Just wanted to give a quick update on my mod. I have not given up and have spent quite a bit of time and effort (but not money) on making this cheapo flashlight better. I will create a new post that shows the steps I took rather than just adding on to this post. Trust me, the end result was worth it.
But here’s something that I learned along the way.
I wanted the current plastic reflector to have more flood. So I connected the new Nichia LED to some batteries to experiment.
Here’s what the reflector looked like on the ceiling.
I thought shortening it would make it floodier.
Here is the result of my brilliant idea (are you sitting down?).
Yuck! Very disappointing, but I learned that I shouldn’t be messing around with reflectors.