EZAA + XM-L

I know, another XM-L mod, but how can you get tired of lumens? :devil:

So this started out as a Nitecore EZAA with the XP-E R2. I was lucky to find that the came off with little force making it a good candidate for an emmiter upgrade. I had a few XM-L's on small boards that I got from Craig at www.illuminationsupply.com that had the perfect dimensions for the EZAA so I just had to do it.



I started out by drilling out the hole in the reflector as the XM-L is significantly wider than the XP-E. I then ground down the base of the reflector so that the XM-L can peek through it. Then it was just a matter of unsoldering the XP-E, removing it, epoxying the XM-L and soldering the wires.









The beam pattern now shows a nice large hotspot which I find more usefull for edc purposes. The spill is also noticeably brighter. I love it! :rock:

Hi

How do you unscrew the head? Clockwise or counterclockwise? Do you use lot of force? Was it glued?

thanks in advance

megabit said:

Hi

How do you unscrew the head? Clockwise or counterclockwise? Do you use lot of force? Was it glued?

thanks in advance

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They are regular threads. I was just lucky that mine didn't take much effort to loosen, perhaps because it was a hot day?

I love this light you just build.....

If you Direct Drive it, I can test it out this coming June 17th here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...-Bay-Area-GTG-June-17-in-Mtn.-View...interest

I have 2 IMR 14500's to test out and will likely not let you leave home with it after I test it. I'll have to buy you out and keep it.:naughty:

What size xm-l board is that? Very cool. What a funky mod!