Jose, congratulations on making these excellent beamshots and thank you for sharing with us. Do you have the hound dog 18650 to do a comparison?
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Jose Marin
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Yes i have a cool hd 18650 ill do it when it gets dark later.
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Perfect. thank you so much! will be very useful to us junkies ... 
knucklegary
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^^ +2 😎
I think I may upgrade my Bodyguard v.1 with a v.2 head. 1,000 lumens/13,000 lux in a 1-CR123 format? Hell yeah!
Jose Marin
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Here's the bg v2 vs hd 18650 cw
BG V2 12kcd
BG V2 step down
HD 18650 CW 31kcd
HD 18650 CW low
BG V2 12kcd
BG V2 step down
HD 18650 CW 31kcd
HD 18650 CW low
Jose Marin
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I cant speak for the v1 but the v2's head threads arent anodized so you cant lock it out with a slight head twist if that concerns you. Edit unless the v1 body's threads are anodized (which i dont have) then it can be locked out.
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knucklegary
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I believe all the newer MDC series heads (internal threads) are Not anodized. I also prefer the plated threads for safety lock out. Ano threads also stay clean from tarnish
IMO, "locking out" a light that might be needed immediately on one-hand demand is a non-starter, so the inability to do so is a non-issue for me.
But what I have done is modified the McClicky on my BG v.1 to be momentary only - this not only serves the self-defense role better but also avoids the light staying on due to accidental activation.
The HD 18650 kicks butt!
The BG v.2 head on the v.1 shroudless 1-CR123 body would be an amazing combination. With the v.1 head I am able to get 22 minutes of full power activation on a single 16340 700mAh cell, so assuming a 50% increase in current draw, that would be about 15 minutes with the v.2 head, or over 80 full power, 10-second activations. For a light I depend on solely for self-defensive purposes (flash 'n dash), that is for my purposes plenty of "runtime" considering the output and form factor.
Modernflame
Flashlight Enthusiast
Yeah, I read somewhere that Gene has moved the whole MDC line to bare aluminum threads in order to resolve contact issues. The old style worked perfectly, of course, but some people thought their lights were broken when they really just needed to tighten the head down.
How did you do that?
archimedes
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archimedes
Flashaholic
You are welcome ... and thanks also to NH Lumens for posting up his detailed mod
Jose, thanks for the beamshot with the lantern hound dog 18650.
These new lanterns with lens get a good hotspot with a generous spill.
It is no wonder that several new Surefire models are being launched with that type of lens.
These new lanterns with lens get a good hotspot with a generous spill.
It is no wonder that several new Surefire models are being launched with that type of lens.
knucklegary
Flashlight Enthusiast
^ Jose, thank you for taking time to post beam shoots, they are very helpful!
ven
Flashaholic
Yes thank you for the beam pics
KeyGrip
Flashlight Enthusiast
This is awesome!! Thank you for trying it out. The Kroma heads should work on it as well in that case.
No prob im gona try to do beamshots tonight up against some other malkoffs
So removing the adapter from the body you can screw on a surefire u2 head and run 2x18350s which was a cool surprise. I thought there were other old surefires that have the same head threads as the u2 if anyone knows?
Bullzeyebill
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Jose, are you running an incan U2 Head with that setup?
Bill
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Jose Marin
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It's the led u2 digital ultra head
