Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight Mods!

[MSaxatilus]

Hi Guys,

I have been lurking around on this site for a little less than a year now, and all I can say is that... yes this hobby is adictive!

Anyway, I have modified several of my mini-mag lights with Iretech and dat2zip's sandwiches and have been absolutely blown away, especially my MADMAX and BADBOY mods /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif . So much so, that I am now eyeing up my 6D mag light and 2D mag light./ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

What recommendations do you guys suggest for tricking these lights out to get some more output? I'm preferential to LEDs, but I realize that upgrading to high power LEDs could be very expensive. Inretech's adapters were upwards of $180 dollars if I remember correctly. I realize a better incandecent output would be alot cheaper. So if you could give me some options for just totally cranking some lumens out of these lights with no regard to $$$, and then possibly the cheapest upgrades possible.

Anybody have 5Wer drop-ins on the drawing boards??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Thanks for the help!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif

 

[Ginseng]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

I don't know about 5W drop-ins but Elektrolumens has a 5W kit and all the parts to do it yourself. Instructions too. And his V3U bin LS make a nice amount of light. Can't be beat for $30.

Good luck!
Wilkey

 

[hotbeam]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

Hey MSaxatilus

There may be something coming that would make your life nice and easy for your Mag D mods. Stay tuned...

Hotbeam

 

[Rothrandir]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

bad howard /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twak.gif

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[NeonLights]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

For a cheap mod for your 2D cell Maglite, buy a 3-123 Lithium cell to 2-D cell adapter from Elektrolumens for $6, then put a 5-cell or 6-cell Mag bulb in your 2-D Maglite, and you'll have a light as bright (or brighter) than your standard 6-cell Mag in a much smaller size. I just did this and it works great. Total cost is $10-12, and with the 5-cell bulb it is brighter than my 6-cell Mag.

There are better and brighter mods out there, but I think this is a good budget mod.

-Keith

 

[zmoz]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

I would recomend an EverLED. Extremely easy to do and relatively cheap. Quite a nice light output...not the best you can get from an LED, but pretty darn good.

 

[Rothrandir]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

if you can do it...mod your own

everleds are only really suitable for lights where you can't readily mod them...

 

[PaulW]

Re: Recommendations Requested for Mag Flashlight M

If you're not adverse to incandescent mods, there are a number of threads about modding the Mag. -- lots of bang for the buck, and some of them fairly easy. For example, Mag 2C and 4C High Output Mods.