Possible to upgrade a Peak Caribbean?

Hi all,
I'm looking at my first modern flashlight, that one that led me down the path being a functioning flash-a-holic; a Peak Caribbean from about 5 yr ago. It's a really nicely made light, but the emitter is pretty weak by modern standards and only one mode.
Can this light be upgraded by a hack at home? Maybe install a new cree and multi-mode driver?
Thanks in advance...
Walter

wamcneil said:

Hi all,
I'm looking at my first modern flashlight, that one that led me down the path being a functioning flash-a-holic; a Peak Caribbean from about 5 yr ago. It's a really nicely made light, but the emitter is pretty weak by modern standards and only one mode.
Can this light be upgraded by a hack at home? Maybe install a new cree and multi-mode driver?
Thanks in advance...
Walter

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If the head is potted, then it is difficult to mod, unless you have the right tools.

We inject thermal epoxy into the electronic compartment of all
of our lights. This is to prevent components from coming off the
board, prevent water damage and to increase the life of the
electronic parts of the light. I believe that we are the only flashlight
company to do this as it increases the cost of manufacture. But
enables our lights to take almost any form of abuse. In seven years
of almost 30,000 lights our return rate is typically less than three
lights per month.

The down side is that reworking our lights is very difficult and time
consuming. Try a new QTC Logan instead. Four times the output of
the Caribbean with an almost infinate adjustable output by just turning
the head to where you want the output to be. With the multi-mode
circuits, you have to twist on and off and on and off and on and off and on
to find the power output level that you need, unless you skip the level
you were looking for, then start all over again.

With the QTC Logan, twist the head to adjust exactly what you need, and if
you need more or less, twist slightly less or slightly more as many times as
required. And with the Momentary tail Push Button Switch, how far you push
the button in is how bright the light is, or it can be an automatic two level
light. Twist to a low power output, push to a high output, release to the original
low level output.

Curt

Curt R said:

We inject thermal epoxy into the electronic compartment of all
of our lights. This is to prevent components from coming off the
board, prevent water damage and to increase the life of the
electronic parts of the light. I believe that we are the only flashlight
company to do this as it increases the cost of manufacture. But
enables our lights to take almost any form of abuse. In seven years
of almost 30,000 lights our return rate is typically less than three
lights per month.

Curt

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and this method works very well, lost my Brass Pacific CR2 XLR Seoul Pocket Body in the snow this past winter. found it a couple months later when the snow melted.
battery and light worked fine, threads were not tarnished, orings were intact, but dried out, the silvery area around the led phosphor turned a copperish color(but output seems the same, i'll have to snap a pic of this.).
hit it with Brasso and replaced the orings... you'd never be able to guess that this light had been sitting in snow for 2 months.