Thanks for replies guys, I appreciate the feedback. I also had completely missed Shrick’s post, sorry Shrick. Sometimes the email method of trying to follow my BLF updates gets a little congested and hectic when I’m still marking the loads of spam out of my email inbox, and I don’t always catch my subscriptions that get new posts. I’ve been rushed lately. You all know, X-mas, it gets us all tied up whether we like it or not.
Then there’s this other thing. “Budget”? Let’s see: The belief that something is needed because its price is lower than normal. That’s my definition for products I find while lurking here and the web in general at X-mas time. I think I just bought out every deal over the last 4 days on “good” lights that might take my aspheric-lens treatments when I use custom nylon spacers, and at the least, all of these holiday grabs will benefit in throw greatly from a tune-up if the reflector is even kept on. I’ve got stuff to do on Christmas break in the flashlight domain, that’s certain. I have messed with these XP-E2 Torches more since early on, and am a firm believer that they are a great throwing LED when de-domed, and used in the right host. Similar intensity can be reached with them vs a G2, and fully driven, they aren’t going to heat soak even the worst host designs that put all the needed cooling metal in a head that is attached by a friction fit via greased O-ring. You probably know what I’m getting at. This is why I love “zooming” or “focusing” lights, but hate them at the same time—90% of the time preferring to do a “fixed throw” arrangement. Low power LEDs are what is going to hold intensity longest and provide maximum usable intensity across a longer runtime simply because of churning less power in the process and of course, keeping a 1 cell arrangement at a higher forward voltage across that running time. My uses tend to be specific, though, so an E2 Torch is typically going to be spotting buoys on the river, or illuminating a target for night shooting. Where that coverage area is less important to me, but battery swaps are more important NOT doing, or more hassle during the use when concentrating on something else. This is why I really do like E2s for smaller lights and even some “medium” sized lights. They can excel at intensity with a recycling aperture that’s smaller, too. So…long live the E2!
So yeah, I did one of those “grab what you see and try not to look at the cart total”, shopping sprees.
–20 more Olight M3XS-UT Javelot as I can’t keep them on hand once modded -These are significant thrower deals for the anodizing/aluminum, weight-ergo, 2S 18500 or 2S 18650 operation. Once I tear them apart and replace parts, emitter, o-rings, MCPCB, etc., they rip. With a lens… :evil:
-OLight M22 Warrior deal…swoosh. Gone! Don’t even know yet what to do with them, but they’re getting a hefty mod run, might even get the right aspheric in there.
TR-S700 —3P 26650, yes please! I took them, sorry, please restock more! 0:) Not the aspheric potential of other big lights, but the cooling potential for some mad XHP50s is there with some bolt-on copper round sucking the heat up.
A single one, for myself, a Surefire Scout with Malkoff P60 head mod, it is definitely getting a 20mm lens and going on a new AR-15 build I’m completing (with Elftman bearing trigger, and a special, second registered upper, the CAN CANNON :evil: .
I turned the Malkoff head bezel open, as for some reason they used about a 14mm hole for light exit, with 20mm of clear bezel space. :quest: No idea, but it’s fine now.
Lenses? Yes of course more came. I can live on lenses. :bigsmile:
20, 25, 30, 50, 50mm, all AR-coated.
Yes, I’m giddy. :party:
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!