andyz
Newly Enlightened
I just had to have a go so I got the tools out and did the mod. A word of warning, don't even try to remove the bezel cap without heating it up. I made up a special set of grips with rubber padding and had a go without heating the head and I could just start to hear a crackling sound when I applied the pressure to twist it, I ended up with a couple of very minor flakes chipping off the front lense (oh well this is going to be the EDC light now). After a minute or so with the heat gun it came off with hardly any pressure. Here are some pictures of before and after mod beam shots.
The flashlight after the mod with a nice even white light.
Beam shot of the standard Xenon Lamp on E1E
Beam shot of E1E with KL1 Standard Low Dome LED
Beam shot of E1e with Modified KL1/Q3J LED
As you can see in the photo's the Q3J has a larger hot spot in the middle and the white color is uniform all the way out with only a couple of very very small green tints on two sides but you really cant notice them. The photo of the standard LED shows the green tint totally surrounding the center hot spot. BTW, my web site is up and running but nothing interesting as yet, just a bunch of half finished pages but im getting there slowly. The beam shots were done quickly but when im properly set up I will include a lot more info with distance and Lux measurements at various points. I still have a standard KL1 arriving in the mail and will keep it stock for more detailed comparisons against the Q3J. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The flashlight after the mod with a nice even white light.
Beam shot of the standard Xenon Lamp on E1E
Beam shot of E1E with KL1 Standard Low Dome LED
Beam shot of E1e with Modified KL1/Q3J LED
As you can see in the photo's the Q3J has a larger hot spot in the middle and the white color is uniform all the way out with only a couple of very very small green tints on two sides but you really cant notice them. The photo of the standard LED shows the green tint totally surrounding the center hot spot. BTW, my web site is up and running but nothing interesting as yet, just a bunch of half finished pages but im getting there slowly. The beam shots were done quickly but when im properly set up I will include a lot more info with distance and Lux measurements at various points. I still have a standard KL1 arriving in the mail and will keep it stock for more detailed comparisons against the Q3J. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif