Sold out: $20 HD2010 & $15 Convoy C8 copper pills

Just measured the stock pill vs. the vob copper pill, and if I'm correct, the driver sits 1.15 mm lower in the vob pill, meaning battery space is 1.15 mm less, which seems to make some sense in what I'm seeing with the cells I've tested. The stock pill is 2.7mm to 2.75mm down to the shelf the driver sits on, while the vob pill is 1.8mm, and best I could measure, the tightened position (lip) to the bottom edge is 12.75mm on stock, 13.0mm on the vob copper. The East-092 driver is the same thickness of a Nanjg at 1.55mm, so no difference there. The 1.15mm comes from: 2.7 - 1.8 + (13.0 - 12.75).

That’s the problem with spoken language, no doubt, someone has beaten you to the words of wisdom you have to share :slight_smile:
True it is a little easier upon the ears btw.

In case it’s not clear, I appreciate the quality product being offered here, yet if it was not much more effort/$$$ to go that next step, I’d prefer that option, as I’d imagine many others here also would be :slight_smile:
It was a friendly suggestion, not an ultimatum :wink:

Gotcha…:wink:

And yeah, I do see your point, but I don’t see how it could be done on the cheap. But then, I don’t see how this pill could be made for $20 either….

I’m back from school and am very impressed with the interest in these pills!

I’ll try to answer your questions individually:

Tom E- Thanks for you’re input. You’re one of the most experienced modding members here and we all appreciate your thoughts on this. I’ll try to raise the contact board height by 1-2mm so that it provides room for focus tweaking. I can count 5 threads on the sample, and I think VOB also has 5? I don’t think there’s room for more threads because it will interfere with the battery tube’s own threads. Got your response form as well. :slight_smile:

cellguy- I’m working with a local machinist here to manufacture the pills. I’ll pick them up, package them individually at my home, and ship it from here. I was inspired by MRsDNF’s pill design but had to sit down with the machinist to design and nail down those measurements. Base shipping is $3 and $1 for each additional pill and add $3 if you want tracking to anywhere in the world. As Tom E said, I’m using a Convoy C8 as my target host so these Convoy C8 pills may or may not be compatible with other C8 hosts.

Here’s a quick comparison photo to show the clearance for 18350/26650 cells:

The copper pill actually seems to be in par with the stock aluminium pill in terms of driver positioning, so longer Moli cells will be able to fit.

Since we have 45 units, I’ll go ahead and make the order.

I got 27 for HD2010 and 18 for Convoy C8.

How does 40 for HD2010 and 30 for Convoy C8 sound?

Hopefully those who get these copper pills will get impressed and make others get these hosts as well. :stuck_out_tongue:

I would be in for a few c8’s, but the convoy c8’s are sub optimal for my purposes, so will wait for standard if possible.

HD2010 seem to be far more popular, I guess because they can deliver more amps?

Chris

The main issue with “standard” C8’s is that there is no original C8. They’re copies of copies of copies and it’s a headache to see which pills fit which hosts. :slight_smile:

I’m open to suggestions for specific C8’s though. The Xin-TD V4’s look pretty nice. Which C8 fits your purpose?
HD2010 offers a wider reflector and thus is a heck of a thrower. Combine that with high amps from a beefy 18650 or a Moli 26650 cell, and you got yourself a winner. :slight_smile:

I’ve just returned from the machine shop and put a down payment for 40 HD2010 and 30 Convoy C8 copper pills.

Here are the changes (from the samples) that are going to be applied:
-The HD2010 pill’s surface will be flat, not drilled(as seen in the photos). The positive and negative lead holes will be diagonally cut from the edges of the 17mm driver slot to the 20mm LED PCB contact plate.
-Increase the LED PCB contact plate by 1mm for the HD2010 so that the LED would be correctly focused.

-The top height of the Convoy C8 pill will be increased by 1.5mm to increase thermal mass without compromising proper assembly.

The machinist quoted 8-10 days for the preparing and machining process from today.

I’ll be taking payments in a couple of hours. :slight_smile:

Taking payments now:

I’m taking payments now until the stock runs out.

Please use this form to guide you through the payment process:

Please feel free to PM me or comment below if you have any questions.

PayPal sent. I was wondering if you are going to require a phone number. Sometimes it’s required.

Payment sent for 2 HD2010. Thanks!

Thanks for the reminder OuchyFoot. I’ve edited the form accordingly.

If you and ColdFusion can PM your phone numbers, that would be great. Thanks!

Payment sent for 2 HD2010 + 1 convoy C8 copper pill with tracking.

Thanks again for offering this service Ryan.

Linh

Got your payment and form, thanks!

Hey Ryan, PayPal sent for 1 HD2010 pill, with tracking, not sure if the form took the submit properly as it stayed there so I’ll wait to hear from you before I close it out.

Thanks man! :slight_smile:

Edit: form was asking for 0’s on the convoy pills I am not getting, so it’s all filed and a matter of record. :slight_smile:

Thanks, got your PP and your form submission.
It seems like you marked that you wanted 2 HD2010 pill on the form but I’m assuming you only need one?

Ah, yes, thanks for catching that! I initially was going to get 2, but sent you some extra instead. :wink:

Hi ryansoh3,

I take one pill for HD2010 out of your hands
PP sent, form completed
Much obliged!
HQ

Gotcha, fixed. :slight_smile:

Got it, thanks!

Paypal and form submitted for 1 HD2010 pill.
Cheers