Body quality;not bad just like any 2$ respectable torch though the police one I have has way better finish. Maybe expecting more giving the 'high' price payed, 3,80...
Light output ; maybe 12 L
Beam quality; if wasn't for the blueish tint and the awful dark circle in the middle of the spot could be good. Pic below.
Emitter; generic .5W chinese
Lens ; plastic , came pre-scratched , a new feature , 16,79 mm diameter
pill ; plastic
Reflector; plastic SMO
Driver ; 15,78 mm diameter
Draw 260 ma from a recargable 1.2V ...
The good thing is that came apart easily without hassle , interesting mod material which is for what was acquired
Nice mini review, Arenat. I like the exposed view of the interanls...really helps in figuring out what kind of mod to go with. What do you have planned?
I also like the eBay description "Waterproofed, not means it can be used in water". But they show a picture of it lit up submersed in a bottle of water.
Still planning, waiting the Don's QTC stuff which were shipped recently.
As the heat dissipation could be a problem since the piece found not fit perfectly the idea is DD with a limiting resistor, using an XP-G R5 . I have three of them from the XM-L's mod rush.
Found a piece of solid brass to cut with an interesting feature , a threaded hole in the middle which still I'm not so sure how use it or if use it but working in it. ( to many 'it' in the last sentence ) Thinking in some Ledlenser with the emitter applied there...
Also found a very nice exact fit convex lens from an ocular of a German prismatic WWII's souvenir ...curiosity, came in a submarine, not kidding, one of those U something and ended up in a Chinese toy called Smiling Shark.
Tried the lens and give a nice even beam...
Too bad that the brass tube which hold the lens don't fit by just a very little...
Last night I decided to finish this thing no matter what therefore I went design wild with the stuff at hand.
The distance between the dome and the lens is 3 mm , that left no room for a boost driver that's why finally is DD resistor drived with two 4.7 ohm smd resistors in parallel , the usual type don't fit also. 350 ma is enough for this almost not heat dissipation little thing.
The threaded central tube was flattened with a hammer to make an emitter base of 5 x 3 mm ,The XR-E something was soldered at. Perfect for an xm-l but that would be way silly even in the mood I was ...then a hole was drilled to pass the positive wire , the negative is grounded. In the pic below is partially unscrewed.
The spot is 1 m at 1 m around twice of the C78' spot.
Work flawless and the added weight (17 grs )give it a solid feeling which lack in original form. It's a pity that the anodized (?) of this thing is awful .
Arenat, that's ingenious! I love it! I've always wanted a little pocket thrower. I like how you used the stiff copper wire for spacing. Again, nice work!
