Military Angle Head Mod?

Hi, those of you who have ever had to use the Military's angle head flashlight know it sucks. Are there any mods available to make it more powerful? I'm a cadet who has to use one for Landnav and such and I'd like to actually have some power to it. Thanks for the help.

Contact ElektroLumens,Wayne does a led mod that should give you more light and better runtime. ElektroLumens is a member here. Here's a link to ElektroLumens anglehead mod. http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/ca...ser-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact Hope this helps.

Looks good but I don't really have $60. Is there anywhere I could find instruction to go radioshack on one of these things?

TCBA_Joe said:

Looks good but I don't really have $60. Is there anywhere I could find instruction to go radioshack on one of these things?

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The SMJLED dropin should fit. It might cost like 16/17 bucks with shipping. Here's a link http://theledguy.chainreactionweb.com/product_info.php?cPath=48_56_83&products_id=853 Hopefully this will work for you.

TCBA_Joe said:

Looks good but I don't really have $60. Is there anywhere I could find instruction to go radioshack on one of these things?

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I think a replacement bulb will be the most performance improving and cost effective solution. For a brighter light, I'm betting that one of mag instruments 2D maglite drop-ins will work, though you'll have the same problems with them in it as others have had with them in their maglites. They have poor heat management so output will start high, but as heat collects output will drop. After a while, output will level off as temperatures stabilize.

I reworked one here but it's due for a SSC upgrade I think.

-LT

depusm12 said:

The SMJLED dropin should fit. It might cost like 16/17 bucks with shipping. Here's a link http://theledguy.chainreactionweb.com/product_info.php?cPath=48_56_83&products_id=853 Hopefully this will work for you.

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this is the exact same thing
http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1768&strVarSel=&strCompare=

I posted in the MAGLED thread my solution for putting the 2D Maglight LED drop-in into older lights with plastic bulb holders. I'm sure this would work in this case also. See this thread:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/1614671&postcount=291

Er, what is aluminium "flashing"?

I'm interested - I would like to build a RoP in a tinplate flashlight, but the bulbholder is the single weakpoint...

lctorana said:

Er, what is aluminium "flashing"?

I'm interested - I would like to build a RoP in a tinplate flashlight, but the bulbholder is the single weakpoint...

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Aluminum flashing is sold in rolls at Home Depot (and others) and is used in roofing. I wouldn't go out and buy a roll just for this. Since I did these mods I have felt that packing aluminum foil around the bulb might actually work better since there would be more aluminum mass around the bulb.