I spent way too many hours this past weekend modifying my Cyansky P10 that I won with their GAW. But had fun doing it!!!
Although the flashlight was very bright, I didn’t like the low CRI and greenish tint of the OSRAM P9 LED.
The P10 head is pressed fit and glued together. In order to replace the LED with a 2700K SST-20, I had to hammer the TIR lens thru the head which cracked the lens, tore off the LED, and bent the MCPCB and aluminum shelf.
I then made some customize parts in order to rebuild the head:
- Created a driver retaining ring from a lock washer. Lots of filing and sanding in order to screw it into the head threads.
- Modified a plastic reflector taken from a cheapo AA flashlight by sanding down the top of it.
- Dremeled a green S2+ AR lens to fit in the head.
- Filed the driver and shelf so they would move freely in the head. The shelf still presses against the head, but no longer needs to be hammered into place.
Put it all together (also replaced the wires with durable Teflon wires and added 3 layers of Kapton tape to insulate the driver) and the beam was not the best. It was ringy, but thankfully no donut hole. So I put some DC-Fix between the reflector and lens and the beam turned out great.
The high mode lumens is noticeably less than before, but the tint/CRI/CCT and beam is much better. I’m very happy with how well it turned out!
