While I don’t like carrying big multi-cell lights much, I love using them. They work for me for camping or hiking as long as I’m taking a bag along anyway.
My friend was dumbfounded when we were camping and able to light up trees half a mile across the lake without the need for binoculars with a couple of my throwers. That was during the blue moon on a cloudless night, so there was a lot of ambient moonlight even. There’s just something hugely impressive about that kind of range.
I wouldn't be interested in anything smaller than the TK61 reflector. Fenix makes them big, but still light and easy to handle. Maybe Fenix would be willing to make one with the RMM's TK Seis-Um BLF Edition Driver.
EDIT: Plus, with 4 cells, one could mod for XHP35 or other 6 or 12 volt emitters.
I have been watching this thread and I think it is a cool idea. Something to consider....with Wight on hiatus for the time being and the different configurations spoken of, it is best to one choose a driver and build for it or if someone here can design a versatile driver that could possibly be configured as needed for whatever is decided.
IF you wait for the manufacturer to design the driver you will find quite a bit of disappointment for time involved until you get what you want. Much better for BLF to do the R&D...then spec it out to the manufacturer.
‘The Grey [sic] Courui’s were better?’ - is that a question or a statement? I ordered a gray Courui for FmC to modify, so I’d like to know if they were somehow better than the black. Thanks.
I really don't think there's any difference, after modding several of each.
However, I got a dud one a while ago, which happened to be black. Poor machining, sharp dags on edges of battery tubes, dodgy o ring, plus it shorted out on the reflector & blew the driver straight out of the box....
The next black one I received, from the same seller, around the same time, was mint.
Yep that what it means. The grey ones were in better shape then the black ones In my case. All but one had some kind of defect on or in the reflector. Ano was better. It’s called the quality lottery! :~ Roll the DICE!
I’m really interested in a nice big thrower like a courui D01 with a nicely driven xp-l.
I’d already have a couple single cell lights so an awesome 3cell big headed thrower would be a great addition to the (small) collection.
I was/am planning to buy one and mod it myself but if we could do a SE GB, that would be perfect.
Although I think, I would buy anyway it as long as it is a big headed thrower within a reasonable price range 0:) .