300+ Lumen Hand Grenade!!

[Amorphous]

Hand Grenade !! :naughty: :naughty:
Anyway, great work by Milky !! :goodjob:

This little 318+ Lumens pocket gem is made from a modified KL2, and 3 CREE XREs with constant 500mA current going through each LED utilizing Milky's custom circuit. The ARC4 is used for size reference.

Again, great work!

 

[tebore]

Hmm now that you mention hand grenade it looks kinda like those grenades the german's used in WW2 (well with some wild imagination).

Oh yeh BEAMSHOOOOOOTTTSSSSS!!!!

 

[jtice]

muuuuhahahahahahahaaha nice

I am currently waiting on a similar mod from Milky,
gotta love all these adapters !

~John

 

[PhotonAddict]

That's pretty wild, what are you using to power that? An RCR123?

 

[Amorphous]

muuuuhahahahahahahaaha nice

I am currently waiting on a similar mod from Milky,
gotta love all these adapters !

~John

Yeah, the M to C, and C to E adaptors are great!

That's pretty wild, what are you using to power that? An RCR123?

I am using a protected RCR123, running about 2C.
Beam shot tonight

 

[tebore]

I am using a protected RCR123, running about 2C.
Beam shot tonight

I feel sorry for that RCR123 that has to power that thing. It's gotta be screaming when it's getting the much juice pulled from it. 500mAh x 3 x 1.03 (assuming 97% circuit efficiency).

 

[Amorphous]

I feel sorry for that RCR123 that has to power that thing. It's gotta be screaming when it's getting the much juice pulled from it. 500mAh x 3 x 1.03 (assuming 97% circuit efficiency).

Actually, its running at 2.2A or around 3C using only 1 RCR123. ( This light was really meant for 2 123s or 18650 setup which I also have. Just wanted to have fun for few short bursts )

 

[tebore]

Wow that circuit is less efficient than I thought. But with that little voltage that's pretty tough. I guess this is litterially a "Flash" light with ~20min runtime.

 

[philw3]

WW2 German Grenades were nicknamed the Potatoe Masher! Sounds like a good description for your light ;-)

 

[tebore]

WW2 German Grenades were nicknamed the Potatoe Masher! Sounds like a good description for your light ;-)

THAT'S IT! Phew I was trying to remember that nickname all day. I almost resorted to playing Call of Duty to remember.

 

[bombelman]

With those 2 adapters giving extra length, could you get a 17670 in there ?
Width should be ok, but height should be critical.... Very curious...

 

[milkyspit]

Amorphous, REALLY nice photo... and really nice potato masher setup... and really nice Arc4!

:bow: :bow:

This particular head ought to deliver about 1h20m on a single 18650 AW 2200mAh protected cell... it was never designed to run off a single RCR123 rechargeable, and it's a pleasant surprise that it works at all! (Truth be told, it even ran on a single PRIMARY 123 cell... but my guess is runtime would be something like 5 minutes!)

I used to have my own light on this sort of setup... the body is so short that you almost find yourself holding the head itself in your palm!

 

[RIDE]

That is very cool! Just don't try traveling with that one!

RIDE

 

[Norm]

I looks like it had a accident with a guillotine.
Norm

 

[bombelman]

 

[gearbox]

I believe that is a stielhandgrenate

 

[Amorphous]

:naughty: :naughty:
Yeah, it is still a Blast everytime I turn it on. Great work there Milky !!
Imagine EDC it all the way to the airport, and imagine afterward what the security guys would do to you in a room with rubber gloves. :devil:

 

[tebore]

I know I said it before.... But

WHERE ARE THE BEAM SHOTS? :twothumbs

 

[TITAN1833]

That's pretty wild, what are you using to power that? An RCR123?

no gunpowder!!

 

[Amorphous]

I know I said it before.... But

WHERE ARE THE BEAM SHOTS? :twothumbs

Okay, Okay.. :naughty:
Got to wait till the wolfs howl, and hear the crickets chirp, then I'll get some Beam Shots.