Ultra Fire V2 looks like a toilet plunger. :Sp
Yezl Y3 looks nice, like an HD 210, but I’m not a fan of two buttons.
Fandy Fire C108 looks really nice. +1
The BeamTech BT-950L looks like a C8 with edges to tear pockets.
The Sky Ray R5-S3 looks like a McGizmo Haiku. I remember asking McGizmo if he would consider making one in aluminum once. The response he gave me left me feeling like he was saying, “Go away, piss boy. The rich are talking and you are wasting my time.” So I’m pretty sure that I’m going to get one out of childish spite.
Taste is individual, those are my likes.
I just saw the UranusFire post. LMAO! Actually the light looks good. I prefer the grey one. It might actually be good and a heck of a conversation starter. If we change the name to BLF-Fire or BLFAnusFire… Well then we really have something. So +1 for the Butt-burner
What about the convoy L2? It has some of that toilet plunger look to it but otherwise good for XML or MTG2 builds.
I will tally all the votes in a day or two, but the HD 2010 is still the one most mentioned. I think it's become one of the staples in the Chinese light world, like the Sipik, the SRK and a few others.
An SRK like the one you just disassembled and tweaked but with 3 XMLs would be cool too. One that is easy to open. Then we could add on goodies like copper braiding on the springs, Matt’s driver with parts from MTNelectronics. Plus the uranusfire HD2010. The staples of flashaholism.
If you do go with the HD2010 are you going to look at a good light needing no mods or a cheaper light with the idea to mod???
My thinking is if we had a cheaper light to mod “We” meaning “You” could have the “The Old-Lumens On Line HD2010 Flashlight Mod/Upgrade Class”
I have watched the Old-Lumens Channel and learned most of what I know form it.
You do a great job on showing how to do mods and with everyone using the same light you would be helping a large number of members at one time.
Sorry to put you on the spot with this and not put it in the “Private Section”
Any way it goes I’m in for 2 of the HD2010 if it is the light of choice.
I could use another HD2010 as well, and I too already have one of Ryan’s copper pills for this light. So it would have to be one of the variants that have threads matching Ryan’s pill or it would be a source of frustration.
Well, that’s a possibility. It might be an interesting idea, however I am getting concerned about the use of Elitist as it is quickly becoming a key theme around here.
I may already be one and just don't know it yet. (As Foghorn Leghorn would say, "That's a joke son").
If there's enough interest in something like what you mentioned, I would be up for it.
Going back to my very first Tmart purchase, the HD2010 I ordered a few years ago now directs to the not-fitting version. I think some have reported that the TangsFire one accepts the pills.
Mine is an older no-named one from T-Mart some time back (about a year ago now) and the copper pill fit it just fine. So now that’s my dilemma, which new light is going to fit my existing copper pill? JB Weld to the rescue! lol Arctic Silver Thermal Adhesive would be the better choice if one got that desperate of course.
I wonder…could the aluminum head be put on a hot plate upside down with the copper pill braced into it such that it were “seated”, then re-flow solder into the gap left by mismatched threads and diameter? The solder would of course stick to the copper pill but not the aluminum head, thereby making it a removable adaptation…. would that work? Would that be better for heat transfer into the head than say an epoxy type adhesive?
A large Helicoil?
Elmers?
ABC Super Bubble?
HD2010 is still my preference in regard to looking at the other lights. I just like it’s short solid fat build and the use of 26650 cells, not to mention the fact that I’ve got some new 60A cells coming to try out…
That should work IMHO and is sure worth a try to be able to use this copper pill.
I might give it a try if I do not come up with a HD2010 that it fits.
