I want to love this light, and even more so with this mod, but I just know it will never get carried over my KR4 or SC62w.
May I ask, what were the setbacks?
I want to love this light, and even more so with this mod, but I just know it will never get carried over my KR4 or SC62w.
May I ask, what were the setbacks?
I bought this D25A Ti with a problem. Sometimes the light would not turn on. And when it did work, the switch was hyper sensitive and would switch modes with the slightest touch of the tailbutton. It would also skip modes.
At first I thought the issue was the switch contact ring to the bodyā¦ I made sure it was clean, including removing all lube with alcohol. I even cleaned the body ring that the switch seats on, with emery paper, to remove any potentially non conductive Titanium Oxide.
The switch was still hyper sensitive, so I suspected the issue was caused by the plunger on the switch remaining partly depressed by the too tight tolerance to the rubber boot. I sanded down the switch pin, a littleā¦ it seemed to help, but the light was still unreliable. Sometimes it would not turn on.
Rather than continue shortening the switch pin, I decided to wrap the metal washer in a few layers of packing tape. This seems to have solved the problemsā¦ The switch is now not hyper sensitive, it no longer skips modes, and so far, there have been no more failures of the light to turn on.
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edit the next day:
The switch failed again, several times, intermittently
so I removed the spacer tape around the metal washer.
then
I cleaned the switch with an alcohol soak, and I think that helped.
I also wrote to ask EagleTac if they will sell me a replacement switch.
Iāve never had a Zebralight, so I wonāt even begin to compare that. And while I donāt have a KR4, I do like Hankās lights. Crazy thing thoughā¦ the Noctigon KR4 and the Amutorch E3 are almost exactly the same size, but the E3 is 21700 whereas the KR4 is 18650. E3 dimensions: 95 (length) x 29 (head) x 25.4 (body). The KR4 is 98 x 29 x 24.
The difficulties / setbacks:
This makes me feel better that you go through some of the same frustrations I do on mods.
And yes one thing Iāve learned for certain with 7135s, the good ones are good and the bad ones are bad.
Finally got the boards in to convert my Amutorch E3 to Anduril2 with RGB Aux LEDs. It was a very tedious mod, but after a couple setbacks I think it turned out really well. I made a custom attiny1616-based FET+1 driver and used Loneoceansās RGB Aux board for the FW3x series.
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WOW that is Sweet to build a custom driver ghart !! :heart_eyes:
Not to take away from all these other great mods here lately. You guys are AWESOME !! :+1:
Blazing new trails and ideas. Ol Lumens would have serious competition these days. :sunglasses:
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Great build gchart.
Iām not a fan of how bulky are the latest Hankās 18650 lights either.
Today I adapted the GT4 handle for the Nano
(am bored today)
Today I adapted the GT4 handle for the Nano :nerd_face:
Almost perfect! Iād like to see a shoulder strap though
Today I adapted the GT4 handle for the Nano :nerd_face:
(am bored today)
I guess itās more comfortable now?
Nitecore PD EX11.2 w 219b 4500k 9080 D200 SW45k
I smile every time I see the Hot Pink tint
on 16340:
minimum 0.03 lumens
maximum 300 lumens
Today I adapted the GT4 handle for the Nano :nerd_face:
(am bored today)
Good one !
I modded the state of charge of the Sony VCT6 in my FW3A today by removing the cell and placing it in my Liitokala charger.
Another nice 219B sw45k mod jon_slider! That is an amazing LED.
Another nice 219B sw45k mod jon_slider! That is an amazing LED.
thank you very much for the kind and supportive words. You have very good tasteā¦
fwiw, that Nitecore EX11.2 has an sw45k from Bob McBob. It is the most pink variant, a D200, highly recommended.
andy zhu also has sw45k, they are D220 and are nice too, less intensely pink.
in the past andy also had sw45, non k, and less pink of the three, but still has a slight pink tint, noticeable when compared to CW and Low CRI Leds whose DUV (Tint), is farther above the BBL
andy has a great variety of other 219b LEDs tooā¦
I like the sw30 he has too, recommended.
I have the 219B sw30 D180 and sw35 D200 LEDs from azhu. They are very nice!
And I also got my sw45k D200 from Bob McBob. Agreed, highly recommended.
Have you tried the sw40 D200 from Illumn I have them in a quad Convoy M2 and I think itās probably my favorite CCT/tint of all my flashlights.
Have you tried the sw40 D200ā¦ itās probably my favorite CCT/tint of all my flashlights. :heart_eyes:
congrats on finding love
I had not tried the D200 sw40, I have a D220 sw40 and I wish is was more pinkā¦ Thanks for the tip! :+1:
I do have sw35 D200 from azhu, but it is not a favoriteā¦ ātoo greenāā¦ lol
If you want a nice rosy 3500K, try the Nichia E17A SM353 from Eurekatronix (Virence).
Hereās the sw35 D200 on the left vs the quad SM353 on the right:
thank you for the comparison photo,
that E17a 3500k looks very nice,
I had not seen it before
and the tint looks nice for my pink preferences
what light is that inā¦ curious about the optic
Theyāre in a pink S2+ hostā¦ with a frosted lens.
great photos
looks very niceā¦
is there an Anduril driver option?