gearbest have cheap convoy s2 uv, if i get one can i just just a pill driver(blf a6) and emitter
and swap them over as when i want to use them?
uv light seems quite useful but i wont be using that often.
fasttech is out of stock of the s2 pills is there anywhere else that sells them? also what emitter would be good for blf a6 a17dd driver?
Convoy always orders full lights so he cant sell em seperately
You can get a S2+ often for 8.99$ no real need to buy a pill if you can get a full light dirt cheap
The S2+ UV is driven fairly lightly, so If you happen have any other host, even one with a not so great performance, it should house the UV emitter pretty well and free up the S2+ host
If you and up purchasing anything from Simon’s Aliexpress shop, you can always ask for him to include a spare pill in the order, even if it’s not listed
Watch for differences between S2 and the newer S2+. I think the reflector is deeper in the S2, not sure if the two pills are swappable or not.
Personally, I would just go for a S2+ that you like the look/colour/LED/etc of; for the few times you’re going to use UV, it’s not worth the faff of dismantling and reassembling a torch.
In addition, to get a decent UV output you need ZWB2 filter glass to filter out the small amount of visible light given off, you might as well just build a dedicated UV convoy S2+ with LED and driver of your choice. It will be better than 99% of 365nm LED lights on the market.
Hey mate if you can find a pill it will work fine. I dont think i have seen many S2+ pills for sale.
Some times the Fasttech stuff fits and other times it doesn’t. For instance i bought a C8 pill and it didn’t fit the Convoy C8 but it fit inside my Ultrafire C8’s they are actually really good pills and cheap also. I left feedback on Fasttech so people know.
Any LED should work fine in the pill. It comes stock with a XML2 on a 16mm alloy board. If you are running it in direct drive you want a direct thermal path copper board.
Maybe try a XPL2 in direct it should be good for about 1800 lumens maybe a tad more? Similar performance to a BLF A6 my A6 does around 1550 lumens.
Also on the other hand you could buy a S2+ XPL-HI which is already on a DTP copper board and just change the driver for the BLF A6 one. Make the second pill a UV pill might be cheaper. You can then use the original driver for the UV LED. (They can not be driven to hard).
One thing to keep in mind is i dont think you can use AR coated glass and a UV LED. Maybe some one can confirm?
Ask Convoy to sell you some pills to fit the flashlight you want, he’s been willing to do that in the past.
Just my 2 cents but it seems easier and safer to carry the whole head. Sure it’s a little bigger but I’m thinking the protection of the head would make up for it to me. I carry slip on lens filters at work and between them they’re a little bigger than the head but a little lighter. I barely notice I have them.