What did you mod today?

Nice mod, you’re an expert at transplanting drivers.

I love mods where the sum of the parts is multiple times the price of the original light. Really highlights how crazy dedicated we are :slight_smile:

Yep, about $12 in parts on a $7 light makes it into something useful, so for like $19 out of pocket I get a custom light no one seems willing to make. I'd love to have the quality of a host by Convoy for example, and willing to pay $20 easy for one, $35-$40 if already running Anduril 2 with a decent LED.

Great mod Tom E! Definitely a winner! :person_with_crown:
I was suspicious about the Amps and that led, but I’m glad you don’t get any blueish on the beam! :+1:

Convoy S21B GT-FC40 3000K and Convoy 12V 2,5A boost driver.




Easy build and I’m very happy about the light quality of 3000K emitter.

Just an emitter and driver swap. 219b sw40 in a D80v2 with LD-A4 driver set to 2A max.

The beam is fantastic. Perfect for nighttime trail walks.




Looks very nice Rayoui!

How did the soldering of the spring onto the driver go? It seems whenever I’ve needed to replace a spring on a tailswitch, I always struggle and usually end up replacing the switch due to it melting.

I just apply a little solder paste and stick the spring in place, then use some hot air to melt the solder. It’s the easiest way I’ve found to do it and comes out very clean.

Ahh, hot air vs soldering iron. Looks good!

Liquid-cooled hack-sink, uh…. I mean heat sink.



Very nice. Actually similar to my D80V2, traded highest output for beam/tint quality, but I used a sliced high CRI 5000K LH351D instead and the stock driver, slightly better output slightly less tint.
(measured in hotspot @350mA, CCT=3920K, duv=–0.0001, CRI=93.5, R9=58)

Nice! I actually have a D80v2 with a sliced dogfart as well, but I’ve never been able to get mine to drop CCT that far. Using a ~0.8-0.9mm washer as a guide, they usually come in around 4500K. What method are you using to slice your 351D?

In fact, I have another one with a sliced 4000K 351D that comes in at 3800K which is very close to what you got out of your 5000K emitter!

Hmm, that makes me wonder if I used a 4000K one after all. Maybe I can look it up, I must have posted it somewhere.

I use washers as well, 4 in succesion to slice the dome gradually, each washer thinner, and the last gets me right on top of the phosfor, the angle of the razor blade determines if I cut into the phosfor or not.

This self-quote from Nov 2019 that I found in this thread mentions 5000K, but even then I do not trust myself, I always had 4000K versions in house too. I will never know :partying_face:

I know entry level mods, but yet I’m gunna post my first post on this thread!

sw40 d200 reflowed into my Tool AA 2.0. Rosier than I was expecting but I really like it! It originally had the hideous xpl2.

Osram nm1 swap into my BLF x5. Definitely regret due to focusing issues. And there’s no led gasket factory, so I’m shaving down one of Simon’s. Gave up for today!

Still looking for good 219c 4000k d240 bare to buy

I built Convoy S3 with Luxeon MZ5700K 90cri, Convoys TIR lens and LD-A4 driver. Very nice paper white beam and very much heat. Good light to use in short bursts if run on turbo. On ~30% and ~4A gives plenty of light and heat is manageable.



Beam distance 3m.

Looks nice, but what is that?
:slight_smile:

Mine MZs are very green, good that your’s is better :slight_smile:

Thanks. I only bought these, because they were so cheap and seemed interesting. I’m positively surprised.

Simple emitter swap in FWAA