This is my first post here at BLF and also my first review of a light since the internet started. Please forgive me if I’m off.
I received Sinner’s The Cypreus Tri-EDC 80mm 18350 Series light few days ago. I opted for titanium cause I love Titanium. The light is in 3 parts. The head has a copper pill to fit a 17mm driver & 20mm MCPCB. The tailcap switch comes in 5 parts. The black rubber boot, boot retainer ring, switch which is identical to this http://intl-outdoor.com/omten-reverse-clicky-switch-pbs101c-5-pcs-p-567.html, a brass battery -ve contact and a white plastic(don’t know what material it is) retainer ring to secure the contact & switch in place. The threads are not that smooth. You can see that in the head internal threads. From the outside it looks really nice streamline which I like the most. No tailcap edges protruding. I didn’t take any photos of the innards as I was too excited.
Off to the build. I was thinking of what to do with it as soon as I received it. I have a few illumn triple parallel board & bare XP-G2. The driver I salvaged from a host Qlite Nanjg 105c at 4.5A Max. Took me 2 hours to complete. And DAMN it’s bright.
Overall it’s a great host for a pocket rocket. I love mine. I will definitely buy another one from Sinner. A triple XP-L maybe….
You can even swap the driver for a BLF17DD and led for a triple XP-L (make sure it’s mounted on copper) if you want to go full hot rod. 4,000+ Lm in 80mm!!
And what a nice entrance! Nice review with lovely pictures! :-)
And it must be an extremely cool flashlight. I have a Sinner copper 18650 host still waiting for a build, but i doubt it will be as delightful as this little powerhouse!
(btw, titanium threadings are always more or less gritty, comes with the material, lubricating helps a bit)
It was something I wondered already from the pictures, with a pillar at the switch and just the stiff 105C spring for tension. You can change out the driver spring for something like this:
I must admit… I’ve been very tempted by the idea of a titanium Cypreus, and/or an 80mm model. Your post is making me tempted again. I’m really happy with my copper 18650 Cypreus, but I don’t think I really need another one.
If I got one, I think it’d have to be the 18650 titanium model. It’d likely replace my Convoy S7 as my “beater” EDC light, tough enough to carry everywhere and powerful enough to do pretty much anything I need. The 18350 one has a definite size advantage, but with such a small battery capacity it wouldn’t be so great for some things. In any case, titanium plus Nichia 219B emitters would be pretty sweet.
@DBCstm: I swear i heard one of them have your name laser engraved on it……
@toyKeeper: In a few weeks time I will have a Tri-edc version of the 80mm Ti with a full sized driver pill / led mount and support upto 67mm long batteries.
Interesting. From the pictures above, it looks like there have been some nice improvements such as waterproofing and rounded edges.
I assume you mean a ~100mm 18650 version of the 80mm model shown above? Can you still fit it into 100mm, even with the bigger pill and O-rings? My copper model is 102mm long, or about 103.5 with a SF L2 clip installed.
My Cypreus 80mm TRI-EDC arrived today. I chose mirror polished titanium.
It looks absolutely gorgeous … a true work of art! :heart_eyes: It’s much shorter than my 18650 powered 103mm TRI-EDC. Made out of titanium instead of copper, it’s also much lighter and more suitable for EDC pocket carry.
My 18650 copper tri-EDC was the prototype. As such, there might be some differences from the production model. Comparing my new 18350 host, I see a number of improvements:
inside edge of the bezel is cut away at a 45 degree angle to allow more light to escape.
o-rings for water resistance.
slots to allow pill to be unscrewed.
About the only improvement I would suggest from my initial impression is that the stock tailcap switch for the 18350 EDC doesn’t allow for secure tailstanding due to the protruding switchboot. I believe I can fix this myself either by using a flatter switchboot or adding an o-ring between the switchboot and the tail.
Now I just need to wait for my driver and emitter to arrive from RMM so I can assemble it!
The PCB for the switch is 17mm. It’s a forward clicky. I tried McClicky but the tail clicky is too far out for it’s spring to have the same length as the switch I’m using.