fyrstormer
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I might be the last guy to this particular party, but I was Legoing some parts I have this evening, and lamenting that incans are only single-mode by nature, and then I remembered something about one of my LED lights. The Jetbeam PC25 uses a 4-mode + strobe PWM tailcap switch that has Surefire-compatible threading. It works quite well with my Lumens Factory HO-9 bulb. Here are some pics for proof:
I only have a Solarforce host on-hand so the tailcap doesn't bottom-out the way I expect it would on a Surefire host, but it demonstrates the concept quite well nonetheless. I ran the light for several minutes on each of the four settings (and on strobe, which was funny, but possibly at least useful as a beacon), and I didn't notice any heating of the tailcap that couldn't be attributed to the bulb heating the entire light. So it seems to be solid enough for the purpose of running at least a moderately-high power incan bulb.
You have to buy the entire PC25 to get the tailcap, unfortunately, but it is at least an option. I expect it would work well with Malkoff drop-ins as well.
I only have a Solarforce host on-hand so the tailcap doesn't bottom-out the way I expect it would on a Surefire host, but it demonstrates the concept quite well nonetheless. I ran the light for several minutes on each of the four settings (and on strobe, which was funny, but possibly at least useful as a beacon), and I didn't notice any heating of the tailcap that couldn't be attributed to the bulb heating the entire light. So it seems to be solid enough for the purpose of running at least a moderately-high power incan bulb.
You have to buy the entire PC25 to get the tailcap, unfortunately, but it is at least an option. I expect it would work well with Malkoff drop-ins as well.
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