I noticed the bezel was very tight. Could not screw it off easily.
Actually I just managed to unscrew the bezel off. And I got the optics out easily. It seems not necessary to mess with the pill to swap the optics, right? Just remove the bezel, take out the old optics, and put the new one in. Are you talking about changing the emitters too?
Also I did notice the pill will rotate along with the optics when I tighten the bezel, but not a lot.
Thanks Richard!
lot of work but nice mod.
Any idea when these will be in stock again?
I think I have a few grey hosts (like Sesgum's) that I will be able to use. There are more black hosts on the way that should be here next week. I will probably add some more either tonight or tomorrow, depending on how the builds go. I don't want to get too backed up and have people waiting too long, but it is a long weekend so I should be able to get everything finished.
Oops, I meant to order the 10511 lens, but ordered the 10508 flood lens. That's okay. It'll probably work better for how I mean to use this light.
outdoor beam shots added on 1/20/2014
Thanks for the shots sesgum. They turned out really nice for the comparisons. The tint looks really nice on your new light.
Thanks MRsDNF. I did it in a hurry last night. The tripod/camera turned to be a little too low to show the whole picture.
It looks like it has very broad spill.
Hi ; I was looking at your beam shots of the lights and really like the dry cw de-domed beam. I’m not familiar with that light, could you tell me what it is? Thanks
It is an early form of multi-XML light, high power high output.
Comparable to skyray king, which came a lot more popular after DRY.
If you like DRY, you should be able to get a skyray king and dedome the emitters. The trick is to start with xml2 1A. After dedoming, the tint is neutral white, without yellow or greenish.
I agree that it has a very unique beam pattern different from either reflectors or convex lens. The huge spot is like the flood mode of zoom like, but there are still spill in a even wider range.
Really like it!
That looks like a really cool light, thanks for sharing! I’m going to try to MTG2ify my C12 with led and driver from Richard. Should end up somewhere around 2400 lumens OTF, I’m hopin’. 
I hope the questioner has some knowledge of flashlights and their ‘lingo.’ With only 1 post I’m not sure. If I were to mention a dedomed emitter to some friends they might just shake their heads at me and roll their eyes. I personally don’t have a clue what it is, but I’ve seen it used often. I think it has something to do with Yosemite.
Although a new poster I have been following the forum’s for some time and I just became a member. I have to admit some of the lingo can get confusing. There is a lot of knowledge in this forum and I hope to learn a lot. I am familiar with de-domed emitters, and I am amazed at what can be done by the members of this forum.
It's nice. Unlike some throwers, it has enough spill that it should still be useful for walking without needing another light to illuminate the few feet in front of you. I should get mine this week.
Will get my DQG triple today. But beamshot comparison has to wait. We are getting about a foot snow here today. And the wind… 
Getting rough here too!I’m about 10 miles south of Hanover PA.It’s been snowing hard here since 8 this morning.I hope that the mail gets through, my triple that Richard built is supposed to be here.Hopefully I can use it tonight while I shovel.-Rick
Good luck!
1/22/14, Hi RAW, did you get yours? How do you like it?
I got my DQG triple last night. Like it a lot too. Here I will tell how I feel about the light, nothing scientific.
The light itself without battery is very light-weighted. It is really small, especially length wise. It has about the same length as my solarforce L2m in shorty mode. Build quality is above average of budget lights, maybe on par with convoy.
Mine is 3C version. Beam is beautiful neutral white with a bit rosy tint, not yellow or green at all. Unfortunately I accidentally dedomed one of the XPG2s with the optics when I played with it for five minutes. :_( But the dedomed emitter is working just fine, only with a slightly different tint.
The real low mode is just great, truly around 3-4 lumens. The mode spacing is almost perfect in my mind with 4 lumens, 150 lumens, 500 lumens and the hidden turbo of 1400 lumens.
The side click switch feels not bad. The click is clear. It does wiggle a bit inside the button holder when I touch it gently. But it is not noticeable in operation.
A few small cons.
The time to hold down the button to turn off the light is 3 seconds, way too long, half a second or even one second will be much better.
The button itself is a bit too small, and the groove around it is not easy to feel in the dark.
The edge of the 2-3 fins (cut to make the groove for button) at the button is not rounded, very sharp.
PWM is high, but can be higher. Though it is not annoying me at all but I can still notice it from time to time, especially in low mode. I don’t have a way to measure, but it feels similar to PWM of the old ITP i1, and lower frequency than QLite drivers. Maybe a couple of thousand Hz?
Thanks!
Sesgum