Sam's Club Cyclops question

I bought a number of these a few years ago and still have 2 brand new in the blister pack. Great deal at the time. Well....I have been trrying to learn and become as little more knowledgeable about flashlights. All of the abbreviation's are a bit overwhelming though. :thinking:

I did a search in the hopes of learning how to convert these to LED's. There is not much information and most of the threads are 2 years old. I did recently see a thread topped about a battery exploding in one of these but nothing more recent.

2 more years of technology and LED dropins fairly common now. Is there something out there that will work as a drop in? I did find this message and picture in the archives from Nikon about the size at the time.

nikon said:

What does fit absolutely perfectly, however, is the lamp assembly from a UK 4AA, both the eLED and the incan type. With the incan you can use either the 2w. or 4w. version.

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I looked around for a drop in that might fit the size. There are a few over a DX and Kai. The diameter is not so much an issue as the length. If I was to find one that fit or even mod the springs a bit, will it work? Or do I have to concern myself with the electrical aspects? I see a lot of talk about voltages, amps etc. I know next to nothing about these. I assume (bad I know :naughty that if I can make it fit it will likely work. The light uses CR123's now and the voltages should work if I understand the little I have read here.

If this is the wrong forum to ask, Mods please move to the appropriate one.

Thanks in advance.

I recently got a couple of these off ebay. I was thinking about modding them but after researching it it just wasnt worth it. A drop in will work but you would have to turn down the outside diameter and shorten the length. Alot of work. But the biggest problem I saw was the palstic lens. It looked and felt like cheap plastic and Im not sure it would hold up to the heat of todays LED'S.

Thank you for the response.

I think that the Plastic lens would hold up just fine to LED's. If it can survive the heat from an Incan bulb, LED Out-the-front heat would be no problem. If you can get a drop in that fits, I'd say go for it. You'll probably get a lot better run time, at a reasonable brightness level.