I found a final home for my last LD-1 today. Picked up my first Sunwayman light, got it yesterday, the little Tomahawk C20C. While it’s UI wasn’t really bad and it had a nice feature or two, it was also only able to do 1.8A. So, I pulled it’s thin aluminum star with XM-L2 emitter and fitted a 20mm Noctigon equipped with an XP-G2 emitter. Now it has a tighter hot spot and runs 4.45A making 811 lumens out the front.
Love it when a plan comes together! :bigsmile: And it’s the size of a AA light, somehow it takes an 18650. I’ve got it stuffed with a 3200mAh Panasonic BD cell for the above numbers. Should last a good long while especially in the lower modes.
Driver is solidly grounded, has a bit of a brass sink soldered in to ground as well, and is potted in a good protective layer of Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive.
I coudnt fit ld 1 in Yezl, the main issue is crossing from the original board to the LD 1-its just too much wiring and not solic contacts, but in c12 it shines, 5.02 amps!
Now i have to find a nice hd 2010, its default driver diameter is 17mm
LD 1 driver is realy nice, i would need 2 more, nice work Neven, watching the awailability like a hawk :bigsmile:
On the road X6M has potential too, but again its default driver is 30.5mm…
i put one LD-1 into a HD2010 instead of the Fasttech V10+ and changed LED from XM-L U2 to XM-L2 U3 dedomed. KLux/Kcd got up from 125 KLux/Kcd to 212 KLux/Kcd. Focussing the LED into the reflector is a pain but it´s worth it
Well, finaly i was able to got ld-1 up to 3.5 amps in Y3, but the problem is there is too much wiring and crossings from the original driver to the ld1- i like it that way, yet, i will try hd2010 anyway
Whats your hd2010 version btw? There are soooo many of those…
You should start offering other parts you know, EU ppl would be interested, at least i think so
The Tangsfire TS2010 is one of the nicer variants I've seen. Can't remember where I got it..oh yeah...Old_Lumens did a group buy on it a while back. :) Still can't remember where it came from exactly. But it's nice. :)
Edit: Why don't you try it in a Eagle Eye X6? Should be an easy swap and make that little light very impressive, especially if you de-dome an XP-G2 for it. :)
True, I found that a thrower with a Y3 style and one battery fits most in my Ak103
I ordered Ultrafire hd2010 and Tangsfire HD2010 ( pretty cheap), will see whitch one has a better reflector and finnish
Sure i will try it on X6! I have one ordinary x6, i will mod it eventyaly, but i am out of drivers, i put one on my c12, the other in the y3 that i sold already, will need 2-3 ld1 , maybe more in future, its hell of a nice driver
BLF x6 i will keep intact, i like it alot
Since i became an active member here, i bought like 15 flashlights Good!, hehe
The package was processed through ISC Chicago on the 18th, so it should be in customs. I would bet two weeks to clear and arrive at it’s destination, but you never ever know for sure. Customs can be easy or hard and it’s now the dreaded “holiday season”.
Waiting? What waiting, i got them in a day! Croa post rules!
Its hell of a nice driver, i am glad i have found that offer, Neven, can we just pay you, and when you got them you straight ship? Its not biggie, at least for me
P.S I got several direct drivers, modded some 17mm 7135 too , got the OSH BLF17DD from mountain, but they can compare to LD 1, it has ramp feature, warnings, temp protection, exellent wire wholes, great mosfet( it need a tiny Cu headsing on it) exellent features…great! Realy
I' m sure that someone who has used all those drivers himself has a pretty good idea how they compare, even without neat tables ;-) , I do understand that.
Is there any way to reduce cost of these with a large enough group order and what would the number be? Love the driver idea, but it almost doubles the cost of the lights I want to put them in…
The price is quite okay for me: the driver is exellent, has tons of features, shipping time is like i got it from here
15$….2 packs of cigarettes… Eu freacking tax anti-tobaco policy FTW! P:)
Anyway, Neven, what are your recommendations for hosts ? I found C12 to be a very good houst for it, C8 even better( easiness of use) , but it cant handle the heat properly
Yezl i Y3 i coudlnt master Yet, i ordered a new one…… and a new soldering station ! Also, HD 2010….
ON the Road X6M would have same issues like Y3, the driver diamether is 30.5, at least the el switch is separate
Maybe Convoy L4?
P.S I would need aditionaly 3 pcs, so when awailable i will order asap
If l4p would have them made in large quantities, I'm sure they could be made a lot faster and cheaper. But he made a brand new driver with very good features and it took him many months to develope and test it, so he is entitled to see some of that back in his sales. A large-scale production run would spoil that.
It would not necessarily spoil it. He chose to do them by hand because of the unknown popularity and the quantity required to do a pick and place run. I am sure that if he had enough prepaid orders that it could be profitable. I say prepaid because something like this requires capital. I do not know what the minimum quantity would be for p&p but I do know that I have spent at least $50 on dinner that was pure crap so to commit $50 to a large run would not be a big deal to me if others would want to jump on the same train.
Yet, i ordered a new one…… and a new soldering station ! Also, HD 2010….