Upgrade Fever

Looking at a favorite light of mine, there always seems to be just one-more-thing to improve. Invariably, that thing becomes available (usually without warning) and I have to have it.

Here's the upgrade chain for what is essentially a single light:





Does it ever stop?

ElectronGuru said:

Does it ever stop?

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I hope not!

It's quite simple, really.

You start out with this:





And after a while, you end up with this:



Photo credit for 2nd pic to BVH, taken from his amazing thread about his 60" Carbon Arc 1942 WWII anti-aircraft searchlight.

I think that our curiosity to upgrade what we already have is what brought most of us to this site. I know that this is what brought be here over 2 years ago. My project was a minimag. I never did upgrade it but got distracted by Deal extreme and it only grows from there.

Try an M30 w 17670/18650 in a 6P. Great upgrade!

That Fivemega C series compatible AW C cell body was a great surprise.

DM51 said:

You start out with this:
And after a while, you end up with this:

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allburger said:

I think that our curiosity to upgrade what we already have is what brought most of us to this site. I know that this is what brought be here over 2 years ago. My project was a minimag.

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Ditto. A long time Mag guy myself. I wasn't happy with my standard MiniMag, so I bought a DiamondLED upgrade for it. Not happy with that, I bought a Mag brand MM LED. Not happy with that, I found CPF and built the Start config above.

MARNAV1 said:

Try an M30 w 17670/18650 in a 6P. Great upgrade!

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Having finished step 4, the very next thing I did was install the quad into the 6P. The form factor is just so right. With a low enough output emitter and a 18650 in a 6P, you have an ideal general purpose light.

divine said:

That Fivemega C series compatible AW C cell body was a great surprise.

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I'm hoping for an even better surprise...

Cosmo7809 said:

I hope not!

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Yea, the struggle between heart (yea, yea, more) and mind (no, thats enough) thats so much fun we keep coming back for more!