Recommended P60 dropins

llmercll · Dec 7, 2015

Hi everyone,

I use a lot of solarforce hosts along with their dropins. I've had good luck with the hosts so far, but have noticed that the P60 dropins are a little weak, without necessarily offering better battery life.

I did a bit of research and found these:

http://intl-outdoor.com/p60-dropin-module-cuxm2-xml2-p-740.html

The neutral white XPL V-6 has my eye. Before I go ahead and buy it though, I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with it. If not, is there a particular drop-in that you would recommend?

Thanks a lot!

archimedes · Dec 8, 2015

What's your budget ?

Malkoff, if budget allows

May need to adjust fitment, however, for SolarForce hosts.

DellSuperman · Dec 8, 2015

Malkoff in Solarforce host just require the external spring & it will work..
If u have a better budget, u can check out Vinh or Nailbender. Both are able to offer customised P60 dropin.

texas cop · Dec 8, 2015

Intl-outdoors and this http://www.pflexpro.com/P60-Drop-In-s/1821.htm are about the best ones out there right now. I thing the pflexpro is the best non custom dropin out there.

Timothybil · Dec 8, 2015

Lumens Factory has some very nice D26 drop ins (the original Surefire P60 is a D26 drop in), in either Neutral White or 90+ CRI. they use the Cree XP-G emitter.
Mountain Electronics has a very nice D26/P60 drop in with your choice of XP-L or Nichia 219B emitter, and several different sets of modes. It is limited to a single Li-Ion cell only so I don't know how that would fit into your plans.

flashlight chronic · Dec 8, 2015

Check out the EDC+ X60L and Sportacs. They both offer single and triple emitter drop-ins

leon2245 · Dec 8, 2015

archimedes said:
What's your budget ?

Malkoff, if budget allows

May need to adjust fitment, however, for SolarForce hosts.

Archimedes, what's your opinion of aluminum vs. brass? Does Al have any advantage to justify a premium drop in (even much more expensive than malkoff) having it instead?

markr6 · Dec 8, 2015

texas cop said:
Intl-outdoors and this http://www.pflexpro.com/P60-Drop-In-s/1821.htm are about the best ones out there right now. I thing the pflexpro is the best non custom dropin out there.

I was looking at these yesterday. Anyone know if they would work in a Malkoff MD2 in place of the M61? I wondered if the 22 mode thing would screw up Malkoffs hi-low ring.

Grijon · Dec 8, 2015

GREAT thread - I've never even heard of the first two linked companies and they look pretty good!

I'm currently using Malkoff M361N and M61WLL dropins (two of each) and they are excellent, especially if you're looking for battery life over sheer power.

Vortus · Dec 8, 2015

Adventure Sport / Vestureofblood
Generic DX/Wallbuys etc modules
Lumens factory
Mountain electronics
Malkoff
Oveready
Nailbender
Sportac
Solarforce
Surefire
TNT
Vinh

all I can think of.

archimedes · Dec 8, 2015

leon2245 said:
Archimedes, what's your opinion of aluminum vs. brass? Does Al have any advantage to justify a premium drop in (even much more expensive than malkoff) having it instead?

I think the best is probably the silver electroplated pure copper P60 from @Mattaus but, except for super high output dropins, any significant differences are probably fairly limited.

DellSuperman · Dec 8, 2015

leon2245 said:
Archimedes, what's your opinion of aluminum vs. brass? Does Al have any advantage to justify a premium drop in (even much more expensive than malkoff) having it instead?

The premium you pay for a Malkoff is not just on the material. Malkoff dropin are built like a tank & can take a lot of beating. They are known for their durability & sturdiness, rather than high output..

xzel87 · Dec 9, 2015

llmercll said:
Hi everyone,

I use a lot of solarforce hosts along with their dropins. I've had good luck with the hosts so far, but have noticed that the P60 dropins are a little weak, without necessarily offering better battery life.

I did a bit of research and found these:

http://intl-outdoor.com/p60-dropin-module-cuxm2-xml2-p-740.html

The neutral white XPL V-6 has my eye. Before I go ahead and buy it though, I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with it. If not, is there a particular drop-in that you would recommend?

Thanks a lot!

I have the cuxp nichia 219 version, I got it used from a forumer, works very well...mine is 2 mode though, Id suggest you get more modes if that's your thing =)

cland72 · Dec 9, 2015

Malkoff is my go-to answer when someone asks about a P60 drop in, but since you're using a Solarforce host, you might check out the 18650 version of the Sportac drop ins.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...SPORTAC%AE-P60-drop-ins-%A92014-Eagtac%99-LLC

leon2245 · Dec 9, 2015

DellSuperman said:
The premium you pay for a Malkoff is not just on the material. Malkoff dropin are built like a tank & can take a lot of beating. They are known for their durability & sturdiness, rather than high output..

Absolutely. idk where the idea that premium = just materials came from lol, but yeah I would agree with you. The few I've had over the years have all been rock solid.

I was looking at another make's��priced twice as high, and just found it curious that they used aluminum. Id love to see one of the pure copper ones, that does sound awesome. Thanks for the info Archimedes.

KITROBASKIN · Dec 9, 2015

nailbender/customlites (used to have and may still, solid copper triple modules of very high quality)

vinhnguyen/skylumen (silver plated copper modules, I think)

mtnelectronics

malkoff (never tried but respect immensely)

oveready

vinz (in Germany but I do not know what he's doing currently)

Just wondering what price range limercil is looking for

archimedes · Dec 9, 2015

leon2245 said:
.... Thanks for the info Archimedes.

Cheers

KITROBASKIN said:
....
vinz (in Germany but I do not know what he's doing currently)
....

Thanks @KITROBASKIN , I had almost forgotten about @Vinz (!!)

Best custom dropins made specifically for SolarForce that I have seen and used.

Handmade, in very limited numbers ... but I haven't seen him around for some time now

Actually, @leon2245 , the fact that Vinz (who spares no effort or expense in constructing his dropins) uses aluminum for his P60 heatsink, leads me to think that Al is well suited for this purpose. Vinz even uses diamond glue ...

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