What did you mod today?

That is a thorough way to solve it, of course deleting the post was not my intention :frowning:

I was thinking this the entire time I read the post! “Didn’t someone do this already? Deja vu?” I’m glad someone else remembered it as well. Great spectrum on that original :wink:

Been a while, hope everyone’s been well.

Swapped a 4000K LH351D into a JETBeam Mini-One! Much better than the XP-G3. Wasn’t too bad but the bezel is definitely glued and was a PITA to get off.

I realize this light has a glass lens that’s easily replaceable but i wanted to make a lens cap for it anyway so I lathed it up out of plastic.

No prob, I had a copy and re-created the post in a thread on the Amutorch AL1 mod here, since there's no other threads in existence for this light.

The AL1 didn't get much attention and was dropped from BG, but still listed on the manufacturers site here:

https://www.amutorch.com/products/amutorch-al1-titanium-right-angle-flashlight1100-lumens

Mod Brass AAA Tool to 219b 4000k 9080 sw40:

Mod Copper AAA Tool to 219b 3000k 9080 sw30

I figured out how to get the pills out without shredding the wires. Heat the head on my reflow hotplate for about one minute, set to 100C…

3000k from a copper light looks great!

Added some personal touches to one of Sinner’s new 18350’s. Click image or link below for gallery with a little detail.

Gallery: https://imgur.com/a/L8ijv3k

LUX-RC 371V2 with 351D?

Not bad, not bad at all sir!

I’ve always wanted to own a Sinner’s. Impressive mod, Sir.

^ What he said :+1:

I had to make a new bezel on this copper light because the focus wasn’t right. I rubbed off some of the patina with the constant handling doing the mod.

I finally got around to fitting the lume1 driver to the TiCu so it now matches the damascus :heart_eyes:

Outstanding mod!
Great video, love the new driver’s headstand auto dimming…

I modified an Astrolux A01. It had the dreaded next memory mode (NMM), so I tried the pencil mod trick.

Here’s the flashlight and head:

I used a tweezers to removed the pill:

I wasn’t able to reach the capacitor on the driver for the pencil mod trick and eventually the negative LED wire broke off. But then I was able to write across the capacitor with a pencil and put everything back together:

Unfortunately the NMM stayed the same. So I added some more pencil to the capacitor and then surprisingly it kept the mode to only low. I then removed some of it with a toothpick, and what do you know, it worked! After all these years of dealing with NMM, the flashlight finally works like it should.

Congrats! :beer:

Modded a Sunwayman V11r to LH351D 2700k
it turned out really nice:

The beam is quite good, much better than with 219b and E21a.

Sometimes things just work out right, easily, the first time.

The larger die LH351D LED is a good match for the V11r reflector, that was originally paired with an XM-L2 from the factory.

low is 0.02 lumens, maximum is 385 lumens w 16340 at startup.

Im extremely pleased with the minimum output range, and pretty much blown away by the max output. The size and quality of the hotspot and the mostly smooth gradient blend of the spill, as well as the tint, are all excellent.

The LH351D transformed a light whose beam I was never quite satisfied with, due to a large shadow, midway out the spill, into a light I really enjoy using.

This is my first realization that the LH351d is a better match for a light whose reflector has a large opening at the bottom, than the smaller die 219b that I have used most.

I dont find the 2700k LH351D green tinted, it seems mostly golden to me. :+1:

Looks really good jon_slider! It’s great that we have so many awesome LEDs to choose from.

And thanks for the tip yesterday on the Astrolux A01 pencil trick mod. :+1:

I really like the emitter options these days. Between the SST-20, 219B/C and LH351D, there are a lot of good options to match either a reflector or optic with the emitter needed. I prefer the SST-20’s in triples, the narrow nature of the emitter produces a good end beam out of the triple. Sometimes either the 219’s or LH351D’s will work better in certain lights.

McGizmo PD-S with current bump to 917mA and 351D 3500K


Thrunite T2 with Rgwn’s GT-FC40 and lens treated with Joshk “green delete” paint


TIR optics seem to be a progression that many of us get to in the mod life of our favorite lights. And, it's cheap. I went with some single LED Carclo TIRs, ordered from LEDsupply. I have four S21As, all in 5000K, with an SST40, XP-L HI, Nichia 219C, or LH351D and I just had a bug to modify the beam of the last two. I changed the camera app setting to capture what came out closer to my eye's interpretation.

10003 Narrow Spot with 219C

10195 Frosted Medium Spot with LH351D

I bought the 10196 but haven't installed it in anything yet.

djozz found out how to max the output of the Sofirn C01. Here’s a comparison between the original Yuji ww C01 (left) and one modified accordingly using a rngwn 32K-EX (right):