I do like my P60 hosts , I think the picture tells it all .
But today I just want to talk about 3 non P60 hosts that were very easily converted to P60 , My first LED flashlight , the Romisen RL B7 , the SAIK SA-8 and the EDI T29 .
The first thing that needs doing is to make the original lights into empty hosts .
Remove the factory pill and reflector ..
With the Romisen , the pill will drop in from the front , remove the lens ring , and drop in the P60 module , it may or may not want the outer neg spring , I have gone both ways in the past .
Screw the lens ring back on , and thats it , you have moded a light to P60 . Easy right ?
Now my Romisen is XM-L , and has the new 2 mode + Junk KD SSC P7 driver [ Why cant they do Hi Med Lo ??? ] , and if you look carefully , you will see that the reflector to bezel relationship means there is no bezel block ! Full output , and ............. 900L due to no blockage [ If only the driver didnt have a junk mode and had memory , this would be my No1 XM-L ]
The SAIK SA-8 is a little different , it has a reflector retaining ring , that holds the reflector and lens in place from the back of the head ..
So simply remove the ring , pull out the reflector , pop in a P60 module , put the retaining ring back gently , dont break the lens . and there you have it , it is that easy !
And lastly the EDI host , again the same as the SAIK SA-8 , it has a retaining ring to hold in the reflector + lens ..
Remove the ring , pull out the reflector , pop in a P60 module and viola ! another mod !
Now any host with a large enough head should be able to be moded to P60 if your looking for a easy upgrade , My SAIK is 3xAAA , and I am currently running it as such with a Solarforce 5 mode drop in , and it runs fine [ ok output is down as Im actually running DRY Cells - cheap nasty ones at that ]
But if your 3xAAA has an external tailcap , then you have the option of 22600 , [ internally threaded bodies may not - Solarforce L2i for example ]
So there you have it , its as easy as can be ...
And if your like me , you may have a few P60 modules in the spare parts box doing nothing , and should you ever be tempted by a cheap light , only to find the output is not even close to advertised specs , you could maybe pop in a P60 module . Maybe ?