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 mtg2ās 
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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, outputā¦
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 canāt 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
Itās an OK driver, didnāt work exactly as I wanted it to, but thatās 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.
Itās 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, soā¦
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:)
Is there any way to tell how the driver's handling it when cell voltage falls to, say, ~7v? Automagically switches from buck to boost at some arbitrarily lower input voltage? Does it matter as long as it works?
Is there a better driver option out there for input range of 8.4-6v? Since the LEDs are about to get easier to find I have one in mind for an empty TR-1200 body I have leftover... could be tricky, that one, as the only mounting option for a pill is to be screwed/bolted into the back of a reflector, with the reflector screwed into the head.
And another one, there's this 2x 26650/21mm driver host, only $25 from CNQG. I've tested the OP reflector that fits that light with a MTG2 and it's sweeeet... :bigsmile:
This SS T08 mod with the MTG2 is more about flood than throw - the throw numbers actually drop significantly from a stock light. The TN31 is all about throw, good lumens but great throw. A mod'ed HD2010 does in the range of 95 kcd (XM-L2 U2/SinkPAD, 4.2A), then if you de-dome the XM-L2, you will get about 200 kcd. The TN31 is about 130 kcd stock, so a de-domed heavily mod'ed HD 2010 will be close to a stock TN31 in lumens and better than a stock TN31 in throw.
But of course if you mod the TN31, watch out - maybe 300+ kcd can be achieved with a resistor mod, XM-L2 U2 de-domed on a copper star. The bigger reflector of the TN31 will dominate.
i derived it from here see post #25, it certainly that a dedomed only still can't compete closely with the TN31 eventhough the throw can keep up. an over drive driver is a solution but i don't see any comfortable by holding a light with hot baked potato temperature. now I wondering how an 70-80 mm diameter will perform.
Over-driven? You mean well driven 
. I've done several HD2010's and T08's at 4.2A -- handles the over-driven amps fine, but I always add copper inside the pill directly under the pill top. These lights got a lot of heat sink'n goin on, that's why they are excellent for mod'ing. I'm always figuring for 6 mins on high typical but these lights with the mods can handle longer runtimes than that.
Actually a stock HD2010 (original East-092 driver) was direct drive and can easily go over 5 amps on a decent battery, so 4.2A regulated is cooler and safer.
I have used this driver also and yes it to has a slight pause when mode changing, about .5 of a second. With all the high current drivers Iāve used I like this the most so far as it works and not failed. It also puts out pretty much the current advertised again unlike others Iāve used. Maybe the old age is catching up with me but the pause doesnt seem to worry me. Iāve got another that hopefully will soon find its way into a light but at the moment one hand has turned into a lump of bandages. Have you found any other drivers that will handle the high voltage that this one does. Its running 4 x 26650ās no problems at all. Iāve looked and found nothing.