well... number one he paid me $25 for a terralux (back when they cost 23 plus shipping) and i wanna build him a heatsinked sscp4 and eat the difference. malkoff is alot of difference. plus i want more build experience and to have someone be able to say "jason made this for me"
how do you guys think it would compare to those two, and can we even get runs of heatsinks made for the ssc p4 anymore when the p7 is out? i looked and couldnt find one.
Of course you can still get heatsinks for the seoul P4s. Don't think that with the introduction of the P7s the P4s are no good anymore.
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4sevens are both selling heatsinks. Both have heatsinks for single seoul P4 and P7 configurations.
How do the terralux, malkoff, and DIY compare? I would put Gene's drop-in at the top, with the DIY light right behind, and the terralux in the back somewhere.
Gene's maglite drop-ins are worth the money. You basically get everything with it. You don't have to worry about it burning up since it has more then adequate heatsinking of both the LED and driver. You also don't have to cut up the switch in your maglite for it to work.
The DIY is very similar, but requires modification to you light and is more involved. It requires skills and knowledge that Gene's drop-in doesn't. This is not a simple drop-in; you have to permanently alter your maglite's switch, but this can be very rewarding and you can do in any way you want. The sky's the limit.
Last is the terralux. The least expensive of all three, very simple to install being a drop-in, and it has respectable output. I just don't trust it like I would my Malkoff or something I built myself even though I've never had any problem with the one I purchased.
