MagLite Rebel mod?

csadzuki · Oct 28, 2009

Recently I bought four 3D MagLites mainly for modding. It turns out, three of them are the new Rebel -091 MagLites. They seem so nice that I'm having second thoughts about modding them. :green:

So what do you guys think? Should I leave them unmodded? And if I do decide to mod them, what do you recommend? My plan was P7, but I'm not sure how that would work with the new deeper reflectors.

I noticed that the die size of the Rebel is similar to that of the Cree XP-G (judging from the photos posted). Anyone tried a Rebel -> XP-G swap yet? :grin2:

Aircraft800 · Oct 28, 2009

csadzuki said:
Recently I bought four 3D MagLites mainly for modding. It turns out, three of them are the new Rebel -091 MagLites. They seem so nice that I'm having second thoughts about modding them. :green:

So what do you guys think? Should I leave them unmodded? And if I do decide to mod them, what do you recommend? My plan was P7, but I'm not sure how that would work with the new deeper reflectors.

I noticed that the die size of the Rebel is similar to that of the Cree XP-G (judging from the photos posted). Anyone tried a Rebel -> XP-G swap yet?

Most people start out with the Incandescent Maglite since it's almost half the price. I'd like to see what a P7 or better yet a SST-50 could do in a deep smooth reflector. The SST-50 will probably do a better job, but driving it at spec is a problem, but even under-driven still produces a ton of light. A simple mod would be with 3 good D NiMH cells like the Tenergy 10000 mAh or better yet 4 of the AccuEvolution 'C' Pre-Charged Ultra Low Self Discharge NiMH Rechargeable Batteries or 3 of the D cells

JamisonM · Oct 28, 2009

Aircraft800 said:
Most people start out with the Incandescent Maglite since it's almost half the price. I'd like to see what a P7 or better yet a SST-50 could do in a deep smooth reflector. The SST-50 will probably do a better job, but driving it at spec is a problem, but even under-driven still produces a ton of light. A simple mod would be with 3 good D NiMH cells like the Tenergy 10000 mAh or better yet 4 of the AccuEvolution 'C' Pre-Charged Ultra Low Self Discharge NiMH Rechargeable Batteries or 3 of the D cells

I wondered the exact same thing. I bought one to see how they were. I'd prefer they had simpley replaced the aging luxeon III with the newer rebel on their drop-in upgrades than this. I tired the reflector with a seoul P7. You'll have to widen the hole at the bottom of the reflector to that of a standard maglite reflector. It produce a more narrow beam, much like the one from my L2D-CE, but it doesn't get rid of the hole at the center of the hot spot. Now, I'm waiting on somebody to get get WJ bin SST-50s in stock.

Illum · Oct 28, 2009

csadzuki said:
Recently I bought four 3D MagLites mainly for modding. It turns out, three of them are the new Rebel -091 MagLites. They seem so nice that I'm having second thoughts about modding them. :green:

091? really?
early rebel minimags are 060 rebels, talk about :green:

Gryloc · Oct 28, 2009

Illum,

I remember a long discussion on the bin of Rebels used in Mags, and I thing that they confirmed that they were 0090 bin the whole time. I remember someone who went to the Shot Show talked to a Mag rep and that person confirmed this. I know it is silly that they displayed 090 without any orientation marks or lines, which could be read 060 upside-down.

-Tony

lolzertank · Oct 28, 2009

Illum said:
early rebel minimags are 060 rebels, talk about :green:

Flip 060 upside down. It's 090.

Lumileds never made a 60 lumen TFFC Rebel.

EDIT: Oops, looks like Gryloc beat me.

csadzuki · Oct 29, 2009

JamisonM said:
I tired the reflector with a seoul P7. You'll have to widen the hole at the bottom of the reflector to that of a standard maglite reflector. It produce a more narrow beam, much like the one from my L2D-CE, but it doesn't get rid of the hole at the center of the hot spot. Now, I'm waiting on somebody to get get WJ bin SST-50s in stock.

Thank you (and everyone else) for the input. That does not sound so bad... Do you have any comparison beamshots? :popcorn:

csadzuki · Oct 29, 2009

Illum said:
091? really?

Yup

jabe1 · Oct 29, 2009

csadzuki said:
Yup

I think the 091s are only in the 3D Mags. All of the 2Ds I've seen have 090s.

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