Up for sale is a modified 2D Maglite. The body has been cut down for a single 26650 or 18650. The head has been extended for a deep reflector. I used two bezels and mage a copper sleeve over that, then I painted the head black with VHT brake paint and baked it. It has a glass lens. There's some cosmetic file work mods too.
The XM-L2 U2 1D is on a Noctigon and that is on a large aluminum heat sink. I am using a NANJG driver that puts out a little over 3 amps. There are 5 modes, from low to high, no blinky modes. No mode memory, it always starts on low. There are sleeves for using a 26650 or a 18650. It does about 50k lux at one meter. Typical XM-L beam in a deep reflector, throws well. I don't have any beam shots, but I might do some tonight if it isn't raining.
Price is $60 Shipped Priority - CONUS International, it would be an extra $14 to ship, so it might be out of your price range.
Payment is PayPal oldlumens(insert the @ sign here)gmail.com
First person posting here, paying with PayPal and sending me a PM with your full name and address, will get the light.
High lumen output? Look at Match’s listing of output. 3.15 amps on an XM-L2. That would be somewhere around 1100 lumens on a copper star, but figure about 15% or so loss, so OTF would be what? About 935 lumens? I will attempt to do beam shots of all five modes. No moonlight, but the shots should tell. It will be after midnight. Wait, that’s a song isn’t it?
Cannot wait to see the beam shots. As far as the other jargon, amps and copper star, don’t have a clue. Just trying to get a handle on some of the aspects or modding. I am an old guy and eyes are getting too bad to do fine soldering and other delicate stuff. But I am willing to play with others creativity :).
It is funny you would ask :). My handle has been mine since the days of lot ownership and camper in a Jelly Stone park camp resort. It is a long story and would be willing to tell you the story sometime. I was a ranger by the way at that resort (security)!
And I’ll bet you were smarter than the average bear too. Welcome to the forum Mr Ranger, you could not pick a better light for a first choice than one of OL’s Maglite mods. Bad eyes are common around here, we need lots of extra light.
Well nuts! I was going to buy it if the beam patterns looked good. Oh well, I guess if you drag your feet you miss the boat as they say. I guess slow2go was not slow
