Has anyone purposely de-domed the xpl 1A led on the BLF A6 and like the results?
Thought about it, but the XPL-HI is just too easy, so I swapped one in… It does increase the projection of the beam… I imagine a good dedome would too, but I have only been about 50% on those….
Did you make any other changes(ie lens, smooth reflector)? We’re you satisfied with the results?
Thanks.
No other changes, I did put some DC Fix diffuser film on the lens, just for kicks, but it came off as I liked it better without… Either way, a XPL replacement if you mess up the LED will be the same (or close) price as an XPL HI…
Not on purpose but it did it by itself when i removed the head the first time. Unfortunately it didn’t work after. Reflowed a XPL HI on it and it was better anyway, then dropped it when hot and deflowed it 
Was in the process of deciding whether to slice or heat up and remove the dome. I opened up the head and something fell, but I couldn’t find what had fallen. Then I’m looking at the led sideways to see how I would slice it and noticed the dome was gone. It fell clean off the led. Found it in the sink. 
Color changed to a warmer color and lux measurement doubled. Although I like cool tints, this color is not bad and the brightness is much more intense. Happy camper here. :bigsmile:
Now that is a win! Good deal… I have been liking the warmer tints more lately, ordered a 7A3 XP-L HI from Kaidomain a few days back to see how that looks…
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH, been there myself… I have actually been better at reflowing LED’s than I thought I would, but there are times that I get driven crazy trying to get them just right… I have found the Osram Olson 95CRI SSL80 ones that are slightly smaller than the XP-G2 die size are a pain to put onto an XPG2 pad, they do not suck down like the XP’s, but slide to the side with a bit more solder and therefore more surface tension… Then you have to hold it in the “middle” of the pad as best you can while it cools… Real aggravating…
I have been impressed with the XP-L HI more than I thought I would, it seems that I never have to master the dedome and possible killing of a good LED…