SkyRay S3 like this?
R5 like this. Maybe if you scrape off the anodization and polish it up.
$20 but not a thrower. Be fun to toss an MTG2 into, assuming it can take some copper jammed down it.
Is that what you did, OL. Scrape and polish? It looks legitimate.
Removed the Anodizing with Greased Lightning and polished afterward.
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.
Am looking at some of the other options.
Ryan’s pill has a OD of 30.89MM at the thread.
The TMart USA warehouse no brand name HD2010 has a OD of 31.83MM at he thread.
Thread pitch seems to be vary close, by eye.
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.
The Fandyfire does fit the Copper pill? What about the Tangsfire?
+1 For readily available copper and supporting a BLF’er.
That’s correct, I ordered HD2010 from Tmart a couple months ago and it had a bigger pill diameter, so my copper pills did not fit.
Here’s the one I ordered: http://www.tmart.com/UItraFire-CREE-XM-LT6-8W-1300-Lumen-5-Mode-LED-Flashlight-Gray_p135765.html
The anodizing tint is slightly more warm with a light brown hue. It does not have a logo on its sides.
So which ones do fit?
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.
And what’s with the 60A 26650??
If this Group Buy ends up being a HD2010 the size of the pill seems to be a bit of a lottery at best.
A option would be to ask Richard of Mountain Electronics if he could have these pills made up in AL.
He must have a CNC connection that made the AL adapters for his triple build.
Copper is just to hard/problem/pain to machine,but if the number needed is high enough anything is possible.
Richard might also be a good source of the parts needed to mod these lights.
With being located in the US the shipping is no problem and very fast.
Just trying to come up with a way to make this deal work for everyone.
Maybe if Ryan is up to it, he could be sent a copy of the host everyone gets and produce a copper pill to fit that host. That would eliminate the guessing. Maybe he could be pre-paid as part of the order for the HD…
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I do not think you would having any problem to having a “Full Classroom” if you did teach a mod class for this light.
Thanks,
Ed