plasmaman
Enlightened
Just got mine and thought I would take some pics for you to show what good value this $40 light is.
I'm not clever enough to be a hotwire modder, but I guess the components of this light make it a great base.
Glass lens I believe, reflector stippled and machined from one piece of aluminium, O rings everywhere, Lego modular build with extender - with the standard extender you are running 2 x 18650, and without it 3 x 123. Good balance and great output and beam. Not up to M6 quite, but not too far behind in this standard setup.
Sorry no beam shots yet.
I'm told the bulb is NOT the same as the Scorpion 500, but as I don't have one of those I can't comment. But does anyone know what the bulb is, and whether there is something else available that will fit to allow the light to run with 3 x RC123 (11.1v?). I tried 3 x 123 primaries and was OK - but only momentary, but 3 x 3.7v blew the bulb immediately so I guess its a 7.5v or 9v bulb as standard?
John
I'm not clever enough to be a hotwire modder, but I guess the components of this light make it a great base.
Glass lens I believe, reflector stippled and machined from one piece of aluminium, O rings everywhere, Lego modular build with extender - with the standard extender you are running 2 x 18650, and without it 3 x 123. Good balance and great output and beam. Not up to M6 quite, but not too far behind in this standard setup.
Sorry no beam shots yet.
I'm told the bulb is NOT the same as the Scorpion 500, but as I don't have one of those I can't comment. But does anyone know what the bulb is, and whether there is something else available that will fit to allow the light to run with 3 x RC123 (11.1v?). I tried 3 x 123 primaries and was OK - but only momentary, but 3 x 3.7v blew the bulb immediately so I guess its a 7.5v or 9v bulb as standard?
John