All you guys out there there with tons of experience with modification, What is the best flashlight to throw a aspheric lense and reflector into that will create a super-thrower? All with out having to tinker around. I know Deal Extreme has tons of Glass Optics or Aspheric lenses to choose from, tons of different reflectors and tons of host bodies with tons of drop in modules. The thing is no one can put all these items together to create a killer thrower. It would be nice for everything to drop-in with minor or no modification. Does anyone have a mod that they have done that made a really nice super thrower?
Best Mod with Aspheric lense to create a super thrower?
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I took the advice of a forum member on Deal Extreme and made a really nice thrower out of an ok light. Heres how I did it.
First buy the UltraFire WF-501B Cree R2-WC 250 lumen flashlight (sku.16240) Order and install 26.5mm Aluminum Reflector Drop-in Module Set (sku.5955) and Glass Optics for Flashlights (28mm) (sku.5297) Those parts are 100% drop-in for this light. This modification was really amazing. All this for under $20 dollars. I own the Wf-800 and the Wf-008 recoil thrower and this modded light takes the edge. Such a small light and tons of throw...
First buy the UltraFire WF-501B Cree R2-WC 250 lumen flashlight (sku.16240) Order and install 26.5mm Aluminum Reflector Drop-in Module Set (sku.5955) and Glass Optics for Flashlights (28mm) (sku.5297) Those parts are 100% drop-in for this light. This modification was really amazing. All this for under $20 dollars. I own the Wf-800 and the Wf-008 recoil thrower and this modded light takes the edge. Such a small light and tons of throw...
Why modding when you can get this spot / monster thrower light so cheap with LiFePO4 battery and LCD battery indicator, as long as you can live with a rechargeable light? That will be my next buy.
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The wall shot shows that this DX spotlight is comparable to the Tiablo A9, but both hotspots are not as intense as the Dereelight's.
Anyone know which LED is used in the DX spotlight?
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The wall shot shows that this DX spotlight is comparable to the Tiablo A9, but both hotspots are not as intense as the Dereelight's.
Anyone know which LED is used in the DX spotlight?
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moviles
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I have this flashlight
the a9 with tiablo collimator are more thrower
with tiablo collimator and Q5 @ 2.8 amp we can get 70000 lux@1m
with this flashlight we can get only 35000 lux@1m
and the host its plastic and have too bad heatsink
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moviles
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XR-E package, ez1000 chip , flux bin ...unknown... q2-r2
the only good thing : the lens have small focal length
we lose less lumens
left: tiablo lens, right: dx spotlight
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Hi all,
Probably a silly question but... will the above mod work on my UltraFire WF-501B Cree XPE-WCR5 320-Lumen LED Flashlight?
SmurfTacular
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http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16240
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5297
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5955
Then you have a mini pocket thrower. It throw's an unbelievable beam of light for about $18.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5297
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5955
Then you have a mini pocket thrower. It throw's an unbelievable beam of light for about $18.
I created a very weird beam on an L2 I had:
Solarforce L2 1x18650 host
Solarforce MC-E drop-in
DX 28mm "aspherical" lens
Results: at around 50m (far as I've been able to try it so far), I got a huge square of light with a cross in the middle. It certainly is a weird beam shape, but it does throw a whole lot better.
Solarforce L2 1x18650 host
Solarforce MC-E drop-in
DX 28mm "aspherical" lens
Results: at around 50m (far as I've been able to try it so far), I got a huge square of light with a cross in the middle. It certainly is a weird beam shape, but it does throw a whole lot better.
SCEMan
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According to BatteryJunction.com, an Ultrafire 18650 protected cell is 66.5 mm long and a protected 16340 is 36 mm, which means that 2 x 16340's are 72 mm long. Does anyone know if two protected 16340's fit in an UltraFire WF-501B?
Dark Laser
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SCEMan said:
LED torture! :mecry:
Perhaps you meant 1.8A? Which still is more than enough...
FLT MEDIC
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Two protected 16340s won't fit unless you cut the drop-in spring and/or tailcap battery spring. If you do, you won't be able to use a 18650, 2 unprotected 16340s or 2 CR123As.
KeyGrip
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Bold added by me.
This is a normal byproduct of using a multi-die emitter with an aspheric lens. Since at the sharpest focus you are projecting a perfect image of the emitter you are going to end up looking at a large projection of the four bright dice with the dark cross in the middle. It must look pretty cool.
Thanks, Flt Medic.
It does look pretty cool/weird, KeyGrip. The only trouble is learning not to aim the center of the beam at what you are trying to see, it is almost like making a cross out of your fingers and holding it close to your eyes. The beam profile in fog is something else, it resembles a sci-fi movie.
As far as throw, it does a great job. It's no A9, but it can still project both far and wide, where width of the beam is an issue with single die emitters. Luckily, I have an SST-90 drop-in I recently got from Nailbender, I can't wait to see what that can do with an aspherical lens.:thinking:
SmurfTacular
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OK, so I think the universal decision in this thread is that the ultrafire 501 light with a smooth reflector and aspherical lens is the most cost effective pocket thrower.
But what about something physically bigger. Like a Maglite. What would be the best throwing reflector and aspherical lens for a D size Maglite?
But what about something physically bigger. Like a Maglite. What would be the best throwing reflector and aspherical lens for a D size Maglite?
