I'm not so sure you can change the head in a bodyguard (maybe I'm wrong), but I would get a AA or cr123 body and use the VME head with the m361. Rechargeable battery options would be 14500 (AA) or 16340 (cr123)I've been out of the flashlight game for a while as (shock horror) been fairly happy with what I have… All my Malkoff's are pre the new body design so the new changes are all a bit bewildering at the moment.
I've long lusted after just a simple Okluma DC0 in tumbled aluminium but never going to find one of those… And I hate the thought of Anduril complications... And 97% of other flashlights I find hideous. So as an alternative...
Can someone talk me through 16340 Bodyguard options? - Pref to only use a rechargeable 16340 rather than CR123s
I would love the short new 16340 Bodyguard shrouded body but with a LMH or just a LH
I don't believe the slightly loosen the head hi/low switch exists for the MDC range?
I'm not in the Police or Military so don't need a tactical blinding light so I'm a bit stumped as to how to make it work for me.
Would love a warmish/neutral tint - ideally a Nichia 519a perhaps... And a High that doesn't step down but is more frugal and considered and stays at something in the range of 250 - 350 ish lumens - so I could have a decent long run time and only a mildly warm flashlight in High.
And I think maybe something around 25 lumens for the Low…
Preferably come in on Low always. So kind of like the AA MDC - but I owned the original and it was too long for me.
I have a FiveMega 18350 body ring and a nice big chunky Hexagonal head someone did a little niche run of, with a M61 N LLLL for a little low house light and I love it, but want something a tiny bit more pocketable and with also a bit of a higher output for an EDC light.
Also is the MDC 1CR123 body the same as used in the complete MDC Bodyguard flashlight?
I don't know what lego combinations might work?
Lumens Factory bits?
What custom head options does anyone offer?
Am I right in thinking that the Bodyguard - is sized/threaded the same as a Surefire E-series...? Half of my confusion looking at Lumens Factory etc, is not knowing which bodies/heads/tails/ are the same diameter and thread pitch etc...
I do have a M361N-LMH - and seem to remember there is a VME Valiant?? head that maybe took M61 drop ins for the MDC range?? Edit: Just checked, this still exists... though I wish it had no white lettering/branding on it.
So what would my options be for a head and drop in for a the MDC Bodyguard…
Many thanks