Supernam
Enlightened
It's not even worth posting pictures. So I bought an L6 a couple of years ago. It has gone through a couple of transformations since then. Originally it was a Lux V at about 700mA. I was unhappy with the donut and about 6 months after getting it, I had a Cree P4 put into it by CM and the current bumped to 1A. It was way brighter, but the beam became a little TOO narrow. It was like a little needle with bright spill. I then swapped out the Cree for a SSC P4 USVOH. The beam improved and the color was much cleaner.
The light has been well used. It was never a shelf queen from day one, it has banged against plenty of Yosemite granite, taken a fall on asphalt, and been clicked on until HOT inside of a duffel bag. It can take it all!
With technology developing at an exponential rate, I knew that while the cool looks of the L6 will never get old, the performance will. The head at this at this point had numerous scratches around the bezel and other damage to the HA. So... I took a big risk and decided to try the P7 swap.
I started by drilling a 3/8" hole to enlarge reflector, it fit perfectly. I didn't have to touch the driver since it was already running at 1A and the Vf's of the previous Cree and SSC P4's were similar to the P7's. I was most concerned with the reflector's focus with the quad die P7. If it turned out ok, I would order an SOB1500 from the shoppe and have a handy 400lm L6. Unfortunately... the beam was NOT nice.
DARN DONUT HOLE!
Yes it was brighter but... DARN DONUT HOLE.
It's ok, it was the KL6's time to retire. Goodbye KL6, you have served me well. Someone hold me. :grouphug:
The light has been well used. It was never a shelf queen from day one, it has banged against plenty of Yosemite granite, taken a fall on asphalt, and been clicked on until HOT inside of a duffel bag. It can take it all!
With technology developing at an exponential rate, I knew that while the cool looks of the L6 will never get old, the performance will. The head at this at this point had numerous scratches around the bezel and other damage to the HA. So... I took a big risk and decided to try the P7 swap.
I started by drilling a 3/8" hole to enlarge reflector, it fit perfectly. I didn't have to touch the driver since it was already running at 1A and the Vf's of the previous Cree and SSC P4's were similar to the P7's. I was most concerned with the reflector's focus with the quad die P7. If it turned out ok, I would order an SOB1500 from the shoppe and have a handy 400lm L6. Unfortunately... the beam was NOT nice.
DARN DONUT HOLE!
Yes it was brighter but... DARN DONUT HOLE.
It's ok, it was the KL6's time to retire. Goodbye KL6, you have served me well. Someone hold me. :grouphug:
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