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

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Do you have any calipers to measure new vs. old reflector?

It looks like the reflector is a little deeper to meet the newly designed pedestal.
 
zs&tas said:
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.
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Depends on your modding skill..........I'm sure it wouldn't be that difficult to replace.
Does anyone have pictures of the inner workings yet....I'm interested to see just what this "new" thermal path consits of:popcorn:
 
zs&tas said:
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.
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im pretty sure they will still sell the incan mags for quite a while
 
You know, I've seen the older Magleds on clearance at a local Wal-Mart, then I've seen these new ones actually a few months ago and thought it sort of looked funny but didn't think anything of it:ohgeez:
 
zs&tas said:
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.
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I agree. Lucky there are millions of old style Maglites out there.
It's not like there will ever be a shortage of them :naughty:

clg0159 said:
Does anyone have pictures of the inner workings yet....I'm interested to see just what this "new" thermal path consits of :popcorn:
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Yeah...a cheap $10 DX light generates pages of beam shots and internal circuit pictures the day one first arrives in someone's mailbox (not exactly an exaggeration either).
A new total redesign of the famous Maglite and we have to hang in suspense for literally days while someone gets around to unscrewing the head and snapping a picture.
A total yawn fest. Absolutely amazing :ironic:
Did I mention that the whole thing was a total "out of the blue" surprise with no warning? One day... "oh... new Maglites... looks like a total redesign of a 30 year old American Tradition... Wadda ya know... *yawn* *yawn* *yawn* "
 
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:shakehead I'm considering going to Lowe's!

My thinking is: Maybe I can stick a high CRI Seoul in the new deeper reflector mag. 🙂
 
I don't think the new reflector is really any deeper, just that they extended it down a bit to make opening smaller.
 
Ah :thumbsup:

I suppose I could just put one on a Mag LED module.

I'll just have to figure out which one would be best for the 4000K Seoul first.
 
Cydonia said:
I agree. Lucky there are millions of old style Maglites out there.
It's not like there will ever be a shortage of them :naughty:



Yeah...a cheap $10 DX light generates pages of beam shots and internal circuit pictures the day one first arrives in someone's mailbox (not exactly an exaggeration either).
A new total redesign of the famous Maglite and we have to hang in suspense for literally days while someone gets around to unscrewing the head and snapping a picture.
A total yawn fest. Absolutely amazing :ironic:
Did I mention that the whole thing was a total "out of the blue" surprise with no warning? One day... "oh... new Maglites... looks like a total redesign of a 30 year old American Tradition... Wadda ya know... *yawn* *yawn* *yawn* "
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Well, instead of complaining, why don't you go and buy one, and take a bunch of photos for the rest of us?
 
:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

M@g "upgrading" their LEDs so soon??? :faint: That should have taken at least 10 more years!!! 😉 Does not compute... Can't wait for pics of the guts (anyone? Bueller? Bueller?).

yaesumofo said:
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.
Yaesumofo
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LMAO! Most of the folks that hang around here these days will be thinking, "Space Needle? Mr. Bulk? Bees Knees?" :thinking: and will have to run off to Google those terms. :crackup:

My Dad still uses his SN and loves it. Truely one of the first real M@g mods. I might upgrade him to a P7 or MC-E, and have him start using Li-Ion instead of primaries.
 
jzmtl said:
I don't think the new reflector is really any deeper, just that they extended it down a bit to make opening smaller.
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If it is any deeper it's not by much, only a few mm at most I would say.
 
Marduke said:
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.
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If the LED isn't replaceable, what does this do to their lifetime warranty? I think all the Mags had a lifetime warranty, but bulbs and LEDs were excluded. Did anyone notice the warranty statement on the new packages? I'd hate to think these new lights are disposable.

Marduke said:
Sorry, no pics. Wife forgot to put the camera in her purse...
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You're a braver man than me -- "Honey, can I borrow your camera? Yes I know we're in the middle of a crowded store... I need to take pictures of this flashlight... No it's not the same one - look the emitter is different... Emitter - the bulb thingy... For the guys on my flashlight forum... yes, on the computer... honey, where are you going?" :lolsign:
 
The Shadow said:
You're a braver man than me -- "Honey, can I borrow your camera? Yes I know we're in the middle of a crowded store... I need to take pictures of this flashlight... No it's not the same one - look the emitter is different... Emitter - the bulb thingy... For the guys on my flashlight forum... yes, on the computer... honey, where are you going?" :lolsign:
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It would be funny, but that is almost exactly what happened for the first pictures I took..... 😱
 
dano said:
Well, instead of complaining, why don't you go and buy one, and take a bunch of photos for the rest of us?
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Because I'm up in Canada, eh. They won't have these for sale up here for at least another year probably. Small market and the dual language requirements on packaging (French) means US companies don't release things up here for a long time after they are available in the US. Not worth their while rushing.
 
I think the reliability has improved with this redesign. As long as the LED is not over driven, then it should last a lifetime of normal use without ever having to do anything besides change batteries (less often). If an LED gets dropped, nothing happens to it. Lights that fail from being dropped have weakness in some other area of the design.
These lights will still be running on the original LED well after you can't find PR bulbs or 'bulbs' of any kind any more. Even the PR LED drop-ins will fail before this due to inadequate heat sinking or corrosion at contacts, the improvement of which seems to be the intent of the redesign. They could have just changed the Luxeon PR to a Rebel and left it at that. The built-in design will have fewer interfaces to fail. The interface from removable 'bulb' to the socket and thread-on collar (something to lose and render the whole light useless) was just a necessity of the incan bulb that had to be replaceable. Mounting the LED to a solid sink eliminates that possible failure point. No more corroded contacts or dirt intrusion.

zs&tas said:
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.
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LEDmodMan said:
LMAO! Most of the folks that hang around here these days will be thinking, "Space Needle? Mr. Bulk? Bees Knees?" :thinking: and will have to run off to Google those terms. :crackup:
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LMAO, it was bees knees that sent me off to google! I'm looking forward to someone doing an aspheric mod on these with the Rebels.
 
I caught sight of some 2D here in WV @ Lowe's.
Tempted but didn't do it. $31 was ok but I restrained myself for once!

If they were 3 or 4 D I probably would of done it.
 
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