I have a Maglite 3D.. what can I do?

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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I wont modify it anymore.. anything I could do, will cost me a lot of money, and will not increase the bright or runtime so much.. I know I can use a TR1200 body, but i like this one, i just find the 3D digital-camo a pretty nice body

I may wait some months, when newer leds were released, like XML or some new XPG that were much brighter than R5 i will reconsider it...

Thanks to all of you, and if you want to upgrade your maglite, this is one of the best options.

PS: do you know which is the cheapest heatsinks to mount a led in a maglite?

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All of the Luminous/Cree headsinks are pretty much cross compatible, but the "cheapest" I've seen is ~$15-20, not surprising for such a limited market.

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an R5 can produce almost 500 lumens at 1.5 amps.....

what more can u ask for? lol

XML will be more, but will cost more per LED

at 7 bux an LED, i would say the R5 is the BEST bang per buck LED you can buy at the moment.

that is until XML hits that price range on a 14mm board lol

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5*R5 would be perfect.. but I still have the problem of finding a multimode driver with a max output of exactly 7,5A

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There's that one 5*cree serial boost driver at DX with optional mode board. But it's 26mm and someone here who got a light similar to the 1200L says the circuit used by these 5*cree modules is 20mm.

It's 1A in serial instead of 7.5A, but there's probably some mod to go bit higher. You're not going to get a 7.5a "flashlight" driver for little $. However there is a driver (LDO10C) available at Arrow online that does this in another form factor.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=261514

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ah but thats 10 amps... thats a bit steep for R5.

probably good for XM-L..... well 3 of them at least lol

OP, would you mind reposting your method of original mod for all of us here?? i dont speak spanish AND your link doesnt work lol

just out of curiousity

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Here is the review, (understand my english and) enjoy it!

http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/869