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    Need a Bikelight for a Christmas present.

    Okay, so my brother likes to go bike riding in the dead of night(no clue why), and I figure a nice quality LED powered light mounted on his bike would be good. He was interested in a light on Amazon(forgot the name) which outputs 350 lumens on an XPG emitter(made my BS detector go nuts as I...
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    Burning out one XPG in a Tri/Quad XPG light?

    Hi folks, I've asked milky to make me a triple XPG module due to the lack of Direct Drive Moddoo Triples when I made the order(this was before the V3 release). I was sort of aiming for 1000 OTF lumens, though it might be overkill in some ways. Still, he said he wanted to keep the current...
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    Thoughts on the New Overready M2-50?

    I doubt anyone got this module yet, but I wonder if anyone has any thoughts about it? The only "high powered" modules I own are Nailbender's work. A regulated single mode SST-50 and an SST-90 single-mode direct drive. The SST-50 is perfect for every day use and throws pretty far in its own...
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    Copper tape or Arctic Silver 5?

    Both would be nice, but I need to get the proper ratio of these right. My copper tape is the 3M copper foil shielding tape with adhesive on one side. I suspect that I'm using too much Arctic Silver 5 and it's interfering with thermal transfer. I'm currently running a Nailbender SST-90 P60...
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    Removing the Dome from an SST-90?

    Okay, so my emitter has this donut that forms in the middle of the hotspot because the adhesive holding the dome to the emitter has loosened a little which lets an air bubble in between the dome and the emitter. I suspect that air bubble is causing the TIR phenomenon to occur in the dome, thus...
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    How do I use my Bantam BC6-DC charger?

    So I bought a brand spanking new Bamtam BC6-DC charger off of eBay to charge the 26650 battery I will be getting from FiveMega, along with my host. Only thing is...I didn't find a wall plug with it. I thought someone was playing a practical joke on me. But no, I look at "input", follow the...
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    Modding a McClicky to handle more current?

    Recently I've melted 3 McClicky switches trying to direct drive an SST-90 with an IMR 18650. Yes, the heatsinking sucks, but I believe it's manageable in the sense that the light gets too hot to hold before the tint turns blue. Anyways, the spring in my switch always warps and the plastic...
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    Need a High Current Forward Clicky(6+ amps)

    After having melted down 3 McClickies trying to run an SST-90 Direct Drive, I'm starting to want a more hardy setup that lasts me longer than 3 days. Now lacking the technical knowledge and tools to do any serious modifying, I'd need one already made, that someone else can make for me(and...
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    Looking for a Quality Hobby Charger for 26650 cells.

    I'm looking for a quality hobby charger that would be intended to charge IMR 26650 cells. I might also use it to charge my Li-Co and IMR 18650s. I'm primarily just charging those two types of cells, though it would be nice if it could charge everything in between. I'm mainly looking for three...
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    Good Quality Aspheric "from US seller"?

    I'm looking for a fairly good quality aspheric lens to fit my Surefire 6P head without needing further machining. It also needs to be from a US seller for the sake of having the item shipped to me in slightly less than a human lifetime, and because I try to approach all "Made in China" products...
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    Hand Polishing My Flashlight?

    Ever since I got my Elektrolumens Decree XP-G today, I've been contemplating stripping off the anodized black coating :devil: and polishing it by hand to a mirror finish. Info page for reference: http://elektrolumens.com/DeCree/DeCree-XPG.html The first problem is actually taking off the hard...
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    1200+ OTF lumens in the pocket?

    This is a mostly "for fun" thread, since I'm already bugging Milky for a Triple XP-G mod. Though I suppose it would also be kinda useful as an alternative especially considering the current availability of said mods(Moddoo, custom Tri/Quad XP-G builds), and obviously high price tags. Here are...
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    Flashlight College?

    Okay, so at the risk of making myself look like a fool, I've been thinking about becoming 100% committed to being a full blown flashaholic. First step: College Now living in Hawaii, I really have very limited options in having access to the knowledge I'm looking for...within a classroom...
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    "Best" Sun-in-the-Pocket?

    Okay, so in my never-ending quest to try and get as many lumens as I can jammed into my little 6P host bored for 1x18650, I stumble upon this: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=238745 2250 lumens in a tiny flashlight that's roughly the size of my own if not exactly the same...
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    P60 drop-in with the most concentrated beam?

    Long story short, I'm looking for a P60 drop-in that will get me a beam like this one: http://lumensreview.com/reviews/1-led-flashlights/95-milky-modded-aleph-ii.html Zero spill from what I can tell, it's all hotspot. The lumens output also has to be sufficiently high(my Thrunite XP-G R5 1.5A...
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    Possible non-Moddoo Triple LED?

    So I've been frustrated that the Moddoo Triple XP-G dropins are literally out of my reach, and I've been searching all over for alternate Triple LED Dropins that would let me have 600+ lumens in a 6P host. Then I found this site here: http://www.cutter.com.au/categories.php The technical bits...
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    Further Customizing my 6P 1x18650, need opinions.

    Okay, so I currently have a bored Surefire 6P host that uses one AW18650 battery, and I'm thinking about further customizing it. Sadly, the ThruNite XP-G 1.5A dropin I ordered isn't here yet, so I'm left with an empty host. There are two main "upgrades" I'm considering: 1) A Malkoff M61 or M60...
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    How long/hard is it to get a custom together?

    Say I wanted a Surefire 6P customized to take 18650 cells, with either a Malkoff M60 MC-E or Nailbender SST-90 drop in. The host seems to be mostly out of stock, and I'm not sure if they even include the tail cap and head. The Malkoff is too popular to get a new one, as nobody really wants to...
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    You get what you pay for...or DO you?

    First off, I want to say that I am guilty as charged for looking at a flashlight for the purposes of non-lethal self-defense(and what a joke THAT was). I've purchased a Streamlight TL-2 LED for $75 for that reason. But I've since been convinced that the only real "tactical" advantage I can get...

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