Or perhaps just machine off the flange on the pill so the head stays together and make the whole thing quicker to disassemble. Still seems inelegant compared to keeping the head sealed up and using an extension. (less opportunity to get crud on your LED and inside of the lens)
I’d order two if you did this (as long as you would be willing to ship to Canada of course).
Perhaps we should open a new thread dedicated to the 1504 and gauge more interest?
KKW, you realize BLF forum members are from all over the world. Shipping from the US to other countries is very expensive. Canada used to not be so bad, not sure now. I can easily see the shipping cost being almost as much as the light itself.
sorry for a question that has probably been already answered, but what is the best driver option for this light with a XM-L2 ? The higher the amps the better
Hello!
LD-4B driver and MT-G2 led fits in this flashlight Uniquefire UF-1405? Not high the driver? Should be used MT-G2, or XP-G2 recommended?
Sorry for my bad english. :8)
Thanks!
The stock driver can already run an XP-G2 without any mod, but the current at the LED is not high, which is around 1.6-1.8A only. You can add resistors to the stock driver to bump up the current but do this in your own risk, as there have been a lot of cases that the stock driver failed at high current (including mine). The 1405 stock driver is just a lousy driver to say the least.
For the ultimate throw combination you can use dedomed XP-G2 or XP-E2, but the XP-E2 will give you a laser-like tiny hotspot. To get the maximum throw out of each emitter, the XP-G2 should be driven at 4.2A or a bit higher than that and the XP-E2 should be driven at around 2.4A.
There is no any high current capable buck driver that available in 17mm diameter currently (and unfortunately), even the LD-4B from IOS cannot be boosted higher than 4A or it will behave strangely on the mode changing, and the driver will get overheated very fast. Been there, done that. Members wight and ohaya have done some high current test with the LD-4B (or LD-40) before and both of them did not get any optimistic result either.
Your best bet is to use a 17mm linear driver like the popular Nanjg 105C driver, add more 7135 chips on it for higher current but you can only run your light with a single 18650 in the future. It will still work quite well and the Nanjg 105C normally have more mode groups to choose for. However if this is the way to go, it would be better to order the “shorty” version which is the 1504 in my opinion.