garfieldso
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Just brought a Solar Force CREE Q5, 5 mode inter head said to be also fitted for Surefire 6P or 9P; it cost is about US$22. And I have worked out to fit it in my Surefire G2 to replace the P60 lamp.
At first trial, the outer G2 head could not be screwed in. And I found that the outer spring was bigger than the original P60.
After removed the outer spring, the G2 head could be screwed in but not tightly fitted with a gap of 1~2mm. After some trials I found that the inter reflector and the CREE Q5 housing could be adjusted the length by screwing in and out as to fit for the G2 head.
It had a plastic ring at the reflector to avoid the short circuit of CREE.
Here is the CREE Q5
Here is the assembly of Surefire with CREE Q5
The most disappoint is that the CREE Q5 5 modes head hasn't the memory, thus the 5 different modes High, mid, low, strobe and SOS will be cycling for each switching on and off. Therefore the tactic tail switch of G2 becomes useless, because every press of the tactic switch is changing to another mode.
Used 2 x 3.7V 800mA protected Li-ion cells and ran the stress test at high level. It lasted for around 40~min before the batteries cut off.
The Power consumption after switched on 5 minutes:
2 x 3.7V protected
High - 970mA (770mA when freshly lites on at cool)
2 x 3.0V 123a
High - 800mA
Mid - 330mA
Low - 71mA
1 x 3.7V protected
High - 350mA (It means that without the high mode)
Mid - 350mA
Low 93mA
1 x 3.0V 123a
High - 45mA (It means that without the high & Mid mode)
Mid - 45mA (It means that without the high & Mid mode)
Low 45mA
Brightness compares vs Jet-II Q5 (3V123a). Photos taken at ISO200 @ 1/4 Sec.
Jet-II 1 x 3V - high
Q5 Mod Surefire G2 2 x 3V - high
Q5 Mod Surefire G2 2 x 3.7V protected - high
At first trial, the outer G2 head could not be screwed in. And I found that the outer spring was bigger than the original P60.
After removed the outer spring, the G2 head could be screwed in but not tightly fitted with a gap of 1~2mm. After some trials I found that the inter reflector and the CREE Q5 housing could be adjusted the length by screwing in and out as to fit for the G2 head.
It had a plastic ring at the reflector to avoid the short circuit of CREE.
Here is the CREE Q5
Here is the assembly of Surefire with CREE Q5
The most disappoint is that the CREE Q5 5 modes head hasn't the memory, thus the 5 different modes High, mid, low, strobe and SOS will be cycling for each switching on and off. Therefore the tactic tail switch of G2 becomes useless, because every press of the tactic switch is changing to another mode.
Used 2 x 3.7V 800mA protected Li-ion cells and ran the stress test at high level. It lasted for around 40~min before the batteries cut off.
The Power consumption after switched on 5 minutes:
2 x 3.7V protected
High - 970mA (770mA when freshly lites on at cool)
2 x 3.0V 123a
High - 800mA
Mid - 330mA
Low - 71mA
1 x 3.7V protected
High - 350mA (It means that without the high mode)
Mid - 350mA
Low 93mA
1 x 3.0V 123a
High - 45mA (It means that without the high & Mid mode)
Mid - 45mA (It means that without the high & Mid mode)
Low 45mA
Brightness compares vs Jet-II Q5 (3V123a). Photos taken at ISO200 @ 1/4 Sec.
Jet-II 1 x 3V - high
Q5 Mod Surefire G2 2 x 3V - high
Q5 Mod Surefire G2 2 x 3.7V protected - high
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