Got a Convoy C8+ sst40 6500K today. My first Convoy. Love it.

From my experience, any Convoy is a good flashlight! Glad you love your C8.

Old vs New

That old Feuerhand needs some TLC ! It is the good type mit sturmkappe, it deserves some maintenance.

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 :slight_smile:

Got some PCB’s today from Oshpark, I love their new black substrate / clear solder mask option :heart_eyes:

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?? :confounded:

Just received this engine yesterday. 219C 4k with red secondary.

Got this Vapcell YR1030 internal resistance tester with bonus pack of alligator clips and 4 wire battery holder

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:

Efest purple 14500 : 620 lumen
Vapcell H10 : 815 lumen

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.

Looks like some good batteries djozz. Do you have some more info on your Convoy T2 mod? I’ve been thinking about buying a T2 to mod for awhile.

The T2 mods pretty much the same as a S2, in fact it is a S2 that was shrunken a bit, but without a pill, the ledboard is on a shelf like the S3 and the BLF-A6. 16mm ledboard, 17mm driver, small Omten in the tail. I used a FET-converted AK47 C1 driver, but I may replace it with a standard BLF-A6 driver. The most challenging part of the mod was adding a red lighted tail.

djozz, maybe you had a different version of this light, but the ledboard is smaller than 16mm.
It is perhaps 14.5mm, because there is a raised “ring” on the edge of the shelf that doesn’t allow a 16mm pcb to sit correctly!
I used a “shaved”/filed/rimmed 16mm board with Luxeon, but had to make it slimmer to fit well!

BTW, I am using a 17mm led4power (4-6A) driver, a XP-L Hi led on the Tool AA (v1) aliminum PCB, and a convoy FW clicky switch on the tail!

I guess I need to get a Vapcell to get some more light than the currently used Efest :wink:
Thanks for the heads-up :wink: