Just had this idea last night, and wanted to run it by someone before I went out and spent money testing it. I did some searching but couldn't find any previous attempts.
I've been carrying a Streamlight Microstream for about a year now, and it's great - it's cheap and replaceable, unobtrusive, very convenient, and generally bright enough. But now that they're getting 48 Lumens out of the Stylus Pro, I see an opportunity for improvement. Would I be able to get away with swapping a Stylus Pro head onto the Microstream body, and powering it with a single 10440? It's a bit higher voltage than even 2xAAA lithium primaries, which is what concerns me. I don't know what the actual limit on that circuit is going to be, and it's more expensive a risk than I want to take.
If it works, I'll double the brightness of the Microstream and hopefully not totally ruin runtime - we're talking 800 mAh vs 500 mAh but more than double the voltage feeding presumably double the power.
Of course, I'll be even more interested if someone tells me the two lights actually use the same head anyway. I'd be surprised, though.
And yes, I know I can stick a Fenix head on there and get even more light while staying with an NiMH battery. I'd rather not, because that's less attractive and more expensive, and because the mode I'd use most often is PWM, and because I really like the beam shape on the Streamlight.
Thoughts?
I've been carrying a Streamlight Microstream for about a year now, and it's great - it's cheap and replaceable, unobtrusive, very convenient, and generally bright enough. But now that they're getting 48 Lumens out of the Stylus Pro, I see an opportunity for improvement. Would I be able to get away with swapping a Stylus Pro head onto the Microstream body, and powering it with a single 10440? It's a bit higher voltage than even 2xAAA lithium primaries, which is what concerns me. I don't know what the actual limit on that circuit is going to be, and it's more expensive a risk than I want to take.
If it works, I'll double the brightness of the Microstream and hopefully not totally ruin runtime - we're talking 800 mAh vs 500 mAh but more than double the voltage feeding presumably double the power.
Of course, I'll be even more interested if someone tells me the two lights actually use the same head anyway. I'd be surprised, though.
And yes, I know I can stick a Fenix head on there and get even more light while staying with an NiMH battery. I'd rather not, because that's less attractive and more expensive, and because the mode I'd use most often is PWM, and because I really like the beam shape on the Streamlight.
Thoughts?