Well it had to be done, Luxeon Side Emitter Pill with 2AA Reflectors

Here's the SE Pill:



And some comparitive beam shots:



First up is the Brinkmann 2AA. The threads actually run out just before the reflector moves in enough to focuse a real tight beam.

Note that light measurements are made at 1 meter and beam shots are at ten feet. The Luxeon lens projects about a five foot circle of light at ten feet, where the reflector keeps the beam focused to about 12" at ten feet.



Next up is the MiniMag and Pill combination. The MiniMag does a better job of focusing the beam, but alas, the switch mechanism doesn't function. So some more work would be required to alter the reflector to preserve the on/off switch function. I just wacked the reflector off to get these beam shots.

So, it appears a brighter yet narrower beam is possible using the SE Luxeon and AA reflectors. However, some additional work would be involved to correctly focus the Brinkmann and to make the switch work right in the MiniMag.

Great news Lambda. Thanks
David

Interesting! I am glad the smaller reflectors seem to work better.

Lambda,

Nice work! Have you made any comparisons of the SE to a HD? There's seems to be some controversy about which works better. Just hoping you'd chime on it as well.

Oops. Should have read the other thread first. I see you answered this already.

looks like the current cullimators really do work terrible on the new LSes.

Originally posted by Lux Luthor:
Lambda,

Nice work! Have you made any comparisons of the SE to a HD? There's seems to be some controversy about which works better. Just hoping you'd chime on it as well.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Some time this week I'll try to get a HD in a Mag for direct comparison to the SE in Mag I made Saturday.

Seems to me the HD has more spill light beyond the corona than the SE. But we'll find out.

Stupid work tomorrow, don't they know there are flashlights to be made???

Nice work, Lambda

I guess it's time for me to start experimenting around with the huge pile of AA reflectors I've accumulated..

Sweet! How bout sticking that in an E1e?

12" at 10 feet sounds pretty useful to me...nice work there Lambda.

When can I order one?

Me too

Alan