Thanks the for the pictures. Good to know that the base of the reflector has step. 
The driver in this light looks to be the same as in the uniquefire UF-X6S, and its several siblings.
Here is a close up:
I never tried to mod it. It gave it away in a giveaway.. These days I always see what can be done with stock drivers before changing them.
So, we have two (sense?) resistors. R200 and R270. Im guessing they are in parallel. Adding more resistors will probably equal higher current. :) ^^
(if not poof, sorry Garry, I did warn you on the 3-18V driver 0:) )
We also have 2 of those brown thingies (aka capacitators). Putting a low value resistor on top of one of those normally fixes next mode memory. (330K or lower will probably do) Anyone know which one??
I also see a resistor/bridge marked "0". Could it possibly be like some various others drivers and transform the light into a 3 mode if its not there/bridged?
Cool thanks for the info. I guess it will be another DRY driver for me. I should buy stock in the company. Mine was marked shipped but the tracking number doesn’t work.
I sure wish the MT-G2’s would de-dome as easy as XML’s. Has anyone figured out a consistent way to do that yet?
They seem pretty easy to dedome to me. I've done 3 so far. My favorite way is to use a heat gun. I aim it down on the emitter. When I see the solder melt, I turn off the gun and wait a second for the solder to solidify. Then I lift the dome off. It always breaks up. So you basically have to pick/crumble it off. Just keep the temp high so you don't remove phosphor.
I leave scraps of silicone over the diode area because I'm chicken. I don't want to lose any phosphor because I like the NW/WWish tint. I think it can be all lifted off, but I need to get some magnification and have a steady hand day to try a total silicone removal. The scraps (actually like silicone crumbs) don't seem to hurt the beam. Probably reduce lux a bit.
I don’t have a heat gun, I doubt a hair dryer would work would it? I have a hot head torch for melting glass I think that might be a little overkill though. I suppose I could just overdrive it until it’s blazing hot and try that. Does it help with the throw a lot or just so so?
I don't think you would have to overdrive it if you don't have it heatsinked. I did the first two heating from underneath like reflowing. It works but the phosphor seems to get softer and easier to lift off. It is much slower and feels like the emitter is being exposed to way too much heat.
I use an el cheapo hot air gun from Harbor Freight. Less than $10. I use the low setting. I use a sharp dental pick to pick off the silicone.
Throw improves tremendously. Here are some measurements. How's this for a beam shot. The reflector is from the Defiant XML Spotlight. The tint does not appear yellow in real life. This is beige wall and the camera sitting is daylight which seems to always make yellow pictures. The emitter is slightly off center.
Cool I might have to give it a shot. It’s a wicked looking beam.
Here is the emitter from the above shot. It was my second dedome. I didn't try to get close on the silicone removal as I was a tired. I should also say you want to protect the dedomed emitter from flux splatter when you solder near it. Also, clean it with alcohol every time before you put it back in a light. I squirt the dedomed emitter with alcohol and also use an alcohol soaked Q-tip to wipe it down. I haven't lost any phosphor doing that and I have cleaned the first couple dedomed emitters many, many times.
Thanks it sounds like it should be worth giving it a shot. I like these but I’m not really 100% sold on them yet. Maybe if I get good at de-doming them I will like them a little more.
From a pure throw perspective, I'm starting to get frustrated with the MT-G2. That's just because I want to get supper high kcd readings. But from a real actual usage perspective, I love the emitter. It throws further than I need for must situations. I've been focusing on big reflector lights so far. Once I finalize some MT-G2 lights, I will will have to make a good RaceR86-type SRK and see how it compares. He makes a compelling argument for the multi-emitter lights.
I like my 2x but it gets hot fast on turbo but it has the nicest pure flood of any of my lights. It has a hotspot if you are whitewall hunting but not noticeable and no rings at all. it’s really great for walking in the woods with.
It will be interesting to see what an MT-G2 will do in this light. I haven't seen any beam shots to get a feel for how tight it focuses for throw. Given it's dimensions, it will probably flood and have decent throw (probably in the 40 - 60 kcd range) with a domed MT-G2. Dedomed, it will probably be in the 80 - 100 kcd range. I hope it surprises me though.
Got my light today..
First impressions, nice mod host for the price.
I saw 0,9A at the tail and 1,8A at the emitter, slightly lower current than with my other similar driver in the uniquefire (linked to above) and compared to _the_.
Did some very quick testing..
1,82A to the emitter "bench setup".
Added R120. 3,8A to the emitter, driver got hot very soon, did not dare to test it for some time..
2,56A to MT-G2 with same setup (extra R120). Due to this, I would not recommenced the driver for MT-G2.
Despite being so hot wiht and added R120 I added another R500 on top of that J) (there might be a slight possibility it was another R120). Saw 4,2A but current was dropping towards 4A fast, and it smelled burnt. This will most likely kill the driver very fast!
Not even sure if this driver will handle 3A++ (to XM-L). But it is easy to resistor mod. The driver is nicely regulated with quite stable output. When input voltage gets low (for 2 series setup) emitter current increases a little bit, up towards 0,2A.
The light can fit long protected batteries.
Thanks RaceR86! Still seems a nice host! Would you agree it's well suited for an MT-G2 (replacing the driver)?
-Garry
I’m getting confused by this thread. Which light did you get, and from where?
Ohaya, the light in OP. (_the_ linked to it)
Garry, yeah, its probably well suited for MT-G2. Ill probably test it with a DRY driver (which I don't have at the moment). Ill assume/hope it might be possible to fit it with some trimming.. Never used that driver before...
Reflector is same width as ZY-T13, STL-V6, but a few mm deeper. There have been a few builds with MT-G2 and reflectors in that size...
Well what are you waiting for??? Get some Dry drivers on order and get 'er up and running!
-Garry
Ordered one a few days ago... ;)
I have also been thinking about some other plans for this light involving several emitters. Ill see what I end up with. But I want to see what the MT-G2 can do in direct drive (with two high output cells) since I have not tried that yet.
On 2nd thought. I don't need a driver to test that.. 0:)
Hello!
If you are to buy a 2x18650/28650 flashlight, would you choose this in the 25$ price range, or another? Because i want a second light to my yz-t13 to make one aspheric and one with reflector.
The only modding involved to the reflector light is dedoming and maybe a resiator mod to get 3A to the led. So would you choose this or an other reflextor thrower? Because it seems very appealing to me, bzt can’t find much information on this light.