Out of curiosity, what’s with all the similarities between the Maratac lights and the Lumintop lights? I know Lumintop makes the Promethus Beta QR2 I’ve got, but do they also build Maratac’s lights, too?
Huh, I’ve got a Thrunite Ti as well. Never really even tried to lego them together, although they are very similar lights.
So I’m pretty sure that Thrunite builds their own lights, so it can be safely assumed that those two lights are built by different companies even though they’re very similar. Makes me wonder even more about Maratac. I guess they could have their own production facility and just be making very similar lights to the Lumintop line. I’d love to know something definite on that.
I dont see any reason to swap a Thrunite and a Maratac, since neither offers High CRI. fwiw, the thrunite head will not light on a worm body, but it will light on the Maratac body. The Maratac head will not light on a Thrunite body, nor on a Worm body, Maratac head lights only on a Tool.
you could ask CountyComm
Im just stating my opinion from personal observation, nothing official
Imo yes the Thrunite Company is separate from Lumintop. And No, CountyComm is not a producer of anything, imo they are just a US company reselling Chinese imports (supposedly to the US Military). Same with darksucks.com (Prometheus Beta) they are a US company reselling chinese imports too.
Note also that Thrunite uses MUCH lower low and Medium than Maratac and Tool, plus the Thrunite mode sequence is always LMH, Thrunite is not offered in MLH sequence like the Maratac and Tool. iow, Thrunite driver is very different than Lumintop driver. Also, Thrunite driver is NoPWM, while prior to Oct2015 Maratac, Tool and Beta were all PWM driven.
Look at these LED rings on post Sept 2015 production runs of Maratac, Tool, and Worm… identical… to me they all come from the same Lumintop factory.
Reminder, report what you actually know — there’s enough variation that even several samples of “exactly the same light” may not swap parts easily.
We can’t tell you what you will find out with the parts you get — not with any real assurance it will or won’t work.
The bare A6 tubes that don’t work on the BLF A6 fits a Skilhunt H02 :
It also fits a Skilhunt H15 but you need a tailcap from a H02 :
In the headband :
Family foto :
The older Solarforce chromed steel clip (meant for the Solarforce tail threads) happen to very nicely fit over the KX5 head-to-bezel thread.
This is the old “deep carry/reversible” clip that, sad to say, Solarforce no longer has for sale.
It’s chromed steel — quite thin, and only slightly thicker than the gap on my KX5 between the head and bezel.
Check yours — see if there’s a gap between bezel and head, or if the bezel screws down tight on the head
The ring of the clip can be made even thinner with a little sanding, as the chrome plating made it rough and bumpy.
(The bezel is at the bottom, then the clip, then the ribbed part of the head is at the top, in this picture)
The regular Solarforce clip sold now does not fit, it has a smaller opening and is thicker (made of aluminum)
BUT SEE the big X5/X6 thread at Mon, 02/08/2016 - 14:24 #5594
search for “reflector fitment” for a caution to check
And it really fits my Convoy C8 (new model with Integrated pill) nearly perfect.
Physical appearence:
Threads are a perfect match and run smoothly without lubrication. The thread on the switch side is a little too long, just so much that the o-ring is not touched by the switch unit. So it’s not waterproof but electrical connection is fine. A pair of LG Hg2 flattops rattles a little, two NCR18650Bs protected just barely fit, but the contact is closed.
Optical appearence:
the knurling seems identical to the C8, but the black anodizing is a little shiny. Not as matte as the C8. And of course between extension tube and switch cap the o-ring is visible. I’ll try to add a picture, but that normally doesn’t work (’cause I’m too stupid to add a photo?!?)
On the cellphone picture the difference is more prominent than to the naked eye!
The Jaxman UV also legoes perfectly with the S2+
And that includes Hoop’s new copper pills for the S2+, they fit perfectly in the Jaxman UV light and I’d guess also in the E2 that 1dash1 pictures above in the thread.
Negative report: the Cometa is supposed to be an improved Jax Z1, but the Cometa doesn’t lego with the Z1 — several things are different
per Tom E, on Mon, 05/09/2016 - 15:27
at WARNING: Cometa – read/fix BEFORE inserting battery - #1558 by Tom_E
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Astrolux S41 and bare BLF A6 lego perfectly fine with each other. I can interchange heads, long or short tubes and switches as I want. Both lights work in any combination!