Yes - when i first got into lights, all the LEDs were mounted on 20mm stars and almost all of them had screws holding the star down. This is the firs new 20mm star I've seen in over a year.
But back then you didn't get 20,000 lux at 1m out of anything you could carry.
Took it out to check and it seems to be plastic. Time to check if KD has one in this size. It appears to be 36.6mm in diameter and 1.5mm thick. KD don't have anything suitable and flashlightlens.com who do want $5.25 for one plus probably twice that in shipping. Not worth it for a $30 light.
I pulled the screws and there is definitely heatsink compound under the star - it is now all over my fingers. And I forgot to mention - it has a forward clickie which doesn't make sense to me in a multimode light, but it has one anyway...
Some folks will love this, some, like me, would prefer a reverse clicky.
Obviously it wasn't obvious as I thought , sorry how2
Better with compound since his function is fill the small, very small only , air gaps due imperfections , scratches and such between the surfaces of the star and the pill...with a very good work there can be achieved a thermal resistance of 1 C/W , that mean in a 5W powered emitter 5 C difference between the star and the pill , a lousy job as with that Chinese or not glue could result in a thermal resistance of 2 or more C/W with the result of the junction of the mentioned emitter working at more temperature than necessary.Polished metal with metal ( screws the best) and a tiny layer of grease is the way.
Ok, that plastic lens led me out until other torch show up,too bad the lens are only available at that paypal' hater guy, his shipping cost are not outrageously expensive by American standards if you order more than one lens but he want CC pay, no thanks
Also his contact information is a kind of 'watch out ! we want your money not your problems , check the info provided you lazy idiot !
Great and informative work as usual, Don! (May I dare add that your reviews were the main reason for me to come back to this place again and again before I finally signed up)
I have some of these DX 10644-lenses left as I bought the 10-pack needing only 1 because it is my belief that no flashlight should be left with a plastic lens. That said, I would happily send you a couple, just PM me!
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I don't speak Spanish so this is from Google Translate. I hope that it makes sense...
With two cheap (WF brand rubbish) CR123 batteries (6V) it is much less bright than with an 18650. It also seems to be nearly impossible to change modes with 6V. With two protected RCR123 it is as bright or maybe a little brighter than with an 18650. But it doesn't make a big difference but I imagine heat will be worse and runtime much shorter.