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Hello All!
I'm very excited to show off a review of a little dropin crafted by Steve Ku, who has named his company Veleno Designs. He had an initial run, but because of problems associated with the driver he obtained, a second run was made with updated drivers.. This review covers the neutral white 2 mode module.
The dropin is meant to be a direct substitute of the Surefire incandescent dropin for E-series lights. It will only fit in the incandescent format of the light.
Tested OTF Lumens -- From BigChelis
Cool White Model: 299.2 Lumens Peak
First off, we'll start with the packaging. Veleno Designs didn't bother to waste money on fancy packaging, and instead opted to make do with what's currently available on the market.
The dropin is actually ingeniously packaged in what appears to be one of those little capsules that used to be common in vending machines which dispence toys..... if only we flashaholics could find such a vending machine which dispensed dropins
Regardless, the dropin is very well packaged and doesn't look like it will be damaged during transit. Mine wasn't.
The dropin itself is made of brass. Ignore the copper on the module for the moment as that is in a different image.
The emitter board appears hand ground, but it is centered well, and soldering looks fine.
the dropin actually included a pretty long strip of copper tape, rather expensive stuff for the record. It appears there is a high variance inside surefire e heads and the tape will make the module fit more snugly for better heat dissipation.
The dropin compared to the stock e2e bulb.
fit's fine! the module also goes inside the battery tube itself
Comparison Beamshots:
comparing the dropin to the stock bulb (running on brand new cells)
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of course, the above image was on low, this is on high! buahahhaha
Outdoor Beamshots:
Veleno Designs E series XP-G Dropin 1x17670
Runtime:
As you can probably tell, I like this module quite a bit! There was only one other tower module for the e series produced, and I believe it was koala's custom towers with a rebel emitter. It's been a while and I feel Ku's dropin is a worthy upgrade to our e series lights.
Pretty short conclusion -- but I'll just flat out say it: Buy it before it's gone! I think I have a new EDC (surefire e2e.. )
these little gems are available ion the veleno designs website:
do visit it!
I'm very excited to show off a review of a little dropin crafted by Steve Ku, who has named his company Veleno Designs. He had an initial run, but because of problems associated with the driver he obtained, a second run was made with updated drivers.. This review covers the neutral white 2 mode module.
The dropin is meant to be a direct substitute of the Surefire incandescent dropin for E-series lights. It will only fit in the incandescent format of the light.
Tested OTF Lumens -- From BigChelis
Cool White Model: 299.2 Lumens Peak
First off, we'll start with the packaging. Veleno Designs didn't bother to waste money on fancy packaging, and instead opted to make do with what's currently available on the market.
The dropin is actually ingeniously packaged in what appears to be one of those little capsules that used to be common in vending machines which dispence toys..... if only we flashaholics could find such a vending machine which dispensed dropins
Regardless, the dropin is very well packaged and doesn't look like it will be damaged during transit. Mine wasn't.
The dropin itself is made of brass. Ignore the copper on the module for the moment as that is in a different image.
The emitter board appears hand ground, but it is centered well, and soldering looks fine.
the dropin actually included a pretty long strip of copper tape, rather expensive stuff for the record. It appears there is a high variance inside surefire e heads and the tape will make the module fit more snugly for better heat dissipation.
The dropin compared to the stock e2e bulb.
fit's fine! the module also goes inside the battery tube itself
Comparison Beamshots:
comparing the dropin to the stock bulb (running on brand new cells)
..
..
of course, the above image was on low, this is on high! buahahhaha
Outdoor Beamshots:
Veleno Designs E series XP-G Dropin 1x17670
Runtime:
As you can probably tell, I like this module quite a bit! There was only one other tower module for the e series produced, and I believe it was koala's custom towers with a rebel emitter. It's been a while and I feel Ku's dropin is a worthy upgrade to our e series lights.
Pretty short conclusion -- but I'll just flat out say it: Buy it before it's gone! I think I have a new EDC (surefire e2e..
)these little gems are available ion the veleno designs website:
do visit it!
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