^ Very excellent discoveries and report dchomak. Thank you.
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As always, you make some of the best tear down and mod threads. All kinds of good info in your words and pictures. Love all the power options your light has. That 6AA holder you made here is already coming in handy.
Yep, when I measured and found it was 41-42mm, I just about knew C8 would work. I just don’t have any C8 stuff as I hate those lights, LOL. I will do beam shots tonight. It has been raining, so I held off.
I have been Banned from buying anything until after Christmas by my Wife.
She claims that I am to hard to buy for…………………
But I did get a call from her while she was at Lowe’s asking for the details on the light.
She did pick up 2 for me and they had the XP-G2 emitter.
So now the wait begins for Christmas, much like ordering a light from China
I am posting to say that I went to Lowes today, got the light. It is different. The driver is different, and the driver retaining ring does not unscrew; it is a press fit job (that I managed to mangle trying to “unscrew”)
When I revisited my store this morning, I finally located the original display of these lights. Remember up until now they came thru with an XP-G. This new deal has the XP-G2. Here is a pic of both versions and the bar codes on each package is identical. That means both will ring up at 12.97, but what we all want is the newer XP-G2. Just make sure the one you grab is the right one.
I did stop at Lowe’s today and near the checkout cash registers they had the older XP-G lights for the higher price but on the big display with the signs that say Christmas Gifts For Under $…. they had the newer XP-G2 lights for the lower price.
So you have to look before you buy with both being available.