Lumens: 1820… WOW! 8)
It looks like you’ve created the perfect compact flood monster. I love your driver mod. How long can you run it on high before it gets to hot or the cells start to sag?
I forgot to add that to the post. The driver has thermal protection, so it steps down after about 5 minutes or so. Without the resistor mod it should go longer.
I will do a thermal test tomorrow and update the post.
This light is very useable on medium, which would run for about two hours.
did you measure the 4.5A at the emitter or is that estimated from power in to driver?
This turned out sweet! Nice mod thread Relic38!
I like it 8)
I recall measuring it, but was a while ago. I may have to do it again to be sure. Another reason to write the post when it is fresh in my mind.
Nicely done relic38, thats yet another mod that I plan to do!
(I knew that I should have bought more than two mtg2’s 
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Came out great! Good idea, Great Job relic38! I thought I might not be the first - the T08 has a nice size reflector, 2 batts, cavernous driver area, good heat sinking, exc. host for this, or experimentation. Just finished a de-dedomed XM-L2/SinkPAD high amp T08 - came out well.
This is bad.
I am beginning to want 2 of so many lights - xml2 and mtg2 0:)
genius way of making the batts in series 
love the blob idea, the tint, output…
I will probably just get sinkpad in, already has xm-l2 u2 1c
Wow! Nice mod relic! How about the Small Sun ZY-T16 as a host (basically a T13 with 26650's)? Or maybe put an MT-G2 in a bike light with a 2S2P battery pack! That would make an excellent cycling light!
-Garry
relic38 - man, that solder blob trick is cool. Don't think I could have done all the stuff you did for converting parallel to series... wow. I see you solder wicked the springs - makes a measurable difference on the two T08's I mod'ed - seen that over the weekend.
That looks indeed like small sun! Well done. As I see more mods done with the mtg2 I am really growing into this led. If they only were not that expensive to obtain....
oh. my. god.
i must get an mtg2 build going soon
nice job relic, I love the mtg-2 as you say, it throws a really usable beam. and beamshots cant relay how much light is being thrown about.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
I can’t wait to see what everyone does with the 14 emitters from the Group buy. 
Very nice relic. Love the mod. The driver your using, which shop did it come from? all you guys playing with this led is making me feel funny all over. Thats not a good thing as the result is usually, what have you been spending money on now, spoken to me in a very angry voice.
I-O, link in OP
It’s an OK driver, didn’t work exactly as I wanted it to, but that’s probably for the best. One thing I do not like; mode switching involves a one second pause after the quick press before engaging. Minor annoyance, but it happens every time so it accumulates.
It’s little pricey, so I recommend looking for a buck converter for two LEDs first before pulling the trigger on that one. On the other hand, this one is proven to work, so…
the MTG2 tint remind me of light house kind of beam..
how do you think this mod Small Sun compare to Thrunite TN31?
I see a dedomed HD2010 is easily outperformed by TN31 in term of throw and brightness.
just got ZYT08 for myself today, hoping it is not under driven out of the box:)