If you just want some experience, get this host from mtnelectronics…Convoy S2 Browse through his drivers and LED selection and get those 2 items to complete the light. Total without a cell will be in the $20 ball park. Depending on the driver you pick (the Qlite is a decent option for this light) you’ll be quite pleased with what this tube light can do. And it’s easy to carry, makes a decent light for a wife or girlfriend to carry in a purse if you can part with it after using it a couple of times. If you have any questions concerning the options, Richard is always glad to help you figure those out. Just PM RMM with the dilemma. I’ll tell you that if you go with the Qlite, you will need to modify the driver retaining ring slightly to allow it to fit around the chips on this double sided driver.
Richard (RMM) also has the cells and chargers you need if you don’t already have those. The XTAR 2 bay with display is a very nice charger, it’s best to start with a good one…you’ll save money in the long run over buying several cheap ones you don’t like. (ask me how I know) For the S2 with a Qlite, a cheap Sanyo UR18650FJ works well, or a Panasonic NCR18650PF has more capacity for even longer run time.
Starting young with the surgeries arent’ ya? Wow, sorry to hear that. I’m imagining that your issues are very painful and very much in the way of whatever you wish to do. Can’t imagine what that must be like to go through. But do know the feeling, having had both arms out of service at the same time and dual Ulnar nerve relocations back in 98. I’m almost twice your age and worked years in the construction industry. My body is telling me that wasn’t a good choice for me. I’m a basket case, as attested by many here. Disc de-generation in my neck from C-2 through C-7, 15 years of muscle spasms (now diagnosed as Conversion Disorder, a stress related wiring issue in the brain it would seem), and now recent chest pains and a not so fun weekend in the hospital. Stress test in a couple of days to further insure the ol ticker is gonna make it a while longer. Should be fun. Or not.
I learned something new last weekend. The Vagus nerve is an intersting thing. I’ve been a needle phobe for many years, stemming from getting shots as a kid due to an allergy to yellow jacket wasps. I tend to pass out when I get shots. Quite used to it, 44+ years of it (I’m 52). Well, last weekend I had chest pains and with a family history of heart related issue my CNA wife talked me into going to the ER. Me no likey hospitals! When they gave me an IV I was on a heart monitor and had the wildest response ever to a needle…I flat-lined while passed out. Lot’s of testing and cat scans and stuff, and later in a room they gave me some pain meds through the IV and I did it again! This time on a monitored floor in STC. I was without breathing or heart beat long enough that the crash team was at the door as I woke up. Everybody was tripping out! Including me. Essentially, after much confusion and worry and stress and more muscle spasms than I cared to deal with they sent me home (I was gonna walk if they didn’t release me, did I mention I hate hospitals?)
My wife has talked with some surgeons that she works with and it would appear that it’s possible for the Vagus nerve to shut the body down in a high stress situation, including all systems. She was told that while this is technically possible, they’d never seen it in over 30 years of surgical practice. Lucky me, I get to be special!
Chest still hurts, a week later, and the basket is still full of other issues that none of the Dr.s seem to be addressing. Unsure of the stress test in a few days, but no use in worrying about that til I get there. I got a concussion back in early July, still dealing with the symptoms of that which I believe the spasms aren’t allowing to heal. It would seem that multiple issues, while separate from each other, can have drastic affects when combined. Go figure.
I haven’t explained this before except to a couple of friends, but yeah, I’ve gone over and over it with the teams of Dr.s and interns at the hospital. Ours is a teaching hospital which is a true PITA for it’s patients.
Was planning on modding a light yesterday or today, but new meds have me shaky and just can’t manage what it’s gonna take. I’ll get there though, as I’m very stubborn and, it’s been said, more than a little crazy. I like small lights. I like making small lights act like big lights. So my next mod will be cramming the big MT-G2 into the little (ish) Eagle Eye X6. Perhaps it wasn’t designed to do 3000 lumens, but that’s never stopped me before.
Hang in there, have fun where ya find it, and happy modding! :bigsmile:
Thanks for your support with The Big Man, appreciate it and will be reciprocating…