CONVERTED MY DC25C2VN V3 XPL INTO AN ASPHERIC !!!!!!!!!! 100% AMAZING

Alex1234 said:

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Brah,

I thought you hated aspherics, second can you take some longer distance shots. THAT LOOKS AWESOME!

Did you do the conversion yourself?

Throw more than than the reflector you think?

vinhnguyen54 said:

Throw more than than the reflector you think?

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very clear increase in throw. With a huge die projection. Now I wish it had a dedomed xpg2 in it now lol that would be sick

Dedome it Alex!!
Ty

Alex-

Very cool mod.
May we ask you where you got the aspherical lens?

That's awesome, good work!

aspheric lens is from a led lenser k3

i never dedomed an xpl so i would be to scarred

Thanks Alex!

"...aspheric lens is from a led lenser k3..."

Vinh! You need to make a run of de-domed XP-E2 aspheric D25C's!

ThirstyTurtle said:

Vinh! You need to make a run of de-domed XP-E2 aspheric D25C's!

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that would be epic lol

Alex-

Did the aspheric need any special mods to make it fit?

Since you removed the reflector, what's supporting the back of the aspheric? Did you put in a plastic or metal in side collar to support the aspheric?

I am really impressed at what you did.

Guys! Alex is onto something here!

He's discovered 'antimatter' for Vinh ' s classic D25cvn v3!

Way cool!

I sure did but its not perfect. Im sure vinh could make it better.

How to convert
Take the lens out of the k3. It will look like the first picture with the rubber gasket lip face down. For it to work in the d25c2vn take off the rubber gasket(third picture) and reverse it so the lip is face up(second picture). Now when i first tryed to put it in the light it was lose so i put a small strip of electrical take around the outside of the gasket 1 maybe 2 wraps should do it to get a nice snug fit. now when you wedge fit(pic 5) it in the light the lens gets tighter and more ridged so it wont move. perfect focal length is where the lens is at in the photo. then just put the bezel on and our golden. Now even tho the lens is wedged pretty good it can still move so im sure vinh could think of a more clever way to secure it.

Alex, thanks for sharing this with us!
I don't have the aspheric from your original flashlight.
I'll need to do a Google search for similar sized aspherics.

I must say the aspherical lens would work much better with a dedomed xpg2 or e2 led. The throw increase while about 20% more is not enough to justify the lumen loss due to aspheric with my dome on xpl

Vinh- This would be a nice evolution of the light. Don't you think? Can we all say the "V-4"

issue is sourcing the lens. i dont think vinh would buy a bunch of led lenser k3 just to rip off the lens lol

Wow!! This is cool