After reading this Review: New 612 - A great budget P60 SIZED alternative for 10$ (+ mod and beam shots) about how the new 612 was good for modding, I got two from Fasttech, and was surprised at how good they were. They have a decent hot spot that illuminates as far as the Convoy M1, with less spill.
The Low, Strobe, High next mode memory was annoying, so:
- Dissamble,
- replace plastic lens with a glass one,
- remove driver and star,
- clean off moist white heat sink stuff and redo with Fujik still using the original XP-G R5 star,
- replace driver with 5 x 7135 Nanjg 105C bridged for low - medium - high (tight press fit in Aluminium pill),
- test before re-assembly and it worked, then rebuilt.
and I now have a nice, lightweight dog walking flashlight with 3 modes and memory. I'm on 5 acres and there are no streetlights around so a good flashlight is appreciated.
Tailcap readings are now Low=.1 Medium=.5 High=1.7 amps (Cheap DMM with new silicon leads, and I think it's amp readings are fairly good).
Unprotected LG 2600mAh battery at 4.2 volts.
Original Tailcap readings
Low=.2 Strobe=?? High=1.9 amps.
I can't see any difference in light output for the .2 amp difference.
Waiting now for an XP-G2 R5 on Aluminium star and another 5x7135 Nanjg 105C to mod the second one.
