Led upgrade for niteriders?

[Buck91]

Has anybody attempted to upgrade the leds in one of the nite rder sol/minewt lights? It appears to be a SSC P4, so maybe its not really worth it but it would be pretty cool to see a rebel 100 or Q5 in there. Haven't opened up my sol head yet, but maybe I'll check it out this week.

 

[Szemhazai]

U can try - but the main problem will be optic compatibility, IMO the best way will be to wait for V bin SSC – they should appear in February this year…

 

[msxtr]

U can try - but the main problem will be optic compatibility, IMO the best way will be to wait for V bin SSC – they should appear in February this year…

Hi, exactly, the optics of seould don't is valid for cree and rebel.

Know sure you that seoul V bin appear in february?? With as many lumens works this led??

Greetings - Saludos

msxtr

 

[Buck91]

Hmm... swapping to a V bin SCC would be neat; I wonder what type of improvement they would offer. Would it be comparable to a single jump cree (ie: P4 to Q2) or more like a P4 to a Q4?

 

[Szemhazai]

It depend's what they do to achieve 120 lum @350mA - I think that these leds will have at the beginning higher Vf i.e. 3,5V @ 350mA to pump 1,225W into led so with 100 lum/w (R2 efficiency) they will achieve V bin limit.

 

[ovlovder]

I put a u-bin in my ur-minewt. Easy, brighter than the newest x2 version. Works flawlessly.

 

[Buck91]

Did you swap the emitter only? Opened my Sol up, and to my suprise it did not appear to be star mounted but rather right to a circuit board... Makes me doubt the heat sinking of this light as well. But then, I've used it for an hour straight without a problem so...

 

[Szemhazai]

Buck91 Can you post the photo ?