Upgrade for M500A

My M500 has been sitting in the closet for a couple of years now, and I sorta miss it. As it's 6+ years old, I'm assuming there's better technology available for it.

It's used almost exclusively indoors, so I want to go with an LED.

I'm not hiking with it, and I have the nav lights, so runtime isn't a priority. I want lumens!


What are my options? Will the LF P7 fit/work? Is there a cheaper LED drop in?

DrunkUncas said:

My M500 has been sitting in the closet for a couple of years now, and I sorta miss it. As it's 6+ years old, I'm assuming there's better technology available for it.

It's used almost exclusively indoors, so I want to go with an LED.

I'm not hiking with it, and I have the nav lights, so runtime isn't a priority. I want lumens!


What are my options? Will the LF P7 fit/work? Is there a cheaper LED drop in?

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What size dropin is it using?

The LF P7 Seraph should fit. The OpticsHQ TX4 should also fit. Search CPF for threads on both products. If you already have a KT4 TurboHead for the M500A, then you can also use the various LED turbo towers that are available on CPF (nailbender sells a complete module, AW sells a kit, netkidz sells a kit). Search CPF for numerous threads on LED turbo towers. Nailbender also sells an LED drop-in for the smaller D36 sized bezel, if you don't have a KT4. To fit this LED drop-in, you either have to mod the SF bezel (essentially, remove the shock-absorbing system), or else also buy a pre-mod'ed clone bezel from nailbender.

I guess I should have specified that it is bone stock.

Is that allowed here?