Hi guys i want to ask your opinion about which light i should buy next and there is 2 candidate
SHADOW JM26 and SHADOW SL3
i know they are different with 1 emitter vs 3 emitter
i want a bright and compact but longer runtime in high with more spill,if any of you have a suggestion please give another light based on your experience
the hd 2010 is more of a thrower, the sl3 a flooder. general rule of thumb, the bigger the reflector the more it throws, the smaller the reflector the more it floods. multi emitter lights tend to have small reflectors around each LED, so they will be more floody.
I'm sure some one here can link it, I'm on my phone my fiance is doing homework. If there's no links by the time I get to my computer I will link a few different ones for you. Some of the newer ones come with a 3xAA carrier, but I don't think anyone has one yet to confirm if they are good
The a8 and clones are a 26650 tube light, can't really get much more compact. Smaller reflector so it has lots of useful spill. The blf edition is what I have
no i am not a dx shill, i just knew there was a bunch of clones on there. if you try searching the clones name (say "sky eye f15") you may probably find a better deal
i have not tried or heard anything on how any of these clones are, but i imagine they are all about the same.
i also cant recommend dx, do some reading and decide for your self. they are not good, they are not bad is my thought. about average
there are a number of good 26650 lights, the cheap a8 clones on ebay are good as mod hosts - removable pill, 17mm driver, dirt cheap, the m10 used to be good but I heard quality slipped lately, that palight from cnqg looks good to me, I may take a punt on that myself, the jm26 and sl3 serm to be of good quality but a touch cell fussy, I’ve not yet tried them, the jm05 and jm07 are worth a look, the convoy l2 from fasttech is awesome but I prefer my own build to the factory options.
i want to try modding a flashlight since it more fun to do,i want to make this light Loading... as the host.
i want to ask about how many amp should i use judging by the size of the head with not too much heat sink,should i use 2.8amp or 3amp or 3.5 amp?since my brother having DRY i want to compete with him using a custom flashlight J)
with that palight, you’d need to find out the driver cavity size, there are a few drivers for 3 xm-l lights that supply 3a to each emitter, you would need the emitters wired in series. if you wanted the emitters wired in parallel, you’d need a 9a two cell driver to achieve the same thing.
It would be an interesting first build, I have assembled a few diy hosts now and I find them very rewarding, particularly once you find a driver that gives the modes you want, an emitter with the tint you want and a host the size and quality you want, it may be hard going up against the dry though, that’s a very hard driven triple as is, its not so much a stock light as a custom light in itself.