I’ve found an old Magicshine light body and was thinking of modding it to take some new LED’s.
I was looking at making a new helmet light but think the body I’ve found might work quite well so going to give it a go.
Will be a quad XPL-Hi with Cute4 XRE optic which, by all accounts, gives a nice tight beam for a helmet. Will run it with a HBFlex and remote switch.
Have bored it out already to take a 37mm pill which I can fix the LED’s and driver too and should give a nice thermal path to the casing, just hope there’s enough surface area…
Has anyone done similar?
Worst case scenario is that I do have to make a new housing but I reckon it’s worth a go.
So, finally, got all the bits together for this build.
Old Magicshine housing, modified internally to take a HBFlex and 4 x XPL-Hi with GT4 optic. Running off a 7.5v 2.6aH battery as I don’t need long run-times and like to mount the battery on the back of my helmet for simplicity. Remote switch fits onto side of my helmet.
Came out well (I think) and seems to handle the heat very well…
It’s one of the clicky switches that come with taskLED drivers with an old rubber cover, all fitted in a housing I made out of an acetal offcut. I use a small piece of velcro to stick it on my helmet.
Not had a chance to get it out other than in my small garden so it’s hard to say. Looks nice and tight from what I can see so far. It’s a Ledil GT4 XP 18° optic.
Will be out on the trails tonight so can get a better idea if it’s any good. Most of my riding is quite tight so don’t need a massive amount of throw.
I did want a Cute-4 (for XR-E) as they give a very good throw by all accounts so, if this is too floody, I’ll look at getting one of those to try.
