kosPap
Flashlight Enthusiast
UPDATE Mar 20: A new specimen has been added in post #11. A Spiderfire Reverse Clickie taht is readily two-stage moddable too..
UPDATE Jan 29: The compatibility table was revised. Also another tailcap was added...A Momentary On from Spiderfile. See post #6 for more info on it
Now lets start with a view of....
And here are the Extenders
The Spiderfire is a whole different animal, and almost useless for Legos...On the pic is marked the problem with it...Both the male and the female end of it are lower than the norm. That creates more room in the flashlight tube by 2 ways...The tube itself is extended and the tailcap screws higher...This particular extender I got for an Ebay store, the Flashlight_Store.comHere what it looks like on a Solarforce L2M. it does not screw all the way down
Now this may be good after all...Fellow member Old4570 used a similar 18650 sized one to his advantage – T=tolerance stacking - making a 3AA tube saving space on 2 18650 long tubes...For more please see this Now...I spent some time testing the possible configurations. Results are summed in the:
Tailcap Compatibility Chart
It is obvious that the Spiderfire products have their BIG share of compatibility issues...Both the extender and momentary-on tailcap are actually unsusable...
UPDATE Mar 20: I have found a new use for this peculiar tailcap...On the flashlight in my sig....The spiderfire tailcap works better than the Surefire 6P one...(the latter had its spring crushed by the battery column). So there is hope for the lowly existences after all!
The Missing Items
- Surefire Clickie Tailcaps
- UNIQUE Continously Variable Tailcap
- Solarforce S2, S3, S4, S5 tailcaps
- Optiqs HQ Variable Output Tailcaps
NEW Addition
I was asked for a pic of the tailcaps innards...Here they are
from left: Solarforce (converted to two-mode, resistor barely showing) – Ultrafire C1 – Spiderfire Momentary On – Spiderfire & Ultrafire Reverse Clickies (sharing same switch, KD forward clickie easily modable)
UPDATE Jan 29: The compatibility table was revised. Also another tailcap was added...A Momentary On from Spiderfile. See post #6 for more info on it
Now lets start with a view of....
And here are the Extenders
The Spiderfire is a whole different animal, and almost useless for Legos...On the pic is marked the problem with it...Both the male and the female end of it are lower than the norm. That creates more room in the flashlight tube by 2 ways...The tube itself is extended and the tailcap screws higher...This particular extender I got for an Ebay store, the Flashlight_Store.comHere what it looks like on a Solarforce L2M. it does not screw all the way down
Now this may be good after all...Fellow member Old4570 used a similar 18650 sized one to his advantage – T=tolerance stacking - making a 3AA tube saving space on 2 18650 long tubes...For more please see this Now...I spent some time testing the possible configurations. Results are summed in the:
Tailcap Compatibility Chart
It is obvious that the Spiderfire products have their BIG share of compatibility issues...Both the extender and momentary-on tailcap are actually unsusable...
UPDATE Mar 20: I have found a new use for this peculiar tailcap...On the flashlight in my sig....The spiderfire tailcap works better than the Surefire 6P one...(the latter had its spring crushed by the battery column). So there is hope for the lowly existences after all!
The Missing Items
- Surefire Clickie Tailcaps
- UNIQUE Continously Variable Tailcap
- Solarforce S2, S3, S4, S5 tailcaps
- Optiqs HQ Variable Output Tailcaps
NEW Addition
I was asked for a pic of the tailcaps innards...Here they are
from left: Solarforce (converted to two-mode, resistor barely showing) – Ultrafire C1 – Spiderfire Momentary On – Spiderfire & Ultrafire Reverse Clickies (sharing same switch, KD forward clickie easily modable)
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