Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 Ti Anduril

About time I posted this one up, I've had it a few months now.

Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 Ti XP-L HI 5A3 – Lxl Anduril – 14500 – Piston Drive – 1050lm.

Cree XP-L HI 5A3 U6 emitter
Copper DTP MCPCB
ARC glass
Light OP reflector
GITD LED centering gasket
Copper & brass lined pill
Lexel 15mm driver, potted
Anduril firmware (10 click config)
Copper lined battery tube
Copper body spacers
Magnetic tail, titanium surround, GITD halo
Piston drive electronic tail switch, adjustable
Switch activation pressure around 1000g
Green 6mm x 1.5mm tritium vial in tail in tail switch

Length – 89mm
Width – 18.5mm
Weight – 69g (with 14500 cell)

Max – 1050lm OTF
30s – 892lm
60s – 850lm
Max throw 100% – 174m
Max throw 1A – 94m

Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 Ti Anduril runtimes:

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Some output measurements of stock light & other mods:

Stock driver, Cree XP-L HD, Vapcell 3A 14500:
Turbo – 945lm
High – 432lm
Med – 92lm
Low – 19lm

Stock driver, Cree XP-L HD, Vapcell 3A 14500:
(Spring bypass & Omten white switch)
Turbo – 1026lm- 3300mA
30s – 875lm
60s – 840lm
High – 486lm – 1480mA
30s – 443lm
60s – 432lm
Med – 95lm – 270mA
Low – 21lm – 60mA

Stock driver, Cree XP-L HI U6 5A3, Vapcell 3A 14500:
(Spring bypass & Omten white switch)
Turbo – 765lm – 2440mA
30s – 650lm
60s – 605lm
High – 310lm – 1080mA
30s – 305lm
60s – 302lm
Med – 62lm – 210mA
Low – 14lm – 40mA

Anduril driver, Cree XP-L HI U6 5A3, Vapcell 3A 14500:
(Piston Drive Anduril modded light)
100% – 1050lm – 4000mA
30s – 892lm
60s – 850lm
25% – 325lm – 1000mA

A fairly simple mod to do is to change the stock black switch to a white Omten version and the clear spacer washer from clear to translucent white, this will give a brighter more even tail light output.
You can also tuck a black o-ring into the boot to give a sort of lighted ring effect.
Then you could swap the LEDs from blue to green and install slightly higher value resistors to cut down on the parasitic drain.
I did these mods first but didn’t take pictures.
I finally opted to remove the lighted switch altogether, install a 15mm Lexel Anduril driver and rebuilt the tail end with titanium, brass, neo magnet, GITD & tritium, this takes care of the parasitic drain of the stock lighted switch

The tail section has three moving parts, a separately sprung negative connection surrounding the central switch plunger which also has a screw slot for fine tuning the switch movement.
I used the original brass switch retaining ring with 1mm filed off from the thickness and a 1mm steel spring spacer on top.
On the outside you can see a fixed titanium surround then a green GITD halo, 10mm x 8mm neo ring magnet (x3) and the the brass switch plunger with green tritium vial. The central brass part is the only part which moves here.
This new tritium powered switch removes the original LED lighted tail switch parasitic drain which is quite high, with a runtime of around twelve years and no effect on the cells power this is a great improvement

The pill section has a piece of 1mm copper sheet soldered to a 13mm x 4mm x 0.5mm brass tube press fitted & jb welded into it for some extra mass below the titanium shelf, better than empty space…
The 15mm Lexel Anduril driver is filed to fit the original pill cavity shape but is slightly thicker so I filed off around 0.4mm from one end of the battery tube.
The driver has a momentary switch epoxied in place, pressed by the 14500 cell via the tail switch.
The battery tube has 0.2mm copper sheet jb welded into it and three copper spacers between the segments.

