Good afternoon folks,
I've been lurking around here for the last couple of weeks and have to say that the flashlight culture is one that I find intriguing. The longer I spend here the more I want to learn. As a matter of fact, this site and the fine folks in it, helped me make my 2 most recent flashlight purchases (a Fenix PD32 for work, and a Sunwayman V10R for EDC).
I find myself getting more and more interested in the Modding side of this site. Though I'm still trying to familiarize myself with terms and theories, I decided to scrounge around my garage and see if I had anything worth modding. I found 2 flashlights I'd bought through the years and wondered if they were suitable or moddable. I included pictures below:
This one I know, it's a Streamlight Tasklight (it says it right there on the light). I'm still familiarizing my self with the concept of flood vs throw but if throw is "reach" then this one seems pretty poor. It's got a side button that turns it on and cycles between the 3 settings (1 led, 3 leds, off). Is this one a candidate?
Then I have this one:
I know it's a Surefire (I've noticed a HUGE surefire following on this site) but I don't know the model. I know SFs are, for the most part, highly customizable but i'm not sure about this one. Is there anything I can do with this?
I mainly want to start learning by way of doing. I recently tried to unsuccessfully purchase a custom flashlight for sale in the forums so that I can take it apart and learn from it.
In the absence of that I'd like to get my feet wet with either of these two lights.
I look forward to your suggestions.
I've been lurking around here for the last couple of weeks and have to say that the flashlight culture is one that I find intriguing. The longer I spend here the more I want to learn. As a matter of fact, this site and the fine folks in it, helped me make my 2 most recent flashlight purchases (a Fenix PD32 for work, and a Sunwayman V10R for EDC).
I find myself getting more and more interested in the Modding side of this site. Though I'm still trying to familiarize myself with terms and theories, I decided to scrounge around my garage and see if I had anything worth modding. I found 2 flashlights I'd bought through the years and wondered if they were suitable or moddable. I included pictures below:
This one I know, it's a Streamlight Tasklight (it says it right there on the light). I'm still familiarizing my self with the concept of flood vs throw but if throw is "reach" then this one seems pretty poor. It's got a side button that turns it on and cycles between the 3 settings (1 led, 3 leds, off). Is this one a candidate?
Then I have this one:
I know it's a Surefire (I've noticed a HUGE surefire following on this site) but I don't know the model. I know SFs are, for the most part, highly customizable but i'm not sure about this one. Is there anything I can do with this?
I mainly want to start learning by way of doing. I recently tried to unsuccessfully purchase a custom flashlight for sale in the forums so that I can take it apart and learn from it.
In the absence of that I'd like to get my feet wet with either of these two lights.
I look forward to your suggestions.