Please dont just bridge it. Use a resistor to get better regulation. The performance increase will not be worth it the sweet spot is about 7amps if bridged it will run at about 9amps and just create to much heat.
M4X has a thread when he modded the original S70. Ill try and find it now.
Ironic coming from me seeing as i have told many people top bridge many things. I no longer see bridging as a permanent solution.
For everybody else
Both the S70 and the L6 are tremendous value for money
Simon of Convoy and our own J-Dub74 have made the excellent L6 possible
The S70 at below $40 is a downright super deal simple
My pleasure The Miller…… :+1:
And like you say, they are both great lights.
While I do have both, my personal preference is the L6; but that is based totally on looks … not performance.
I mentioned up in post #135 I thought I remembered a video of the “solder blob” for the S70. Well, my bad; I remembered wrong. :person_facepalming:
It was/is a short, but excellent; video about simple mods to the L6. If anyone is interested it can be found HERE … :+1:
I’ve done a bit of digging. Matt over at Adventure Sport Flashlights measured his L6 light. According to his lux measurements at 1 meter, the stock L6 produced 75,500 lux. This equates to 550 meters. So not bad. If you think it’s usable range is 150 to 200 meters then your like me. We both think about 1/3 the rated distance. I usually just turn 550 meters into 550 feet.
Matt also did several mods to his and got 164,000 lux at 1 meter. This equates to 810 meters.
For comparison, I think the current throw king is the Thrunite TN42. It’s pushing out 600,000 lux for 1,550 meters according to their website (which I believe is accurate). So 1550 feet usable. Jeez, I can’t even see that far. I’d need binoculars. Lol
Thanks TM! I try… have some J4 50’s to de-dome, just about ready, trying them next in the crash test dummy TN42 on the right! But I will prolly not like it as much as the P2-1C XHP70, it’s pretty impressive! Specially straight to Turbo from off! :person_facepalming: :+1:
I have the stock guts out of 2 of the TN42’s, one TN42 is fully modded with a 4S K70 carrier and LD-2M2 3amp Linear driver and an E4-3C XHP35HI emitter. My brother has my other TN42 with a de-domed XHP35HD 3amp driver K70 4S carrier, and I just upgraded the emitter on the stock one, to a E4-3C, little more throw than stock with the Higher Bin E4!
Reading about this makes me want one, and I don't even need it. My Convoy L6—which I like a lot—is underutilized as it is. Adding a ThorFire S70S to the stable would mean even less use for both.