Henk_Lu
Flashlight Enthusiast
I got my Triple also today, last, but not least...
The first impression was heavy, just as Mac's Triple which I got this week and that I upgraded to copper. In an 18650 host, the head is too heavy against the tail, the light doesn't feel good in your hand. Well, I should look for a copper tailcap...
I installed the dropin in an Overready host with a Cryos 2 head. To get a snug fit, I needed one layer od copper tape and some aluminium foil, normal one, not the provided foil. Switching the light on, there was nothing but flickering... There were only rtwo possibilities for that behaviour : Either the dropin is a complete failure or there's no good electrical contact somewhere. I focussed on the second reason and found the problem quite soon. I didn't check other hosts, but in mine with the Cryos 2 head, the only negative contact is done by the bottom of the dropin housing, which is pressed against some bare metal in the head when you screw down the bezel.
Looking at the bottom of the dropin, I see lots of black epoxy which touches the host before the shell and thus there was nearly no contact at all. I had a bad feeling thinking of cutting off some epoxy, so another solution had to be found. As I had the copper tape laying around, I cut off a strip, cut it smaller and taped it around the bottom of the dropin, so that about 2mm could be glued over the epoxy. The next test was successfull, bright high CRI light!
Unfortunately, it isn't dark here yet, so I couldn't test it. A first test by daylight only revealed that the frosted narrow is completely different to he clear narrow, which I have on other dropins. The tint looks highly nice, even by daylight...
EDIT : I just tested the dropin, it's pure flood with the best tint ever. The frosted narrow was the right choice for me, the beam is wide enough and the frosted doesn't produce a circle like the normal narrow. Used as a single emitter, the Nichia 219 is ringy and there are artefacts in the beam, the Triple just produces a floody high CRI beam. Great!
The first impression was heavy, just as Mac's Triple which I got this week and that I upgraded to copper. In an 18650 host, the head is too heavy against the tail, the light doesn't feel good in your hand. Well, I should look for a copper tailcap...
I installed the dropin in an Overready host with a Cryos 2 head. To get a snug fit, I needed one layer od copper tape and some aluminium foil, normal one, not the provided foil. Switching the light on, there was nothing but flickering... There were only rtwo possibilities for that behaviour : Either the dropin is a complete failure or there's no good electrical contact somewhere. I focussed on the second reason and found the problem quite soon. I didn't check other hosts, but in mine with the Cryos 2 head, the only negative contact is done by the bottom of the dropin housing, which is pressed against some bare metal in the head when you screw down the bezel.
Looking at the bottom of the dropin, I see lots of black epoxy which touches the host before the shell and thus there was nearly no contact at all. I had a bad feeling thinking of cutting off some epoxy, so another solution had to be found. As I had the copper tape laying around, I cut off a strip, cut it smaller and taped it around the bottom of the dropin, so that about 2mm could be glued over the epoxy. The next test was successfull, bright high CRI light!
Unfortunately, it isn't dark here yet, so I couldn't test it. A first test by daylight only revealed that the frosted narrow is completely different to he clear narrow, which I have on other dropins. The tint looks highly nice, even by daylight...
EDIT : I just tested the dropin, it's pure flood with the best tint ever. The frosted narrow was the right choice for me, the beam is wide enough and the frosted doesn't produce a circle like the normal narrow. Used as a single emitter, the Nichia 219 is ringy and there are artefacts in the beam, the Triple just produces a floody high CRI beam. Great!
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