Sometimes even after all the reading one does, and after everything youve learned, the lights still don't turn on. 
Then all of a sudden one day 
the gears start turning and magic happens. This is what occured to me this evening. If interested, keep reading...
I purchased a Dereelight DBS 3SD - the one that uses 18650's with OP refector about a year ago. Had some issues with it not working. Alan was great to deal with, got the problem solved. Accidentally, Alan when shipping sent me the pill - not enough juice from the new 18650 I purchases to make it go - and not meant for 1 x 18650 either. So after talking to Alan, he ships out a 3SD (I purchase a SMO reflector at the same time) and I ship back the 3SM. In the process of my pill traveling overseas Alan changed shop, location, address. The 3SM comes back to me about 5 weeks later stating that the receiver no longer lives at that location. I contact Alan, he says to keep it. I am very surprised and pleased.
So tonight, I get a brilliant idea... let's remove the 3SD pill from the SMO reflector and screw in the pill from a Deal Extreme Cree R2 Drop-In 1-Mode LED Module (3.7V~18V) sku 11836. I put in 2 new out of the package Surefire batteries, grab my SF 6PD with the same pill, sku 11836 pill, but with one of Alans SMO reflectors over the OP reflctor that came with it. Batteries in the SF are 2 x tenergy RCR123's fresh off the charger. So outside in -22 celcius I head with a dumb grin already on my face, kinda like these -->
:huh:
I turn on the SF and it is impressive as always... love it to death (I've Lego'd it with a polished bezel head that you get off the bay, Z48 tailcap and leef grip). The SF throws like mad and lights up a neighbours garage about 7 houses down easily with city lights on.
Next I fire up my newly toyed with Dereelight and the first thing that I thought was HOLY MOTHER @#%$@*#'s is this thing BRIGHT!!! Before, the dereelight with the 3SD and OP reflector on high clearly beat out my SF. Now... lol I cannot even explain. The neightbours garage was lit up like day light. I am simply in awe of this beast.
I love this thing now. Thought the Dereelight was sick before, but now... can't wait to take it camping this coming summer and see what it can do where it is really dark out. From the looks of it, it will easily outshine a 1 million candlepower light.
Other info... in the basement afterwards, at a distance of approximately 25 feet, the hotspot on the SF was around 30 inches across. The dereelight was tight... really tight, a mere 13 or so inches only.
Thanks for reading.
Then all of a sudden one day the gears start turning and magic happens. This is what occured to me this evening. If interested, keep reading... I purchased a Dereelight DBS 3SD - the one that uses 18650's with OP refector about a year ago. Had some issues with it not working. Alan was great to deal with, got the problem solved. Accidentally, Alan when shipping sent me the pill - not enough juice from the new 18650 I purchases to make it go - and not meant for 1 x 18650 either. So after talking to Alan, he ships out a 3SD (I purchase a SMO reflector at the same time) and I ship back the 3SM. In the process of my pill traveling overseas Alan changed shop, location, address. The 3SM comes back to me about 5 weeks later stating that the receiver no longer lives at that location. I contact Alan, he says to keep it. I am very surprised and pleased.
So tonight, I get a brilliant idea... let's remove the 3SD pill from the SMO reflector and screw in the pill from a Deal Extreme Cree R2 Drop-In 1-Mode LED Module (3.7V~18V) sku 11836. I put in 2 new out of the package Surefire batteries, grab my SF 6PD with the same pill, sku 11836 pill, but with one of Alans SMO reflectors over the OP reflctor that came with it. Batteries in the SF are 2 x tenergy RCR123's fresh off the charger. So outside in -22 celcius I head with a dumb grin already on my face, kinda like these -->
:huh:I turn on the SF and it is impressive as always... love it to death (I've Lego'd it with a polished bezel head that you get off the bay, Z48 tailcap and leef grip). The SF throws like mad and lights up a neighbours garage about 7 houses down easily with city lights on.
Next I fire up my newly toyed with Dereelight and the first thing that I thought was HOLY MOTHER @#%$@*#'s is this thing BRIGHT!!! Before, the dereelight with the 3SD and OP reflector on high clearly beat out my SF. Now... lol I cannot even explain. The neightbours garage was lit up like day light. I am simply in awe of this beast.
I love this thing now. Thought the Dereelight was sick before, but now... can't wait to take it camping this coming summer and see what it can do where it is really dark out. From the looks of it, it will easily outshine a 1 million candlepower light.
Other info... in the basement afterwards, at a distance of approximately 25 feet, the hotspot on the SF was around 30 inches across. The dereelight was tight... really tight, a mere 13 or so inches only.
Thanks for reading.
