Stainless steel (who want a clip that rusts) of the proper type and heat treatment for something that needs to flex slightly and return to original shape, without being brittle. Please stress that the material / heat treat must be selected by someone over there who knows what they are doing! This is the 1st, really most important requirement, since if the clip rusts or snaps then any other clip improvements are not worth much in the end.
The fact that this 1st round of A6 clips have stress cracks and are brittle shows that the guy had no idea what material / heat treat to use. You should not be able to just snap off the wings like people have been doing, too brittle.
2. Yes, larger opening at the top.
3. Yes, much short wings. But not no wings, as some have suggested. You do need some wings to be able to get the clip on easily. They can and should be very small / short wings though. Very rounded ends, think half circle.
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On the the issue of the ramp catching on pockets, there are a couple ways to fix it. It might help to create pictures to illustrate a change to fix it.
1st mode: ramping from low to highest
2nd mode: ramping from highest to low, but light turns off when it reaches dim level.
3rd mode: Medium-high
4th mode: High
There is no turbo in the 4 modes, but it can be achieved when it ramps up in the 1st mode. 1st and 2nd mode doesn’t have memory and will always ramp .
The LED is partially dedomed due to over tightening of the bezel.
I received mine 2 days ago. I love it! Its now my backup light. 1 thing i hate is the clip though. currently using panasobic 18650pf. I dont have 30q or hg2. Ill try to do a springbyapss mod. This will be my 1st time to mod if ever.
That kind of freakish behavior...no. Can you go back to 7 modes and see how it acts there, please. Plus disable the memory if you can. Trying to form a baseline.
So I swapped in a Samsung 1 uF X7R. Not a huge improvement though.
Long press drops from around 1.5 s when cold to around 1 s when heated.
So either the OTC is heated well beyond its 125 C operating range, or (more likely) something else is also drifting with temperature.
The original capacitor measured 1.080 uF.
This drops to 0.880 uF (–18.5%) when put into some microwaved water (~80 C).
An X7R would only drop about 8% at 80 C, so this may be an xxS, xxT or xxU capacitor.
Yes, it’s the second link and I did not have to drill new holes. The holes line up perfectly, and I used m2.5 screws and nuts to put on the clip. I’ll take a picture of the underside later tonight when I have the chance.
No drilling? Good find as I wouldn’t have any metric bits or taps……I’m making my clip work for now but I’m pretty sure I’ll snap it eventually.
Edit: If I may? This should be in my A6 thread.
It needs to be wider at the top, they are kinda long but that allows for a good hold. I can’t use mine with jeans, the clip will not fit over the pocket seam.
So far the clip has been working well. I can put some abuse on it and see what happens. Mine do not bend easy, I can tell you that much and it’s not magnetic. Also, these are the same size clips as the SS ones that sinner sells with his hosts.
Edit: Sinner’s old clips used M2 sized screws and not the currents ones.
