DaFABRICATA
Flashlight Enthusiast
This was a bit difficult but the results are excellent!
I was FINALLY able to get my T1A apart.
Partial credit must be given to brighterisbetter for lighting a fire under my *** during a conversation we had earlier this week!...Thanks Bro!:wave:
It had been used maybe 10 minutes total and put in a drawer where it has sat for a month or longer. I absolutely hated how the emitter was not all the way in the reflector hole making it out of focus and the beam was all flood with no hotspot. Due to the emitter not being up as far as it should, it also seemed very dim.
I finally fixed that tonight!
I was going to swap the stock blueish white tinted seoul for a high CRI seoul, but since I had a few XP-G's laying around, I figured "Why Not":devil:...I can always get another for the high CRI swap.
It certainly wasn't the easiest mod, but I am happy with the results AND it runs much cooler.
I've had it running on my desk in still air for about 10 minutes now and it is just kinda warm to the touch where the stock T1A would be Hot by now..:naughty::twothumbs
The T1A now has a nice big bright hot spot and nice spill. The beam is WAY more useful now!
It is noticably brighter than my original Titanium Titan and throws much better too.
I really wish I would have taken a before and after shot of the T1A's beam...it's hard to descibe how much of an improvement this is.
I was VERY nervous about modding such and expensive light with VERY complicated electronics. Theres SO much stuff on the 3 driver boards its crazy!:duh2::thinking::green::duck:
A copper shim was made to help raise up the XP-G mounted on the stock 10mm board that is 2mm thick, and bringing it into focus. Two sides of the 10mm board had to be filed flat to bring it down to 8.6mm wide to fit in the cavity where the seoul previously was.
Here is the final result!
Original Titanium TITAN--------------------------------STOCK T1A:sick2:
T1A XP-G------------------------------------Original Ti TITAN
I was FINALLY able to get my T1A apart.
Partial credit must be given to brighterisbetter for lighting a fire under my *** during a conversation we had earlier this week!...Thanks Bro!:wave:
It had been used maybe 10 minutes total and put in a drawer where it has sat for a month or longer. I absolutely hated how the emitter was not all the way in the reflector hole making it out of focus and the beam was all flood with no hotspot. Due to the emitter not being up as far as it should, it also seemed very dim.
I finally fixed that tonight!
I was going to swap the stock blueish white tinted seoul for a high CRI seoul, but since I had a few XP-G's laying around, I figured "Why Not":devil:...I can always get another for the high CRI swap.
It certainly wasn't the easiest mod, but I am happy with the results AND it runs much cooler.
I've had it running on my desk in still air for about 10 minutes now and it is just kinda warm to the touch where the stock T1A would be Hot by now..:naughty::twothumbs
The T1A now has a nice big bright hot spot and nice spill. The beam is WAY more useful now!
It is noticably brighter than my original Titanium Titan and throws much better too.
I really wish I would have taken a before and after shot of the T1A's beam...it's hard to descibe how much of an improvement this is.
I was VERY nervous about modding such and expensive light with VERY complicated electronics. Theres SO much stuff on the 3 driver boards its crazy!:duh2::thinking::green::duck:
A copper shim was made to help raise up the XP-G mounted on the stock 10mm board that is 2mm thick, and bringing it into focus. Two sides of the 10mm board had to be filed flat to bring it down to 8.6mm wide to fit in the cavity where the seoul previously was.
Here is the final result!
Original Titanium TITAN--------------------------------STOCK T1A:sick2:
T1A XP-G------------------------------------Original Ti TITAN
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