Ooops! Sorry, I missed this one! Nice looking light, I wish they had a 1xAA version... Hint-hint Solarforce.
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Sweet pictures, as usual, from Old4570. Thanks!
Excelent review, pictures.. and flashlight.. I think the XRE led can be replaced with an XPG, as the reflector is screwed to the drop in, and it wont rattle. You will have more lumens, a bigger hostspot and more spill.. what do you think about it?
This is an actually beautiful flashlight.. unfortunatly it is underdriven with 1x18650 
Driver mod ! First ... Will see about a 1400mA 4.2v single mode driver in the pill ... Some time down the track ..
XP-G ? Ive got plenty of XP-G lights .
I just think XPG are more useful: more efficient, more lumens, bigger hotspot. Unless you want a nice thrower.
Do you think it is possible to use a 1400 mA driver? or a 2800 one with an XML? (I don't know what the circuitry of the tailcap do).
I put a 1400mAh driver in my Skyline 1 .. Works fine ...
Tailcap circuitry ramps the output .. So rather than modes , you just ramp it to the level you want 1L - 200L [ 18650 ] , anywhere in between .
For now , I want to keep it as is , once the newness wears off , I will see about a driver mod ..
After that ? , Looking at the shelf , there are at least a dozen P60 lights ready to go ... [ 15 ]
1 x SST 50 / 1 x Dual XP-G R5 / XP-G R5 x 3 / XR-E x 6 / XM-L x 3 / XP-E x 1
And I have quite a few pills , and no bodies ... Hmmm - a C1 maybe ...
No.. please.. I hope Solarforce don't sell it anymore by tomorrow.. I must not buy more flashlights..
Well darn you again for doing this! First I fell for the Skyline 1... and now the "two". I must say, the distinctive machining looks absolutely stunning. My thoughts about accumulating so many flashlights is that I will be able to mod my favorites well into the future... and it feeds the sickness right along with my other hobbies. At least I'm incorporating flashlights into many of the things I do. LOL! The "two" surely looks like a fav for a long time to come. It just screams "high tech" and damn good looking! Thanks for the great review. Looking forward to you tearing the living guts out of this thing like you did to your "one"! Its probably to early to tell, but do you think heat management is better than the typical light of this size, or is the machine work more for aesthetics than function? I wonder how it would manage heat @2.8A with an XML. Yeah, I know it would probably be pushing it if on for more than 5 min, but you never know.
Have you tried to dedome any XML's yet?
Heatsinking should be fine , it takes a 16mm round base/star ...
De-dome a XM-L , no , havent tried that .. Did it by accident to a XP-G R5 , still works .. One day ill find a light to put it in
Its still there with a discounted price!
My concern with driving an XML @ 2.8A in this host is the lack of threads (contact area) to transmit the heat from the body to the head. What do you think? Does the head get as warm as the body?
Lack of threads = To the head yes , its just a very narrow threaded part on the pill ..
I need to drill some holes to remove it [ When the newness has worn off ]
ATM heat is not an issue .. , One could try wrapping the reflector in Al-foil , and doing the foil trick , should one Mod it to XM-L
I didn't understand.. drill holes to remove what from where? how is this related to the increasing of heatsink?
The pill that screws into the body , that the LED sits on .. To remove it , I will need to drill 2 small holes , so I can remove it ..
I dont want to damage the threads for the head , or reflector , removing the pill .
I thought you wanted to increase the heat transmision between the head and the dropin with that, I didn't understood.
Quick dumb question: The Skyline 2 is a P60 compatible host or not?
Thanks!
does'nt look like it. the reflector screws onto the body.
It's not compatable. The pill is mounted in the body, and is a bugger to remove. During upgrading my skyline II witha 1.4a driver I had to destroy the original...complete pita!
Thanks for clearing that up!
Yeah, it's rather a shame both of the Skylines are so anoying to upgrade. The driver is held in place by the push fit brass piece you can see in Match's second photo, sadly it's pushed in to place either with a press of some kind or a bloody big hammer :P