I want to upgrade my old MAG-LITE 4D

[Joshatdot]

I've seen the MAG-LITE 3W LED upgrade at stores, I assume it's either a Luxeon or a CREE? Will this be a decent bright & quick upgrade? or is there something else I could drop in there, like mebby a CREE Q5?

 

[Nereus]

IIRC, Mag's drop-in uses Luxeon 3 led. There are many other drop-ins too, for example Malkoff drop-ins have good reputation in CPF.

If you are interested in modding your Mag, have a look on modified flashlights reference database. You can find nice step-by-step modding tutorials there.

-N

 

[Der Wichtel]

Don'T know if you can read german
http://daoriginal.da.funpic.de/

 

[worldedit]

I would buy a Fenix L2D-CE. Its gives you much more output and fits in the Mags battery tube easily. Its even cheaper than those dropins.

Carrying a Mag only makes sense if you need the much room for a serious mod.

 

[Bushman5]

I would buy a Fenix L2D-CE. Its gives you much more output and fits in the Mags battery tube easily. Its even cheaper than those dropins.

Carrying a Mag only makes sense if you need the much room for a serious mod.

i dont get it? :thinking: put the Fenix L2D-CE in the Maglite battery area? ? ??

 

[JamisonM]

I've seen the MAG-LITE 3W LED upgrade at stores, I assume it's either a Luxeon or a CREE? Will this be a decent bright & quick upgrade? or is there something else I could drop in there, like mebby a CREE Q5?

How bright do you want your maglite to be? Gene's drop-in is the brightest, but has the shortest runtime; around 8 hours in a 4D maglite. TerraLUX's TLE-6EX is not as bright as Gene's Drop-in, but will last about 2-3 times as long in the same maglite. Mag Instruments Maglite drop-in is not as bright as the first two, but will last nearly twice as long as TerraLUX's TLE-6EX.

 

[Joshatdot]

IIRC, Mag's drop-in uses Luxeon 3 led. There are many other drop-ins too, for example Malkoff drop-ins have good reputation in CPF.

If you are interested in modding your Mag, have a look on modified flashlights reference database. You can find nice step-by-step modding tutorials there.

-N

Those Malkoff's look awesome! too bad they are sold out

 

[abhi555]

Don'T know if you can read german
http://daoriginal.da.funpic.de/

(offtopic) don't worry even if you don't know German. Use translate.google.com Google stock is going 600 ....

 

[M@elstrom]

Those Malkoff's look awesome! too bad they are sold out

Uh huh... tell me about it! I just purchased a TerraLux TLE-6EX-B for my 3D Mag, still it's way better than the stock incan' bulb setup it originally used :devil:

 

[Joshatdot]

Uh huh... tell me about it! I just purchased a TerraLux TLE-6EX-B for my 3D Mag, still it's way better than the stock incan' bulb setup it originally used :devil:

Hmm...very interesting mod/replacement! I wonder if they'll update that with CREE Q5's :naughty: ... that would be awesome :thumbsup:

 

[Joshatdot]

If I have enuff $ left over after this OKTOBERFEST weekend I am all over this TerraLux Upgrade.