Hi All.
Trying to revive some old P60 hosts here.
Can you please recommend me some throwy P60 dropins that take 2 batteries? it should work with lifepo4s as well as i got a few.
Ideally an XM-L2 T6 or brighter from places like fasttech or even ebay. DX these days is very slow ufortunately.
thanks in advance.
nothing out there?
Depends what you want really.
To make something “throwy” its generally about LED size to reflector size.
So if you want throw an XM-L really isn’t the best option. But as I said, it all depends what you want really. A p60 reflector is bigger than most tube type 18650 lights, so in relative terms they will all throw better than smaller lights.
Also when you say 2 batteries, of what type? Are you meaning 2xli-ion? So 8.4v or 2 of something else?
My personal experience is most lights that can support a wide voltage range tend to perform much better on higher voltage.
The next p60 drop in I’ll buy will be one of these:
http://intl-outdoor.com/xml2-p60-dropin-module-alxm2-p-740.html
The other option is to build a drop in. It’s very easy all you need is a LED mounted on 16mm star and a 17mm driver.
Two solder joints and a dab of thermal grease and you are away.
A more throwy p60 would be a noctigon mounted XP-G2 running a Qlite driver.
Driver (works well with XM-L2 or XP-G2). 4.2v Max but no PWM
http://intl-outdoor.com/qlite-reva-71358-multiple-modes-circuit-board-304a-p-710.html
LED:
http://intl-outdoor.com/led-xpg2-c-107_137.html
If you really want throwy then an XP-E2 and a lower amp driver probably would work well.
p60 blanks are cheap from FastTech.
thanks chicken.
what i’m looking for is 2 lithium.
I kinda gave up on throwy at this point in time since xml2 and p60 reflectors seem to be the limitations.
but I’m still keen to find a module that can do both 1 and 2 lithiums to use in my solarforce l2 lego.
I think some of SolarForce’s own dropins offer a wider voltage range for one or two cells.
I bought the XM-L U2 one a couple of years ago when they first released it. Will happily run on 1x18650, but it works way better on 2x18350. Higher output and much better regulated output.
I’d certainly buy another. It also seems to be constant current (3 mode), or at least I can detect no PWM at all with it.
I think there are drop ins (KD maybe) that claim up to 18v input, or something like this. All of these that I’ve read about seem to be poor performers.
If you’ve got some L2 type hosts that take 2x18650, have you considered just getting the Solarforce K3 head? It’s an MT-G2 and offers 1500 lumens. And while it isn’t a throwy beam profile, the beam distance it can mange is likely as far as many compact throwers.
The K3 is ideal on 2x18650.
If you can use a soldering iron you can build your own drop-in as CD suggested. Look on Int’l Outdoor Store for the LD-2C driver. It will handle two cells and has multiple modes w/o blinking or flashing. If you then choose an XP-G2 or XP-E2 emitter on a Noctigon MCPCB you’ll have decent throw and long run times. If you use the 3 mode setting you can run on medium for normal use then change to the high [3A] setting for “TURBO”.
that looks promising. would that driver work with an XML T6? i have one from a dropin i killed the driver by using 2 cells 
Remember that with XM-L you’ll get very limited throw.
If you use the xml than you might want to try soaking it in gas and de-dome it .
you can just replace the driver with these driver and just add some resistors to suit your liking 
How would you shoehorn a dual-layer 18mm driver with a 20.5mm contact board into a P60?
Yep, I missed the size…… Mountain Elec. sells the same driver and list it as 7mm high. I may buy several and see if I can mill down the contact & driver boards to fit a P60 pill.
Why don't you try this drop-in, replace the OP reflector with a SMO and de-dome it:
http://www.solarforceflashlight-sales.com/product_detail.php?t=RB&s=53&id=574
I think a P60 only has ~4-5MM height.