I have seen that little dark spot on so many, always assumed it was something to do with testing, how they bin them. Gold plated contacts right? Gold doesn’t tarnish…
The C8 with a 35 and RMM boost is an exquisite build, I get right at 2000 lumens in mine and it’s awesome!
Nice slice on the Sammy, neat little light for sure…
Yea it’s a neat light and the middle modes seem pretty solid. Turbo gets nice and hot without stepping down as quick as my 17mm boosted M1
I feel like it could be slightly focused better. Not sure what ring I need or change to make though if the beam widens too quickly.
Emitter swapped my modded Eagtac TX25C.
The TX25C is a small and lightweight thrower
Mine now sports the following mods:
On a fresh Vapcell 800 mAh 16340, I measured 60,000 lux (489m beam distance). Pretty nice throw for such a tiny light.
I buy from Clemence shop (forum member). Probably its because the driver its only 1,5Amps at max :+1:
I have a lathe because of Old Lumens. Justin loved working on Maglites, and I had a purple 2D sitting here wanting attention. So yesterday afternoon I did my first ever ChicagoX style Maglite 1D mod. 
This is a “hard way” to do it, but the results net the smallest possible 1D Maglite. The top end of the battery tube is cut off and threaded inside to accept the tail cap, flipped around, the tail end is cut off and threaded for the head to screw onto. I have yet to fit an Omten switch in the tail cap and finish the build, but I have a couple of options I’m looking at. I have a TIR that is made for miner’s lamps, called Crystal Mine. It touts a beam angle as low as 3º. So I’m thinking about a White Flat with the Crystal Mine.
It dawned on me this morning though that I have an MCPCB and reflector from a Q8. So now I need to check to see if this reflector can be mated into the Maglite head. If so, I’m thinking about using it and slicing/dicing 3V 50.2’s for some 15,000 lumens in the stubby mag.
Gotta check, we’ll see….
I call it "Red Heat", here is a German thread on the light.
Those are some serious fins!
Got the Mag pieces all cut and fitted, have to build it now. Using the MCPCB and quad reflector from a Q8. The Te/Cu pill is 291gms all by itself! Think I missed a trick, probably have some more work to do… made it to fit a Trustfire 32650 but totally forgot to remove the protection circuit first! 
Protection circuit?! We can’t have that now, can we? :smiling_imp:
And I was thinking that it was a sharp looking blue Mag… but purple, you say? Like I tell my wife, just don’t tell me and I won’t know any better! :disappointed:
Under fluorescent lighting my phone makes it look really pretty blue, but it’s a vivid eye popping purple. lol
The protection circuit limits this cell to some 7.2A, take it off and the cell rocks! Would you expect your Q8 to perform nicely with only 7A? Yeah, it takes more like 15…
Emisar D1
3V XHP50.2 K2 2A 6000K (Kaidomain so who really knows)
Flashed a D4-219C build of Anduril on there which will allow it to step down without getting too hot.
sliced and diced:
reamed out the reflector:
slight rings in the beam but overall it seems nicely focused:
It does 3,070 lumens at turn on w/ a not quite full VTC5D
Hot spot at full ramp = 5,357K (Duv 0.0036)
I would say this picture makes the beam look a bit better than it does in person. The tint leaves a lot to be desired but at least it isnt a Cree rainbow.
Awesome light!
A few pics from my first ever D Mag chop…
Fitted it with the Q8 reflector and MCPCB, in this picture I don’t have the centering rings in place nor is the light finished…
Great tight hot spot from the XP-L HI’s Sofirn had used in the Q8!
And here it is beside the 1D I purchased years ago from JayRob on CPF… that light was like $165 and made a 1000 lumens from an XM-L emitter. I bought the finned head from ChicagoX and later put the “hockey puck” style drop-in triple from Elektrolumens in this light. The red 1D simply has a chopped tube that’s glued together. This purple one is done full ChicagoX style, cutting off the switch end and threading it for the tail cap, flipping it around and threading what used to be the tail for the head to screw on. One piece battery tube, no glued joint. I have a large Omten switch in the tail, a 17mm Alex Wells driver with A6 firmware.
I used the large Blue springs, no bypasses, and a de-protection circuited TrustFire 32650 cell. It’s making 3730 lumens on this fat 6000mAh cell. I probably need to address grounding the driver better. 
Oh, and I used a glass UCL from flashlightlens.com made specifically for D and C Maglights. Thing of beauty, it is!
Put a 3V XHP50.2 in a Nightwatch NS02/Enogear EC21.
Makes ~4,427lm at 0s w/ a 30T. Pretty impressive except for the tint.
Also put a 1mm^2 White Flat in a Nightwatch NS22 Seeker.
I used the Intl-Outdoor centering ring with a little bit of sanding. Also added a spacer to raise up MCPCB. The stock driver wont max out this LED but it still throws just a little more than a FET C8 XP-L HI
Ugh, you monster. I have a D10 from August that I've been wanting to mod, but haven't done anything with it yet.
I skimmed through your post history, and it looks like I found the posts I need to disassemble and check if it's got the correct revision to support an MCU swap...
Is a complete driver swap not viable on the D10/D25?
I'll have to either toss a Luxeon V in mine, or SST20+TIR...
I’m not aware of any drivers that will easily swap in. I could design a new one, but I haven’t done so yet and I’m not sure if it’s worth it.
Cool. The issue I have with headlamps currently is that I'm not a huge fan of the more classic L-shaped right-angle lights, but those are the best for modding and/or already having pleasant UIs. Don't design a driver for my sake, though. (But if you do, I want one!)
@djozz Screenshot by Lightshot how did you do this to the d4s? omg
Taking the driver out from Convoy T2 and put it into Fenix HL23 headlamp.
The headlamp’s driver was damaged some months ago and now it has new soul — and become a twisty headlamp.
And for the T2, since it’s using 17mm driver, I installed this driver from FT and run it with 14500.
Not a nice driver for sure (it has delay in operation) but it works.
