ArsMachina
Enlightened
Hi,
yesterday I received some XR-E LED's and for sure it did not take a long time until I soldered them into some of my lights
As we already learned from others, the reflector / lens is acually the big hazzle.
I started with shortening the MCR-20 of my LionCub and also opened the back end of the reflector to fit over the metal ring of the XR-E.
The result is really incredable, the beam is just perfect and the light is much brighter than before.
Here some pics:
Next in row was my Chammie - as far as I know I did not yet read about any experiences using the chammie reflector with an XR-E.
Fortunally I found out, that this combination is working very well, you do not even need to shorten the reflector.
But you need to bring the reflector far back until it touches the LED.
This means shortening the head including retreading it...
For better centering I will make me a little centering ring between the LED and the reflector soon:
The next light I am using often and would like to see brighter (even it is already very bright, especially with my MCR-27 / U-Bin Mod), is my Gladius.
Unfortunately the IMS-27 and also the MCR-27 are not doing well with the Cree
But as I am having some dozens of the Chammie reflector, I decided to install this one, also here I will need a centering ring:
As the Chammie reflector is quite longer, the head does not fit right.
At this pictire yu can see the gap between the head and the tube, and I did not even install the o-ring at the glass...
But the result is just breathtaking - so I will make me a new head from the scratch, which is long enough to cover the new reflector.
These LED's are really unbelievable toys giving a lot of pleasure!
Jochen
yesterday I received some XR-E LED's and for sure it did not take a long time until I soldered them into some of my lights
As we already learned from others, the reflector / lens is acually the big hazzle.
I started with shortening the MCR-20 of my LionCub and also opened the back end of the reflector to fit over the metal ring of the XR-E.
The result is really incredable, the beam is just perfect and the light is much brighter than before.
Here some pics:
Next in row was my Chammie - as far as I know I did not yet read about any experiences using the chammie reflector with an XR-E.
Fortunally I found out, that this combination is working very well, you do not even need to shorten the reflector.
But you need to bring the reflector far back until it touches the LED.
This means shortening the head including retreading it...
For better centering I will make me a little centering ring between the LED and the reflector soon:
The next light I am using often and would like to see brighter (even it is already very bright, especially with my MCR-27 / U-Bin Mod), is my Gladius.
Unfortunately the IMS-27 and also the MCR-27 are not doing well with the Cree
But as I am having some dozens of the Chammie reflector, I decided to install this one, also here I will need a centering ring:
As the Chammie reflector is quite longer, the head does not fit right.
At this pictire yu can see the gap between the head and the tube, and I did not even install the o-ring at the glass...
But the result is just breathtaking - so I will make me a new head from the scratch, which is long enough to cover the new reflector.
These LED's are really unbelievable toys giving a lot of pleasure!
Jochen