Tiablo A9 53mm aspherical upgrade head!

[Swedpat]

Patric,

Thanks for your info and pic. Looks good🙂. I was thinking of cutting out a cardboard into an o-ring shape, using the plastic retainer for the lens as a template and put it on the front inner side of the bezel between the GITD o-ring and the lens. Its really bugging me actually because I can't put it bezel down and its just protrudes about 0.5mm only.

By covering the holes does it make a lot of difference?

shahzh,

By covering the holes will not make any difference for the throwing, but in my opinion the holes during some occations are annoying because I don't want stray light at the sides near me. Though I think the holes were made for a cool design, I don't consider them practical.
Especially not at a starparty, when the amateurastronomers using their telescopes don't want annoying light spreading around...

Regards, Patric

 

[FlashlightsNgear.com]

Any suggestion on how to make the aspheric lens not protruding from the bezel?. I've tried using the black o-ring and the GITD together it doesn't work well.

Iam wondering why this upgraded lens doesnt come with directions? It shouldn't Protrude from the bezel, hearing this doesnt sound right to me, maybe its installed wrong. I get mine Wednesday and hope it fits because I really like my light now and wont if this upgrade is a pain. 🙂

 

[shahzh]

Patric,

Thanks for the explaination. At last I managed to mod the aspherical lens from not protruding out by using the microwaveable plastic container and cut it into a spacer just like the one they include to retain the lens from falling out. I cut it using a round cutter. Now the lens sits about 2mm lower from the bezel:thumbsup:. But when fully tighten the head it won't go all the way leaving a slight gap.

 

[mrmonk7663]

Shahzh,,,What exactly did you do to raise the bezel height further over the lense? Also, mine came with a GIGANTIC ORING. What the heck is is for? I personally thought this light sucked UNTIL someone mentioned the focusing of the beam...now I understand how much brighter it is than all my other flashlights (Deree and Dorcy) This light is pretty sweet with the Lense mod!!!

 

[shahzh]

I just add some plastic spacers...similiar to the one that holds the lens, its just a tad thinner. You put it at the bottom of the bezel before the GITD o-ring.

 

[FlashlightsNgear.com]

I got my upgrade head today and have been in the woods trying it out, it really improved the throw but now their is NO spill, except the light coming from the holes in the head, if you dont hold the light out from your body the light coming from the holes can be anoying if holding the light just right. BTW I took one stock head off and installed the new one and the lens is perfect, sitting on a flat surface (table) the lens does not touch the surface, must be quality control if some are. I didnt use any of the supplied o-rings and everything is perfect, the head is tight and the coating/paint is perfect.

 

[shahzh]

Lucky you....probably the first batch have QC problem.😱

 

[Rancid Badger]

I received mine today - lo and behold, the lens protrudes beyond the bezel. :shakehead

 

[mrmonk7663]

My lens protrudes ever so slightly too...honestly i'm not real worried about it. What I would like to know though is what the hell this gigantic O-ring is for that came with it? Also, what does GITD oring mean.

 

[Ryanrpm]

I would have thought we would have seen a lot more outdoor beamshots by now....:thinking:

Can anyone help us out with those??

 

[shahzh]

My lens protrudes ever so slightly too...honestly i'm not real worried about it. What I would like to know though is what the hell this gigantic O-ring is for that came with it? Also, what does GITD oring mean.

The black gigantic o-ring you referred to is to replace the GITD (Glow In The Dark) o-ring in case you don't like it.

 

[JNewell]

Is it possible that using the black o-ring under the GITD ring would solve the problem a few users have reported where the bezel does not extend fully to protect the lens?

 

[radu1976]

I got mine and I am happy with that.
Once the head was completly screwed to the main body I was unable to get the best focus position.
So I had to unscrew a bit the 2 pieces of the head but in that case the lens was rattling inside the head.
Then I have added the extra big o-ring and now the head is completely screwed and the best focus was achieved ! :twothumbs

It throws really good but it can't compete with my ex-DEFT which was putting 3 times more lux according to the estimations. However the DEFT was considerably bulkier

 

[mrmonk7663]

Thanks for letting me know what the big oring is for and what GITD stands for 🙂 I'll swap out the GITD for the black one on Sunday and see how it goes. Thanks.

 

[moviles]

how many mm of diametre has the thread??????????

 

[ez78]

I fixed the lens protruding issue by taking the white plastic ring from behind the lens and inserted it on the GITD ring. No extra parts needed. Then I think I fixed the lens rattling when the head is unscrewed issue by making an 'o-ring' from electrical wire and inserted it where the white plastic ring used to be.

Edit: I am not totally sure if the hotspot can be focused to give sharp picture of the emitter with these fixes...I don't have my tiablo A9 yet, still in the mail, but had to experiment with the throw head.

moviles: The diameter is 24.5mm.

 

[FlashlightsNgear.com]

Sounds like a defective product, send them back to Tiablo if the lens is loose or protruding.

 

[HEDP]

Im in for (1) for sure.....would you like a PM regarding?

Thanks,
PAUL
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[moviles]

moviles: The diameter is 24.5mm.

ty man

 

[MIKES250R]

I received my new Tiablo A-9 with the aspherical lense(thanks Joseph). I must say that I am pleasantly surprised that the Tiablo with the aspherical lense is more functional than I thought it would be. After some adjusting of the head, a few turns here and a few turns there the beam can be focussed in and out quite a bit. I have settled on a nice round beam pattern that still has plenty of throw. Sure there is the whole novelty of the thing- that is the wow factor. However, I really do see myself using the asperical head especially on the boat at night when I am trying to find navigational markers at great distance. In the past I had relied on one of my HID lights which was bulkier and did not give me the instant on gradification of the LED. More testing and evaluation is needed but right now I am truly loving this impressive little torch .

Mike