MagLite upgraded to a Rebel!! (pics in post 34)

[Mong]

75 posts about a light nobody wants. I love this place.

Obviously you've never beaten someone with a maglite. SOMEONE must want one 😀

 

[asdalton]

Excellent news indeed!

Any idea of the current that is going to the LED?

No. I don't have a multimeter. Measuring current drawn from the batteries would be the first (and easiest) thing to do, anyway.

By the way, I've been comparing the output to my other lights, and I'd estimate that this puts out 100 lumens when cool. After it warms up, this drops down to around 60 lumens.

Part of this decrease may be the limitations of using 2 alkaline batteries. I know that the old 3D MagLED outperforms the old 2D MagLED in having both a higher initial output and a smaller % drop in output. The Wal-Mart that I went to today had only Luxeon versions of their remaining 3D MagLED stock, so I could not buy the new 3D light to test it.

 

[yaesumofo]

If you guys are so unhappy with what Mag is putting into their lights why not mod them your selves? That is what I did and have been doing for years.
As a host the 3 d or c mag makes for a great host. toss a link in there or whatever is the most current heat sink for the mag body and possibly a driver and you have a fantastic light. the MAg reflector does great things with leds. Back in the day there was a mod called a space needle made by Mr Bulk which used a LUX V emitter and at the time it was the bees knees. Today there are better emitters. Start modding fellas!!

Yaesumofo

 

[defloyd77]

How's the tint?

 

[asdalton]

How's the tint?

It's neutral white, probably X0.

 

[dano]

On a whim, i bought a two cell, rebel equipped Mag. I like it. Output is roughly double as compared to the original 3 watter. Interestingly, the rebel is pressed into a metal housing, so there's no way to remove it and replace it with a PR based bulb (unlike the original MAGLED design which was a PR base and compatible with PR incan bulbs).

-dan

 

[lightinsky]

It's probably a permanent mount so that know one buys the new version gets home and swaps out emitters and then returns the old lux 3 back to the store for a refund. Maybe they will eventually sell a rebel drop in for those with the old PR version mag.

 

[gfang]

I have been to Mag Instrument in Ontario California many times to drop off lites for repair. Its pretty obvious once you see the place and meet some of the people there that it is little more than a sweat shop pushing out products as quickly and cheaply as possible. For those of you that think Mag is some huge company, you're right, but you would probably be in shock if you actually went there. Their manufacturing facilities are smaller and pretty run down compared to many other So Cal big businesses. It is no surprise that they don't apply the latest tech. They are about creating a large volume of reasonably dependable lights for the least cost.

Until someone turns Maglica into an LED enthusiast, don't expect anything "cutting edge" from Mag Lite.

 

[sims2k]

75 posts about a light nobody wants. I love this place.

For us here...but for everyone else that I know ... they stand by their Maglites. My friends the farmer, the carpenter, and the plumbers stand by their maglites even though my old Fenix L2DCE outshines them all.

 

[Burgess]

Thank you to everybody for posting this information.


(insert BigThumbsUp here)

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[asdalton]

On a whim, i bought a two cell, rebel equipped Mag. I like it. Output is roughly double as compared to the original 3 watter. Interestingly, the rebel is pressed into a metal housing, so there's no way to remove it and replace it with a PR based bulb (unlike the original MAGLED design which was a PR base and compatible with PR incan bulbs).

-dan

Another change that I just noticed: the new MagLED reflector is considerably deeper.

 

[Marduke]

I looked harder at one today in the store. The picture of swapping the bulb out is gone off the package from both the front and back. The lamp retaining ring is gone, and therefore it looks like the reflector has a smaller diameter opening at the base.

Sorry, no pics. Wife forgot to put the camera in her purse...

 

[asdalton]

Here is a picture of the two side by side (new on the right):

 

[outersquare]

thats nice, i hope they upgrade the AA series also

 

[download]

asdalton,
Please un-screw the head and take a few pic. to show the details inside.
If possible, take out the switch module from the back to see it all.
Thanks

Look, it has new smaller openning & deeper reflector now.

 

[darknessemitter]

Here is a picture of the two side by side (new on the right):

Are the beam characteristics very different? Any chance of beam shots? 😀

 

[Cydonia]

A big thanks to asdalton - finally some decent pictures!
Now unscrew the Maglite head and take more pictures!
And Download is right - smaller reflector opening now as well! And deeper... it has been totally redesigned?

Slowly, painfully slowly in fact, we are getting a trickle of info on this amazing turn of events. Could it be that the LED module is no longer removable?! Have decades of design been overturned? Only more pictures from inside will tell!

Thread title needs to be: MagLite has upgraded to a Rebel 60 LED!! (pics in post 34)
(because many don't know there is such a thing as a Rebel LED - they would be thinking "WTF is a Rebel 60?" Answer: A junk LED)

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[kramer5150]

thanks asdalton!!!
Where did you get it? (somewhere in san jose?)

thanks

 

[asdalton]

It was at the Wal-Mart in McCarthy Ranch (Milpitas).

 

[zs&tas]

well mags reliability has just gone down hill hasnt it ? cant replace the led/bulb if it goes wrong or gets dropped ? itl just be a useless baton in 5 years - DOH i best buy some good ol pr based ones before there all gone.