desert.snake
Flashlight Enthusiast
I noticed one peculiarity on long bodies (18650) on Rotary/Tactical, this also applies to the body 2AA. If install the universal clip on the back cap and if you bend the clip so that it creates good pressure and is useful, then the cap becomes skewed (top picture).
This skew does not affect the work, but I do not like it, I have a feeling that because of this, there may be water leakage in the future (when used in wet / sea conditions), since one part of the seal is constantly energized, and the other is relaxed.
I moved the clip to the main body to relieve stress on the cap (middle photo). It turned out to be very convenient:
1) it became easier to change the brightness with one hand in any grip;
2) with a cigar grip, it works as a tactical finger support.
To keep the universal clip in place, I put a spacer from a piece of waxed cardboard, in future I will make a lining from 2 semicircular pieces of aluminum (as bushings in a plain bearing, bottom photo). Also a very simple and cheap option - a plastic pipe with an outer diameter of 25.4 mm and inner diameter 21.5mm. The inner diameter may be smaller, it all depends on which pipe you find. If the inner diameter is less than 21.5 mm, then you need to take a file and adjust to the desired size.
Made a small video
https://youtu.be/iYd0mduAbv8
This is all pretty rare use, at least on this forum (I see very few fans of the universal clip), but in case it is useful to someone, I made this separate post so that it does not get lost in the general stream.
This skew does not affect the work, but I do not like it, I have a feeling that because of this, there may be water leakage in the future (when used in wet / sea conditions), since one part of the seal is constantly energized, and the other is relaxed.
I moved the clip to the main body to relieve stress on the cap (middle photo). It turned out to be very convenient:
1) it became easier to change the brightness with one hand in any grip;
2) with a cigar grip, it works as a tactical finger support.
To keep the universal clip in place, I put a spacer from a piece of waxed cardboard, in future I will make a lining from 2 semicircular pieces of aluminum (as bushings in a plain bearing, bottom photo). Also a very simple and cheap option - a plastic pipe with an outer diameter of 25.4 mm and inner diameter 21.5mm. The inner diameter may be smaller, it all depends on which pipe you find. If the inner diameter is less than 21.5 mm, then you need to take a file and adjust to the desired size.
Made a small video
https://youtu.be/iYd0mduAbv8
This is all pretty rare use, at least on this forum (I see very few fans of the universal clip), but in case it is useful to someone, I made this separate post so that it does not get lost in the general stream.