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I've looked through my stuff, and have already tossed the driver, but I still have the aluminum pill. The pill is for a 16mm driver, and they had an 18mm driver chiseled to fit in the very large gaps cut into the edge of the shallow pill. I wasn't able to fit a low voltage driver with a coil into the factory pill, which is partially why I used the Fastech optic which eliminated the lens, and was shorter than the factory reflector. This freed up enough space for me to use the deeper pill that accepted 16mm pcb and 17mm driver.

Not a zoomie?

EDIT wrong!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-LED-Torch-Ultra-Bright-LED-Flashlight-Aluminium-Camping-DIY-Torch-Light-DX/271754103233

… I’m seeing zoomie

In the description: "Features: zoomable".

I got my Mini C8 today, mine had a harsh CW led in it. On eneloop it was extremely weak about as much lumens as a bright moonlight, BUT it takes 10440 :slight_smile: so i used a Efest 10440 at about 4v in it and it got much brighter :slight_smile: but still weaker than a hugsby xp-1 on eneloops :frowning:

And the tube is extremely narrow, out of 4 efest 10440 only 1 of them was able to fit without removing any of the stickers on the 10440’s.

It was delivered in a small bubble envelope without any packing, and had some obvious dings in the anodizing from the trip.

Has anyone figured out how to open it? i have tried but failed so far.

I hope i can get it open because it think it can be a interesting 10440 host, with the biggest reflector i have seen on a AAA light.

Some sanding should fix the tight tube, it is has very very thick walls, much thicker than anything i have seen yet, i wonder i it would be possible to fit the next size up battery in there if i drill it out.

Thanks, you always have something that you have turned in to a power house of a light. 8)

I am collecting a quite a few of those xpe’s like you pulled out of here. I have an idea for them too. I am thinking get some these lens LINK in different degrees and hook 10 in series and use a power supply I got from work that is 33v dc and 1a. that should probably be good for around 2000 lumens and use it as outdoor lighting.

I'm getting a good collection of these cheap XP-E type emitters, but this is such a large variation between them, both in tint and in brightness. Some of them are extremely cool, while still being extremely dim. I wonder if some of these are counterfeit, as they perform so poorly. I had attempted to de-dome one of the coolest XP-Es I had salvaged from cheap eBay light but it was still far dimmer than an identically-driven XR-E.

Have a look here and have fun.

http://budgetlightforum.com/search?q_as=mini%20c8

Thanks MRsDNF :slight_smile: nice mod on the mini c8

I pressed out the plastic :weary: pill from the driver side, does anyone know if there is an metal pill that fits to buy anywhere, maybe one of those p60 pills, how big are those?

A 1/2 inch copper pipe tube cap fitting works, not a tight fit, but a bit of grinding/sanding to decrease the height, couple holes in the top and it does well enough for an AAA light.

Yeah something like that could work :slight_smile: i will be rummaging through the spare plumbing parts boxes later for a possible match.

I use 1/2 inch copper pipe, and sometimes bend smaller pipe to solder inside to make it closer to solid, or solder discs to the end. For the SS-5039s I have a piece of pipe I straightened and filed to fit, and I cut pills off the end. That is easier than filing after cutting to length. It also works to cut a slot in the pipe and bend it to size, as the slot does not interfere much with heat transfer.
For lower power, it is enough to file a thick star to a close fit in the head.

I have filed pills from # 3 three mode zoomies to fit AA size heads, without taking the LED and driver out.
I may use a pill from a Black Cat.

XTAR WK50, I’ve been winning auctions on these from xtarshop on ebay for $8-10. Great 4-mode driver, no disco, handles 14500’s, op reflector, pop a Nichia in it… perfect.

wk50 has decently spaced modes BUT they have bad PWM

Not on eBay, but AA twistie for $3.5. Used to be $4.8 at FT

Mentioned earlier in this thread; still $2.99 @ ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271717233060

Still a great twisty single-AA mod host too. 8)

Just under the bar at $4.99 + 2.99 s/h = $7.98. Says it ships from U.S.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291358670328?rmvSB=true

Gazillion lumens and includes Ultrafire 18650 with single cell igniter.

Who knows, I don’t even understand counterfeiting a cheap component but they clone everything. Maybe its just a super low bin and/or maybe a reject from Cree.

I got my Windyfire 10A 14500 + the 2-AA hosts.

The Windyfire fit fine, but not any of my NiMH batterys fit :frowning: not even close.

I actually tested 2 Windyfire in it………it got VERY bright for 15 second but then it went dim :smiley: i was going to mod it anyway :slight_smile:
For an maybe 1W LED or less i was surprised it did light up at all & it actually looked great :open_mouth: before it burnt out. I remember i had time to think if it keeps working i may leave one stock :slight_smile: before it went poof.

To bad i haven’t received the XHP50 :wink: to fix it up yet.

Duracell NIMH (Japanese Eneloops ?)did fit my torch,it was tight.I replaced the led with XML2 and new reflector.I also soldered new boost driver to the aluminum pill.The light output is nice,but this torch is quite heavy with some heatsinking,so it feels like a good host for more output.

Good luck with the XHP50 project !