The head I replaced the green GITD o-ring with a black version as in stock form the light outputs two different coloured side coronas, one green from the gasket and one purple from the ARC glass.
I may try to find a different 15mm glass for the light still.
I had some real problems getting a satisfactory hotspot with the stock smooth reflector, trying different LEDs and gasket configurations.
The best pattern was probably the stock XP-L HD emitter & gasket though the tint and shift are terrible , next was a Samsung LH351D 5000K but it was still crap so I replaced the SMO reflector with a LOP reflector from KD
This reflector is too large at 15.8mm wide so requires around 0.8mm filed off from the top lip and used with a thin gasket.
This setup has removed the ringy artifacts and smooths out the spill with a more focused hotspot
It also gives a close range donut hole in the hotspot which I believe means better focus of the LED.

Or you could try removing the gasket altogether and keep the stock reflector as jon_slider did coupled with an sw45K emitter which also gave good results.
Djozz also recomended using a thinner LED gasket.

GITD silicone diffuser:

ZeroAir review of stock light.

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Also I made this:

CRX Atom Ti 14500 700mA Pocket Charger, Spare cell carrier.

Made from 0.5mm thick titanium and brass tubing, this 62mm x 16mm 16 gram compact spare cell carrier/ charger is a very useful pocket companion to any 14500 cell EDC flashlight.

Grade 2 titanium outer shell
Brass internals, fully potted
700mA Micro USB DDR8 charger board
Red charging indicator
Fully potted
Magnetic tail

Max 700mA Max charge current
Length – 62mm
Width – 16mm
Weight – 16g/ 36g (with 14500 cell)

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Some other pocket chargers I've made.

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Do you know the drooling sensation? :neutral_face:
That’s what I’m feeling :o

This is so great man!
Awesome mod, for the perfect EDC flashlight! :heart_eyes:
BTW, did you modify the FW? 10 clicks to config :wink:

I get Lexel to change it for me, the 4 clicks configuration really does my head in :laughing:

Aha...yeap

Mind boggling mods!

thanks for sharing pics and info

your spare battery charger/carriers are really cool!

What is the lowest Low your Anduril Tool can reach?

I did not know that.

When I get a donut, it makes me think there is too much space between the LED and the bottom of the reflector.

It is one of the reasons I will delete a stock centering ring, and use something thinner.

Donut is awesome for throwers but in close range EDC items is not needed that much.

Thanks. Maybe 3lm or so, I can’t measure that low.

Très Élégant!

I cant begin to understand the complexity of your mod

> Piston drive electronic tail switch,

is there a spring loaded contact ring on the driver, and full length body tube piston?

> Adjustable Switch activation pressure around 1000g

another brilliant detail… never seen anyone mention adjustable switch pressure before

just one of many firsts ala CRX
never ceases to amaze

Awesome build!

Are there drivers with better options which are easy to swap?
I hate that low is not low enough on the tool Ti.

By the way, anyone who’s in contact with Lexel?
He’s been offline for 7 weeks now…

Simply amazing work as usual CRX, looks like the perfect EDC light imo.

Nice as always :smiley: , did you already show me this on pm or am I imagining it lol?

Very nice CRX. Isn’t 1000gram switch pressure a lot?

Amazing build as always! :+1:

Thanks :+1:

No, just a spring on the driver and a spring in the tail.
The cell is the piston. The centre part in the tail is threaded for fine adjustment, the surrounding brass part is separately sprung to maintain contact so three moving parts in there.

Maybe a 15mm driver from MTN Electronics? Might not work with the lighted tail though, or AA.
I hope Lexel is alright.

Must have been a dream… :wink:

Not really to me, it is a balance between too easy activation and intended activation.
On the same scale I tested a bare momentary switch takes 200g to operate.

This is amazing. You are incredibly talented.

nice mods crx :+1: I bought a AAA ti tool once and hated the ui.

Very nice mod! They should make this :smiley:

Where did you get the Tool AA without the gold accents?

I hate these topics… because CRX does such great work and I know I can’t afford to fund such a mod. :wink: :sunglasses:

The first gen titanium Tool had a full titanium body and only a gold clip.

I love the pocket chargers! I’ve been trying to remove the driver from the new generation ti tool AA 2.0 ( gold plated copper section) but haven’t been able to. Not sure if its glued or soldered in maybe. I would like to use it in my Maratac twisty and replace it with an H17F.