I have a couple of these right now. I glued 2 pieces(stack) of Rare-earth Neodymium NIB Disc Magnets at the button and it is still able tailstand well.
Well I got one with a hollow pill that’s in the junk drawer, but I got another, the gold one from ebay pointed out in
bought that a few months ago.
I got one with a solid pill (lottery or design, I don’t know, but I’m going to buy another and see what I get).
EDIT — that was the lottery. Another from that site, and the next 3 I got, are all hollow pills
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On the one with the solid pill, very nice:
I just swapped in one of the “SK68” 15mm drivers that Cereal_killer is making now — same diameter — and a Luxeon PC Rebel on a 10mm square Sinkpad 2 (which Luxeonstar.com is going to be selling, I got a few before they got them up on their website). Pricey emitter/board and high minimum order for free shipping, I’ve nudged them about some kind of flashaholic discount.
Nice things about this — the 10mm square drops perfectly into the round cutout on the solid pill, leaving the thru holes clear for the wires, and centers itself. I tried both the adhesive sticky square thermal tape and Arctic Ceramique, since the PC Rebels get incredibly hot if not in contact with a good heat sink (as in burn-the fingers on contact — must be robust as the first one I did dedomed itself, probably from the heat, but still perfectly bright, none of the “PC” (phosphor coat” came off and it zooms the same image as before).
And the 15mm driver fits perfectly — exactly the same diameter as the SK68 takes.
I got C_k to give me just 350 mA or a bit over, not pushing the LED, and at high it’s plenty bright; I got a ‘moonlight’ low that’s less bright than an amber 5mm LED, which is also just perfect for night time dark adapted use.
So before I buy more of these #3s, I figured I ought to mention this in hopes someone has a better light-driver-emitter already figured out.
But it’s real nice that everything just fits and works (well once I got my solder in only the places it belongs, everything works …)
I received mine the other day and ordered 3 more. It is VERY well made for the price. Reminds me of the TANK007 lights. My protected 14500 do not fit because they are too long. I am using AA's and I am happy with the output.
So given that new Fasttech light is next mode memory, what will it take as an improvement?
Diameter of the pill? What’s behind the LED, air or aluminum?