Don’t forget putting this reflector on it as part of the BLF SE.
86.2mm(D) x 84.7mm(H} SMO Aluminum Reflector for SST-90 / SBT-90 / SBT-70
Material: Aluminum Textured / SMO Reflector
Dimension: 86.2mm (Dia.) x 84.7mm(H}
Emitter hole diameter: 19.6mm
Weight: 35g
Package Content: 1 x SMO Reflector
I fear that I will be dead and gone before we can ever get serious about this.
I won’t add anything more here, as you guys already know what I want.
Let’s get the ball rolling!
Even if is not Exactly what I want, WE are a Team, and I will go with what the majority says… As much as I hate too 
Thanks,
-Chuck
In order to use 3 batteries in series you will need a good battery carrier which is not going to be cheap. In my opinion you can keep parallel setting and still get 250 KCD. My modded courui throws 850 m easy. That was the only open space I could find so maybe it throws even farther. It pushes xm-l2 to 5A (Samsung 25R) and run times are excellent.
What You need to consider to make a budget thrower with courui is:
1. Customized bottom of reflector in order to sit on the MCPCB
2. Copper MCPCB
3. 18 or 20 AWG wires
4. Integrated pill or maybe even copper one instead of aluminuim one.
5. Braided springs
6. LD-2 or FET driver
7. Tailcap button
8. Emitter of your choice (dedomed)
I think kawiboy should just buy a hundred D01’s and mod them like he posted above, then sell them to us. That mod and spec list sounds perfect.
Theres lots of talk about the D01. I have an issue with this… The quality on this light is a gamble. I’ve recently bought 2 Couruis from Gearbest and I’m really not impressed by the quality. Very rough machining, the lights are dirty, and the one actually had the branding cleared out with a black pen - can you believe it! I’ll post photos if there’s interest. So, if its going to be the D01 somebody will have to make sure the quality control is up to scratch…
“So, if its going to be the D01 somebody will have to make sure the quality control is up to scratch…”
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That should go without saying with any manufacturer. - I wouldn’t be a bit surprised that Gearbest had something to do with it too. - Maybe buying less that 1st quality?… Every manufacturer has some 2nds, and also some rejects. - But I dunno.
The Gearbest picture sure is Purdy, but so far I have kept my finger from hitting the button, because I do know that in an unmodded form it would never please me.
But a Properly modded D01 - If it can be done, I’m All For It!
Thanks,
-Chuck
If you can do your own machining, soldering, and driver build meaning piggy back the fet driver to the original board it is totally do able for $60.0-$70.0 but this would mean having access to a mill and or lathe to machine the pill to be pressed in or as I do heat shrink them into the body of the light. We have seen over 300 kcd with a dedome xp-l high density not the new ones (v5-a1). Kawiboy is spot on here, or you can remove the two R100 and just bridge them and that should jump you at least 50 kcd in its self. With the full mod this will blow away a stock tk 61 and you know what they cost. Thanks for listening guys take your time do a lot of reading you will be surprised what you can do.!
Hi chuckhov, it seems like this thrower groupbuy is not gonna happen anytime soon due to too many different opinions flooding in. If you really want this Courui D01 modded as a beast eagerly, why don’t you just ask one of the best modders around here to build one for you? That would be faster and not to mention that the light will be 100% customized to your own preference.
I think that might be a great plan, though I would prefer for all of us to have input into it’s design and implementation.
How ever fragmented we are at the moment, it’s my hope that eventually our ideas will coalesce into a workable solution.
The D01 is just my idea for a budget platform for this BLF SE.
Just wanting a light, I would ask Vinh to mod a Acebeam K40L with XP-L HI - Simple solution if you happen to have $140 lying about, not earmarked for general survival 
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?400766-K40Lvn-The-Must-Have-Thrower
To one-off mod a D01 to the level that we are talking about would be cost prohibitive.
To be affordable it would have to be a Labor of Love, which means that I would have to somehow develop the skills to do it myself, cuz nobody loves me… (sniffle)
Thanks,
-Chuck
Mmm, maybe not… Any of the big modder willing to give Chuck some Love…! :~
Not trying to hijack the thread here or anything, but I am trying to get an already great light at a decent price in a GB for the Maxtoch M24 sniper with XM-L HI in it. It is already an awesome thrower but with the new emitter in it I think it will do even better. Already have the green light from Maxtoch and it should happen pretty quick without a lot of waiting and hassel to get this light out and done when the minimums are reached.
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LOL! (really) – You made me laugh!
Thanks!
-Chuck
:bigsmile:
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This one, only with XP-L HI?
Nice light!
We could have a GB for this Maxtoch, and still “build” our very own BLF Thrower too, couldn’t we?
Thanks!
-Chuck
Yes that’s the one.
$67.99
Where is this a “”budget”” light?
Then we could use the TrustFire X9 as well
I think that the Courui is a great host - but not suitable for this group buy because too many people already have it.
Why not the Yezl Y3?
$58.50 including shipping if we reach 100 units (possibly a few dollars less if we can get even higher numbers)
that’s with the XP-L HI already installed and really no further mods needed
Hi chuckhov, I think if you approach any USA modders they will be more than willing to help you out on this one (yes, some loves for you!). 
L4M4, Yezl Y3 is actually not a bad idea for us to start with.
I have the Trustfire X9, it is too big: pointless extra length, pointless extra weight, nothing special about it. I'm not sure if that's the same for the Maxtoch, but at least it is too expensive.
Perhaps we should go a step further than even with the BLF A6, wether it will be a big Courui style light or the compact thrower. Manker was able to reproduce the EE A6 but having the cut-out for the clip newly designed was already troublesome. So what is needed is one complete flashlight that can simply be reproduced. So someone with designing skills and lathe skills (could be a cooperation with more people) must make a prototype that has all we would like and none of the annoying design flaws we are so accustomed to. It is quite an effort to do this, but I'm sure we are better at it than the usual chinese budget light manufacturer (and worse than Thrunite/Fenix/Eagletac/Olight). What makes the work easier is when for the prototype we use available parts whenever they do the job (i.e. for the compact thrower we could just use the EE X6 tube and tail, there's no need to redesign that), and make new parts when suitable ones do not exist (i.e for the compact thrower a new head needs designed, with X9 size (?) reflector and modest but suitable finning so that it still looks good with the skinny body).
Instead of a “group buy” someone could set up a “group build”, someone who actually likes logistics
