Also there are likely many customers buying lights from Simon that don’t know how hot a li-ion powered flashlight can get, especially when left unattended. I’ve seen several people on r/flashlight that wrecked their older S2s by leaving them on higher output for ceiling bounce, etc. Sofirn for example ran into a similar problem when they were getting bad reviews on lights simply because they were getting warm on turbo. I can’t imagine the consequences reaction if these lights were sold without any sort of thermal regulation or even just timed stepdown.
Looking good.
For the 2.5V red light.
Did you have to solder the driver to the pill? Retaining ring?
Earlier in this thread Simon said the red driver wouldn’t be suitable for the S2+ pill.
I did solder a 8x driver to a brass pill for a S2 mod once, and it was a total mess :
As the pill takes all the heat, the solder won’t stick to it, I finally succeeded using open flame soldering, getting the whole pill enough heat that it could melt solder by contact … worked fine but the result is not pretty
Perhaps opportunistic, but do AliExpress coupons stack with discounts that Simon may give? I’ve got a project I’m working on, and am trying to do it in the most cost efficient way I can.
You must see WebMoney, choosing WebMoney works. Choosing PayPal should also work no problem. Just dismiss the payment page in any case.
Alternatively, you can use AliExpress application 8.4.0 or earlier. With it you can select “other payment methods”, the archetypical way. The app checks for updates just on startup, it counts the number of times it asks you to update and after a number of refusals it ends up forcing you to update (or clear }) application data). This is solved by launching the app while on airplane mode, while it shows the launching advertisement. As I've found many times, old versions of software can be better.
Can somebody help me please? I had M21B with SST40 for some time then bought S21B with CULPM1.TG and decided to switch leds - install SST40 into S21B and CULPM1.TG into M21B. I have replaced leds, but faced a problem with gaskets - the one from S21B is too small for SST40 and the one from M21B is too big for CULPM1.TG. What gasket should I order for SST40 in S21B and for CULPM1.TG in M21B?