idea: P7 tower for Surefire Turboheads

[jayhackett03]

I just bought a Z2L from the marketplace, i was thinking about getting a turbohead for it, and got to thinking with all of these P7 upgrades people are making lately, someone should make a SSC P7 Tower for a Surefire Turbohead.

This is possible isn't it?

 

[Supernam]

There's a lot to consider. A BIG hole would have to be drilled into the reflector, you would have no guarantee of a good looking beam, there are no drivers to run a P7, a light that small may not be able to handle the heat (depending on how you drive it, refer to "there are no drivers to run a P7").

A P7 SF wouldn't be too hard, but a drop in would be due to the machining and stuffing it all together in one package. I wanted to experiment with a P7 inside of my L6 with a SOB1500, but I'm scare that if it doesn't make a good beam, I'd be screwed because of the hole I made in the reflector!

 

[husky20]

isnt the ub2 invictus going to have a p7?:thinking:

 

[Supernam]

Supposedly, and also the KL9 IIRC.

 

[KeyGrip]

There's no guarantee it would make a decent beam in that reflector. I think you're better off waiting for the KL9 to come out.

 

[Crenshaw]

isnt the ub2 invictus going to have a p7?:thinking:

yes, but its surefire, and its in ecess of $200, they better damn well have figured out a way to drive it properly..:lolsign:

Crenshaw

 

[ampdude]

We don't even have a drop-in module yet for this emitter. Which is really what I'm looking forward to, as a replacement for my R2 Cree drop-in.

I don't mess with turbo-heads anyways, they are just not worth it to me, though I know others like them very much. If Sure-Fire made a non-shock isolated one again, I would reconsider running a turbo head.

 

[9x23]

We don't even have a drop-in module yet for this emitter. Which is really what I'm looking forward to, as a replacement for my R2 Cree drop-in.

I don't mess with turbo-heads anyways, they are just not worth it to me, though I know others like them very much. If Sure-Fire made a non-shock isolated one again, I would reconsider running a turbo head.

ampdude,

The KT1 and KT2 Turboheads are not shock isolated as far as I can tell. As a matter of fact, I like the beam pattern from the KT1 and KT2 better than from my M3T (KT4?) because I get a much wider spill of peripheral light, and a slightly tighter hot spot with my Arcmania 5W modules. I'm not positive but this may be due to the fact that rubber shock isolation on the M3T sets the reflector back from the front edge of the bezel farther, thereby making for less spill. Besides, the KT1 and KT2 looks cooler too!

9x23

 

[Bullzeyebill]

Surefire still sells the KT1, and KT2 turboheads. See here http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/carfnbr/250/sesent/00

Bill

 

[ptirmal]

The kt4 turboheads are not good for heat dissipation as was noted with the old tower modules... the kt1/kt2 were better but still not great... I imagine a p7 would generate a lot more heat