New Thorfire 16340 lights, anyone have any experience with them?

I hope the keyring hole is at the middle so that we can wear it on neck.

I love the look of that KL02. I'm considering getting one if I could replace the driver with a 1.4A nanjg with a 1 or 2 lumen low, 50% med & 100% plus a 1 or 2 second beacon. It would be an immensely useful little light.

Mhanlen, does it look like the driver can be easily replaced?

It looks like you could do this, but it would go through both sides of the tail cap… Good idea…

You read my mind sir… I am going to try and take good pics when I get it… It kind of reminds me of a 40mm grenade round…

Any mention of the LED used?

It will not fit a 18650 or 18350 width battery. It fits a 16340 protected cell perfectly though, without much width to spare.

Looks like it sits on a tiny shelf, so probably. When I get home I might throw up some pictures or a short video of the whole thing.

The manual does not say. It isn’t familiar looking to me, but I feel like it’s neutral tinted.

I contacted Thorfire about the KL02 and asked if they could do “modes”. They seemed unsure, so I explained it to them. They are going to “look at the idea” and see if they feel they can make it with modes. In the “next few weeks”. I told them if they could, it might be a great little light for a GB here. Time will tell. They say they will keep me updated as things develop. I will find out the led next time I contact them.

somehow I’m hoping the KL02 had a High Low and slow beacon flash

Here ya go fellas.

Oh giggity, that looks modable in many ways… this could be a very interesting light…. Some sort of OSRAM led maybe? I am not experienced enough with the LED ID…

Well, nuts, it won’t be here until Monday. Forgot amazon likes UPS…

My Review is up!

looks like the same emitter and lil dome that snakebite was making . He's just using the harbor frieght giveaway lights as a host and dropping a 18500 or a laptop pull18650.

18650 area lamp from 3aaa cheapie aka "polishing a turd" < snakebites polishing a turd thread

Ordered one of the KL03’s, I will post a quick review when I get it. Has anyone gotten one of these yet?

So, any word on the KL03? Looks like a great mod host…

The KL02 is the light to get in this series. The KL03 is meh, bad PWM on low mode, typical slow strobe, emitter is bluish enough to make you not want it and a squishy switch when changing modes. For the price, OK for a host, if you do not want a lot of heatsinking. I honestly got the thing and threw the battery in, played with it for a minute and put it away… nothing outstanding like the KL02 is for simplicity.

If I get time, I will post pics of the insides, but I have a lot going on right now, so nothing soon. Thanks for reminding me on this thread Gunga!







It looks like a 17mm driver, the pill is skinny and the switch is pressed in. The switch has a junky feel and would be the weak part for modding this light. I am sure some of the gurus here could do something with this… I have not enough skill at this point, so it will be in my parts box for a while.

The reflector is aluminum and the nicest individual part of this light…

Wow. Thanks. Maybe I won’t pick up one of these for modding after all…