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I have decided to keep both of these modded KL1's for the time being, however for those that are still interested in a HD equipped KL1 please read on.

After doing the two pictured above I have pretty much perfected the method of opening up and swapping out the LD for a HD, leaving the KL1 with no marks or scratches.

Therefore since there has been slight interest in those pictured above I figured why not just send me yours and I can mod them? Note that I am in Australia so turn around time will be ~4 weeks.

What will happen is you send me your KL1 and one of the below items..

(1) $42 USD (this covers the shipping, modding and the LS led, I have several Q ranked HD's at the moment)

(2) $27 USD + a HD that you want installed into the KL1

(3) Another KL1

Thanks.

For those that are wondering why, here is the difference in beam shape between a HD and LD.

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-YC
 
yclo,

I am interested but I don't think it's the right forum to post the message?
 
That's a good point, but I thought about it and didn't know where to post it.

I am sort of "selling" a "non-light" item, i.e. my modding services?

Maybe someone else can post their thoughts on this?

Oh, email sent btw.

-YC
 
Yclo:

Are you just swapping LS's, or are you also offering to selectively change the output mA up to, say, 700 mA?
 
Erm, changing the output is a bit out of my abilities. I lack the SMD soldering equipment and experience.

So just swapping LS's.

-YC
 
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I just got my L1 back from yclo and WOW!
Very, very satisifed!

He swapped out the stock low-dome LED for a high-dome (Q2J by the looks of it) and the difference is night and day.
This is what the L1 should have been from day one.
Low/High power operation is completely preserved and the low power mode is finally useful.
Low power used to be comparable to an Arc-AAA.
Now it's got a hotspot with throw.
High power is easily a match for my LSH-S.

And his work looks perfect.
Not a mark anywhere on the exterior or on the lens and the optic is the cleanest/clearest I have ever seen.
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GJW,

I also found the YC-modified KL1 to be what all KL1s should have been. Now I'm thinking of have my L1 modified - if I can figure out which LED color I need.
 
I couldn't recommend it more.
The KL1 already has some high-dome competition with the LSH and the McLux but a high-dome L1 with its two brightness levels is a marvel that has to be experienced.
 
Arrrggghhh.... You people are killing me! I have a green L1, and I am getting this bad itch to buy another white L1 and send it away to YC. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/broke.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/broke.gif
 
You ain't kidding--I just got my L1 and I've been pleased with it, but after reading this I'm dying to send it in for a mod.
 
Thanks Greg & Alan for your kind comments! It was a pleasure!

Just for the record, the emitter used for GJW is a Q3J. And thanks to him sending me his L1, I now know how to do L1's too.

The Q2J KL1 is still here on the shelf gathering dust.

-YC
 
The Q2J just doesn't attract attention at all, therefore thanks to Cuong for some Q3J's I now have two KL1's with Q3J's looking for homes:

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-YC
 
yclo,

Still at it, eh. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
 
Chop,

Actually no I haven't been, exams coming up so have had to turn down all requests. Hope you can take care of them!

-YC
 
question for those of you who sent off your KL1 to be modded, what was the turnaround time?
 
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