Yes my K40 now throws a lot farther that when it was stock. However this is only my assessment when shining the light towards the sky (sky method) as I don’t have a lux meter yet. It also has a more intense hot spot but its beam (the pencil-like streak of light seen from the flashlight to the sky) seem less brighter than before. Maybe because its warmer that’s why it appears to be so. I ordered a lux meter because of this and I can’t wait for it to arrive.
What also ‘confuses’ me is when I compare my modded K40 to my modded T08. My K40 has a longer beam (sky method) and a slightly smaller hot spot than my T08 but the beam of my T08 seem brighter than my K40. Maybe its because of the tints but I’m not quite sure - the more that I wan’t my lux meter to arrive early.
My T08 is also dedomed but I’m using its original 25 mm aluminum MPCB. I have a 20 mm Noctigon XM-L2 T6 3C but I did not use it yet because I can’t sit the T08’s reflector if I use 20 mm and I’m not sure if I would like the tint of a dedomed XM-L T6 3C. I also used a V10+ 4 Amp driver (won from RaceR86) for the T08 and the modding was done mostly with Relic38’s help.
I think the resistors (also courtesy of RaceR86) I’m using are all 805s. They’re similar to the ones sold at FastTech. Before installing them for resistor mod, I connect them side by side (parallel) to each other first since its a lot harder to solder them one by one into the driver.
I have several XM-L2 T6 1Bs ordered from Simon Mao (Convoy-Flashlight in BLF) and I’ll be installing them to the K40 and the T08 when they arrive. I just hope they really are XM-L2s and their tints are what is stated.