My acquisition of Olight and Fenix lights has recently compelled me to upgrade my older lights. I've got the following Mag lights I'd like to mod/upgrade. I'd like to keep my level of modding restricted to doing simple emitter swaps without having to do any extra fancy stuff with heatsinking. Here's what I have…
- 4D, 3D & 2D Mags with Mag-brand LED
- 4D Mag with a side-emitting EverLED
- 3D Mag with Terralux Diamond DB-3W
- 2D Mag with a dome/Lambertian EverLED
- 3xAA & 2xAA MagLED
So I've got a couple questions…:thinking:
1) How do SSC U-bin P4's compare to Cree Q5's? Both emitters are pretty cheap, but I'd like to know which one is brighter.
2) For the 4D/3D/2D Mags with Mag-brand LED's - should I just swap out the original Luxeons for SSC P4's or can I use Cree Q5's?
I appreciate that the P4's are similar in shape/design to the original Luxeons, and my understanding is that the Cree's will have an ugly beam and poor focusability/throw with the original reflector. Also, will a Q5 even be able to run comfortably (heat-wise) if transplanted on a Mag-brand LED driver?
3) Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade just the emitters on the EverLED and Terralux Diamond DB-3W to either SSC P4's or Cree Q5's?
Update: I've been able to find posts where people have done SSC P4 swaps into both these units.
4) For the 3xAA/2xAA MagLED lights - I came across a couple of mods replacing the original emitter with a Cree (unknown bin). Again, can these lights take Q5's or the SSC P4's? What's suggested?
Thanks in advance for any help. I apologize beforehand if any of this information is easily found in other posts - I've done numerous permutations of search terms and have been reading threads for the past day and a half but still have been unable to find what I'm looking for.
- 4D, 3D & 2D Mags with Mag-brand LED
- 4D Mag with a side-emitting EverLED
- 3D Mag with Terralux Diamond DB-3W
- 2D Mag with a dome/Lambertian EverLED
- 3xAA & 2xAA MagLED
So I've got a couple questions…:thinking:
1) How do SSC U-bin P4's compare to Cree Q5's? Both emitters are pretty cheap, but I'd like to know which one is brighter.
2) For the 4D/3D/2D Mags with Mag-brand LED's - should I just swap out the original Luxeons for SSC P4's or can I use Cree Q5's?
I appreciate that the P4's are similar in shape/design to the original Luxeons, and my understanding is that the Cree's will have an ugly beam and poor focusability/throw with the original reflector. Also, will a Q5 even be able to run comfortably (heat-wise) if transplanted on a Mag-brand LED driver?
3) Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade just the emitters on the EverLED and Terralux Diamond DB-3W to either SSC P4's or Cree Q5's?
Update: I've been able to find posts where people have done SSC P4 swaps into both these units.
4) For the 3xAA/2xAA MagLED lights - I came across a couple of mods replacing the original emitter with a Cree (unknown bin). Again, can these lights take Q5's or the SSC P4's? What's suggested?
Thanks in advance for any help. I apologize beforehand if any of this information is easily found in other posts - I've done numerous permutations of search terms and have been reading threads for the past day and a half but still have been unable to find what I'm looking for.
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