Aw he! Y’all will tell my wife what I’m doing just to get to see the dang gator! I see how ya are…
At the very least, 4 XP-G3 S5 3A’s in my DBC-02 will fire his gut up at 2600 lumens. If I happen to have one of a few other lights in hand when I go in the drink, he might actually smolder a bit. Maybe I should ensure I have my 3watt blue laser with me, so I can make his eyes find y’all eyeballing from the marsh… at least then y’all could maybe recover the lights in the end.
If I happen to have my TR-J20, BTU Super Shocker or even the diminutive Meteor I modded, I will be the one shouting WooooooEeeeeeeeeee! Dat’s sum dang gud gator meat rite der, mon ami! (go Cajun on ya, lol)
Edit: Thanks again Kenjii, it was a little difficult to tell about that second thread for the cover plate in the pics. Still, very worthy of keeping that cover even at some costs.
The Z1 is supposed to have a 60mm optic, so it’s not all that much smaller than your 71mm. And it’s AR+AF coated. But yeah, I know, the throw won’t be spectacular and I won’t be expecting miracles out of this one, I have MEM for that….
Whilst you are waiting for your hosts to arrive, I’ve added some links I found in post #4, to reviews, mod. threads etc.
If you know of others, please bring them to my attention.
Also, please bear in mind that the Z1 has been developed and improved over the years. I haven’t asked for a change history, because I don’t see how it would be relevant. But doubtless there may be some.
Dale do you have other plans for getting power to that emitter or are you also waiting on the extension tube to become available? I’m really liking the looks of that round emitter projection…
I might be remembering that 60mm thing wrong, I do that a lot, sorry, I’ll dig and see what I can find out about where I got that.
emarkd, the SBT-70 has a 3.7Vf at 10.5A, so it runs fine on a single hot cell. The one in my Eagle Eye X6 is doing 17A from an LG HE-2 18650. Don’t know if you ever saw the massive quad heat sink I designed for the X6, but that’s what I’m using under the SBT-70 in that light with a 35mm Illuminations Machines reflector which is shallow but I also trimmed it down to fit. There’s a massively huge chunk of copper under this one! The sink design is shelf to lens, I carved the edges to a bevel to accommodate the reflector.
A few of my favorite light, the X6, (SBT-70 lower right)
I ordered mine, maybe just got it in, barely. My order is on the "processing" state right now, but had to add this gem in with the order:
They show it with a Z1 in it, and they say it fits a Z1, so cool! Wish you guys could have included this. Maybe ask for a deal, or at least saving the extra shipping fee?
I have no idea where I got that 60mm optic size in my head, can’t find any mention to that extent anywhere. Sorry, my misunderstanding.
Edit: A couple of things I did find… 45mm is claimed on the size of the optic. This site, Taobao for Jaxman has more detailed articles written, and some nice detail from Jaxman.
And this quote, pertaining to the AR+AF coating on the optic…. “In some bright coated glass will have some texture, strips or points, not scratches, scratches in case of no-lighting is visible. These do not affect the light transmittance, do not try to erase, obsessive-compulsive disorder party, please, hold back! ! ”
I like that, feel like they may be onto something there…
I think it’d be really awesome to see a lot of different approaches, domed XP-G3, de-domed, XP-G2 dome on or off, even maybe a colored XP-E2 in green or blue or something, Just wondering how the optic handles the different sources and what the end result is.
If I weren’t so impulsive I might could have gone with a CBT-140 instead of buying the X1 and Z1 within a couple of days of each other. Gonna end up with one of those sooner or later, same circular die, mo powah. And all the problems that go with it. It’s expensive, a lot more so, and it comes on a rectangular mcpcb with a plug for mounting in fixtures and such. So it would require modification of even the emitter assembly to use in a light like we do. But that challenge makes me want even more to try one! I know, I got it bad….
My 8 yr old was just in here going on and on about his video game, the details of which escape me… but his last words before running off to play some more were “Whew! That is one Powerful Powerful Mod!”
Cracked me up. Having it bad is infectious, perhaps…
Hahaha I play it with my son, great fun, like Lego without piles of blocks on the floor that need to be put away at some point.
We ought to make a working Q8, then I could send the world save to you and you could see him mod a light using mods
40, if I could get 40 of the dedication he gives to games pointed at his homework we’d be in great shape! lol Then he could learn to build my lights for me and clean up after both of us. He’ll be 9 right before school starts but he’ll be starting 5th grade. If I could get that 40%, he’d be in 7th grade before school is out next year. Already reads like a teenager, I’m gonna have to start having him explain things to me.
Oh but don’t be mistaken about Minecraft, ask him to make a automated light system that turns on when it gets dark… He will frown and say, boring.
Then reply, “OK then I want to see a sorting system where you can dump your inventory after mining and have everything in its own chest”
He’ll do it and if he knows already he understand more from electrical components then most adults
Or, even better, say “powerful mod? Ha, qcraft, now that is a powerful mod.” http://qcraft.org/about/
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All questions are relayed to Jaxman!
Hey simmer down there jhalb.
We’re talking about our kids and Minecraft here.
My son is 10 and also totally addicted to Minecraft. Great creative educational game right there.
I for one am happy just to see a break from people talking down to each other. :+1:
I am of course assuming you realize I’m just having fun and enjoying the spin out in traditional BLF fashion.
This host looks pretty sweet too…
Maybe I should ensure I have my 3watt blue laser with me, so I can make his eyes find y’all eyeballing from the marsh… at least then y’all could maybe recover the lights in the end.
