grnamin
Enlightened
Has anyone figured out how to open up the SF Saint yet? If you have, please post instructions here. Thank you.
Modding an SF Saint?
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milkyspit
Flashlight Enthusiast
I've opened a Minimus but have some bad news to report: it's not for the faint of heart, and it's likely you'll both compromise the waterproofness of the light, and risk ripping the metal ring and dome off the stock Cree XR-E. It's not a particularly mod-friendly host.
grnamin
Enlightened
Thank you, Scott. Does involve opening the cylinder housing in half sagittally?
milkyspit
Flashlight Enthusiast
grnamin
Enlightened
Thank you! I was in the process of opening mine when I realized completely opening the head would have been too destructive and irreversible.
vtunderground
Enlightened
Milkyspit: Do you have any pictures of the inside of the Saint? I'm curious what the guts look like.
milkyspit
Flashlight Enthusiast
Won't have time to take any photos for at least a few days... if I have a spare moment after that, I'll try to snap a few.
yowzer
Enlightened
Huh. I would have bet the Saint/Minimus used a SSC P4, based on what little I could make out of the LED through the optic.
milkyspit
Flashlight Enthusiast
Not the one I opened. It was a Cree XR-E. Note that the actual die itself (the light-producing element, square, yellowish in color) is exactly the same in the Seoul P4 and the Cree XR-E... Seoul Semiconductor buys their dice from Cree.
yowzer
Enlightened
Didn't know that either. I've never done a side-by-side comparison (Don't own any SSC-powered lights), but always had the impression that the die on the P4 was bigger. Learn something new every day...
