Picked up one of the new model wired looking 123 flaslight at very low cost,
from that place Definitely eXtremely risky to mention the name here.
The flashlight has the head sticking out size ways:
It's got a XPE Q5, with a SMO, the beam is throwy & full of artifacts.
So, it was beheaded upon arrival.
I put a carbon fiber disc surrounding the led, followed by a clear plastic window, then a GITD O-ring.
Without the reflector, it looks like the original Zebra light,
with a bare led that lights up the room broad but dimly.
I wanted to put some kind of collimation but don't want anything to stick out.
I have a bunch of led domes laying around that seem to be good candidates.
From Left to Right; Cree XRE dome, SST-50 dome & SST-90 dome.
It's good to keep those domes around, from dead leds, or from those that fell off. As each one it's
like a miniature Aspheric lens, you never know when you might be able to use one of these:
The SST-50 dome fit well & gave a floody beam looks very even, still very broad coverage but 2-3x
brighter than the bare led W/O any lens. So I glued it on top of the plastic window with a drop of Norland 61.
Theres' no need for UV light or put under the sun. I just turned the light on hi & went to sleep.
wake up the next morning, it's done. There must be some UV comes out of the led that was enough
to set the Glue.
SST-50 Dome over XPE, inside GITD glow ring:
The Clip is very strong, able to clip to the regular belt w/o being deformed like the D10/EX10 clip tends to be.
It sprigs back tight.
Now, I walk around in the basement to look for stuff . look mom, no hands :laughing:.
It's a "belly button light" or perhaps, headlight for "the other brain"?
.
It has a giant diamond shaped beam, fill up the entire camera frame.
The size is very tiny, like a 4Seve Mini 123 size but with a cliky.
Can use CR123 or RCR123, three modes, Hi, Lo & strobe.
The Ano on the black clip is easy to wear out, but the Ano on the light is fine:
from that place Definitely eXtremely risky to mention the name here.
The flashlight has the head sticking out size ways:
It's got a XPE Q5, with a SMO, the beam is throwy & full of artifacts.
So, it was beheaded upon arrival.
I put a carbon fiber disc surrounding the led, followed by a clear plastic window, then a GITD O-ring.
Without the reflector, it looks like the original Zebra light,
with a bare led that lights up the room broad but dimly.
I wanted to put some kind of collimation but don't want anything to stick out.
I have a bunch of led domes laying around that seem to be good candidates.
From Left to Right; Cree XRE dome, SST-50 dome & SST-90 dome.
It's good to keep those domes around, from dead leds, or from those that fell off. As each one it's
like a miniature Aspheric lens, you never know when you might be able to use one of these:
The SST-50 dome fit well & gave a floody beam looks very even, still very broad coverage but 2-3x
brighter than the bare led W/O any lens. So I glued it on top of the plastic window with a drop of Norland 61.
Theres' no need for UV light or put under the sun. I just turned the light on hi & went to sleep.
wake up the next morning, it's done. There must be some UV comes out of the led that was enough
to set the Glue.
SST-50 Dome over XPE, inside GITD glow ring:
The Clip is very strong, able to clip to the regular belt w/o being deformed like the D10/EX10 clip tends to be.
It sprigs back tight.
Now, I walk around in the basement to look for stuff . look mom, no hands :laughing:.
It's a "belly button light" or perhaps, headlight for "the other brain"?
.
It has a giant diamond shaped beam, fill up the entire camera frame.
The size is very tiny, like a 4Seve Mini 123 size but with a cliky.
Can use CR123 or RCR123, three modes, Hi, Lo & strobe.
The Ano on the black clip is easy to wear out, but the Ano on the light is fine:
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