What did you mod today?

story · June 19, 2021, 10:44pm

I turned my flashlight into a lantern. It works very well with low or even moonlight mode in total darkness.

There’s 3 modes. I got the supplies from Dollar Tree.

DTales · June 22, 2021, 8:39am

IF25A modded with 2700k SST20s (JA3) and D-C-Fix (not in image). I wasn’t a big fan of the beam profile and somewhat greenish tint of the stock 4000k LEDs. Now it’s perfect for me.

Xandre · June 22, 2021, 8:57am

regards Xandre

thefreeman · June 22, 2021, 9:03am

Need an account to see this.

Bart1080 · June 22, 2021, 11:53am

Handy torch site….not. Even with setting the default settings from German to English site translation, it still presents as German!!!
Anyway once signed up the link still doesn’t allow access.

There’s 20min of my life I wont ever get back
Vunderbar

Unheard · June 22, 2021, 11:46am

I should have told you .

Keine Ahnung, was los ist, Xandre, aber ich sehe das auch nicht.

Bart1080 · June 22, 2021, 11:52am

Ich wünschte ich wüsste was los ist!!!..aber leider ist mein Deutsch so gut wie mein Swahili

PeyoX · June 22, 2021, 11:54am

Swapping L21A’s Sst40 with Sft40, sanded down the top of the emitter gasket, and modding the driver to 8A.

Xandre · June 22, 2021, 1:08pm

Sorry the album was privat,
now it works ?

Unheard · June 22, 2021, 1:20pm

Yep.

Now that’s a head. How many cd?

Xandre · June 22, 2021, 1:27pm

We hope over 54 MCD
to get on the top.

Regards Xandre

raccoon · June 22, 2021, 1:36pm

Holy crap!

That flashlight head is huge.

jon_slider · June 22, 2021, 1:56pm

is it high cri?

mattlward · June 22, 2021, 6:36pm

I could not agree more. They will get dropped and that thin aluminum is not very strong. My EDC FW3’s and FW1’s all have them.

Lightbringer · June 22, 2021, 8:36pm

[presumably from thinwall Al tubing of the S11C?]

“Doc, it hurts when I do this…”

“So don’t do that.”

There’s always a price to pay. You want lightweight, you gotta have less metal. You want sturdy, you need more metal.

I got a Xeno E03 which takes 14500/AA, but is almost the size/weight of a compact 18650 light. The walls are so thick, it even has “finger-grooves” milled into the side for better grip. That’s thick. And it’s heavy.

With the S11C, you slip that into your pocket and it almost disappears because it’s so light. Some people value that vs being able to baton a killin’ knife into a log with your flashlight without damage.

It just depends on what you want.

mattlward · June 22, 2021, 8:42pm

Lightbringer, I mostly agree. But, weight is not the issue. I like the little bit of sturdy protection on the front end of the light to protect my investment, after all they always hit the ground nose first. The FWAA is borderline underpowered for an EDC, but some days in some pants if fits well. Otherwise I am normally going to carry an 18650 light.

Lightbringer · June 22, 2021, 8:51pm

Maybe it’s just me, but the only time I ever dropped a light was when I had my MH20 precariously balanced on my bike’s seat when poking around in the dark.

I try to not drop my lights, like, ever.

mattlward · June 22, 2021, 9:14pm

Some are tools, some are shelf queens and some are in between. I don’t try to, but it does happen. I work around gensets, mechanical vaults and data centers… crap happens.

max · June 22, 2021, 9:17pm

That may be true, but sometimes your cat(s) help sweep them off the table onto the floor.

Lightbringer · June 22, 2021, 10:08pm

Actually it was on a sort of pile of papers and mail that I didn’t get to yet, and that was off a coffee-table, so total drop was a paltry 8” or so.

Work-lights, absolutely, you need rugged. That’s why you’d pick Snap-On vs JiffyTool.

But for the average schmo who wants a light light (ha!), the S11C would be great.