gcbryan
Flashlight Enthusiast
I fried the drop in module part of a Uniquefire L2 R5 which of course is a P60 host with a XP-G R5 dropin.
I did this by playing around with the dropin module in another light...anyway I ordered another rather than just the dropin since the price was close ($13 vs $19) and now I'll have an extra body to play around with.
What I'd like to do is to also order a XP-E R2 dropin module and a 28mm aspheric lens to use with the extra P60 host...just to have a mini spotlight in effect with no spill.
I've tested this out a bit by taking the aspheric lens out of my DX flood-to-throw light (C30) and it fits in the P60 host as a replacement for the front lens.
To make this really work with the dropin I have coming however I need to leave the reflector on (or make a tube that is just as long as the reflector) to keep things tight and electrically connected.
Has anyone done something similar? Could I leave the reflector in place and simply spray paint it matte black?
If all of this works I might try to find a better aspheric lens at some point in the future. For now I just want to keep it as simple as possible.
If leaving the reflector in (painted black) isn't too much of an issue then I'll try to get the aspheric to be slightly out of focus to where it still throws but is just starting to look more round.
Should this work?
An R2 with an aspheric should (I would think) throw further than my existing P4 flood-to-throw DX light. It will be using a 18650, will look better and will give me the option to tweak it a bit later perhaps with a better aspheric optic.
I did this by playing around with the dropin module in another light...anyway I ordered another rather than just the dropin since the price was close ($13 vs $19) and now I'll have an extra body to play around with.
What I'd like to do is to also order a XP-E R2 dropin module and a 28mm aspheric lens to use with the extra P60 host...just to have a mini spotlight in effect with no spill.
I've tested this out a bit by taking the aspheric lens out of my DX flood-to-throw light (C30) and it fits in the P60 host as a replacement for the front lens.
To make this really work with the dropin I have coming however I need to leave the reflector on (or make a tube that is just as long as the reflector) to keep things tight and electrically connected.
Has anyone done something similar? Could I leave the reflector in place and simply spray paint it matte black?
If all of this works I might try to find a better aspheric lens at some point in the future. For now I just want to keep it as simple as possible.
If leaving the reflector in (painted black) isn't too much of an issue then I'll try to get the aspheric to be slightly out of focus to where it still throws but is just starting to look more round.
Should this work?
An R2 with an aspheric should (I would think) throw further than my existing P4 flood-to-throw DX light. It will be using a 18650, will look better and will give me the option to tweak it a bit later perhaps with a better aspheric optic.
