I made up some brass signal tubes for my FW3 shorty mods and machined the tubing smaller for the FW3/NovaTac mods. So I had 3-4 FW3 signal tubes left over. Now I’m out of brass tubing. But then I figured I would flap out the battery tube of the NovaTac which was about .005” and then I cut down the FW3 tube to fit.
My Last FW3/NovaTac Triple using the FW3 driver and cut down signal tube…and clip…
I have not seen any SPL-120’s just the SPA SPL-120’s and the 3 older ones I had with the SS Black bezel to me is the better ones of the SPA’s from my experience. I don’t know much about the other models.
Edit. Sorry… I misread your question… I had 120M locked in my head… I got a 120M coming… a Black anodized with a clip… my first… All my others have been in the weapon light kit SPA SPL-120’s.
Mine had the pill that has the skinny straight mcpcb opening.
I think the output is pretty good with the stock driver and an LED swap, it actually turned out better than I anticipated. Really happy with the light now.
I agree on that. Novatac pills with HS opening just for a P4 emitter are the ones with most lumens after emitter swap.
Those with larger opening in the pill for emitter and mcpcb, those are the ones with less powerfull driver.
I hope i’m right but as i read in Kawiboy and CRX posts, it seems it is like that.
Must look amazing. I’m also very keen on the TH20. I picked mine up for $30 from the Thunite site when they had a sale. A BLF friend here swapped the emitter for me, with a Nichia 219B R9080 R9050 sw30 I supplied to him. It would be warmer than I normally go for, but wow… is it fabulous. Eyes adjust to it easily. Very reminiscent of incandescent. It’s under-powered with a basic AA Eneloop, but the main intention is close range task illumination & it does the job wonderfully. Good spill. Ramping is a touch slow, but I’d rather have that than too fast.
Yesterday I got some “goodies” and made small mods.
Replaced a XP-L HI (4000K led on my FW1A for a Luxeon V2 4000K too.
The tint is not so much different, but I find it better than the XP-L HI.
Before (compared with a Nichia 5700K, on the right) > After (compared with a Nichia 5700K, on the right)
Comparison betweemn the 3 Luxeon V2 led (3000K, 4000K, 5000K)
I also moded my On The Road i3, through a “lego” with the battery tube with the On The Road M1.
Although there are differences in anodozing and knurling, the tubes fit well.
I used a 16650 (Sanyo UR16650ZTA, 3.7V 2500 mah) battery to put inside the “new” flashlight!
It uses a 15mm diameter driver, with Crescendo, and I am using a Samsung LH351D.
So far so good
Compared with the FW3A and the FW1A (18500 version)
CRX, that is absolutely beautiful! I feel ignorant at the moment…so was that originally a vape? I need to know more. What did you fabricate yourself? What is used behind the lens on the triple? Need more info on the tailcap for the 18350 light