Flashlights that i design :) (Need comments)

Hello everyone!

For the past months i have been trying to design my own flashlight design using autocad and would like to share my design with you guys.

I dont know if the design will suit everyone taste but here is the 5 designs and some interesting information of my design

Let the pic do the talking instead ( i copy them from the ppt slide i made ;x)

Warning:My english might not be perfect and the spec for the flashlight is for referenceonly












If the response is good. Im intending to send my design to one of the company like Fenix,solarforce,thrunite,jetbeam,olight,xtar and other brands who is willing to make my dream flashlight came true


The heat sink of mine is a whole chunk of aluminium as seen on the second last pic. If you guys have any questions, i will try my best to answer you.

Any idea if i can do a poll on this?

What do you guys think of the designs? good or bad? negative comments is always needed for improvement

Thanks!

Welcome to CPF! Number 3 looks pretty awesome...I'd buy it!

Yeah, Number 3 looks good. Although what this thread really makes me wanna do is go find myself a metal replica lightsaber and throw some 18650's and an XM-L in there...

I like number 5. I like rod type kind of light.

Number 2 is more my style. 4500 Lumens baby!

I like Number 3 and Number 5.
Sent it to 4Sevens, warranty servive faster than over sea.

Number 3

Interesting how you use inches, but have poor english...
So the heatsink is the same chunk of aluminum that makes up the outer head?

hellokitty[hk] said:

Interesting how you use inches, but have poor english...
So the heatsink is the same chunk of aluminum that makes up the outer head?

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Hey, 1 inch = about 2.6cm, dont worry my english is poor too
the heatsink is a part alone, so we have a tailcap, batt tube, heat sink with driver, and lastly the head of the flashlight where the reflecter will be.

and thanks for everyone comments! if there is anything to be improved, i will change it.
do you guys think that flashlight company will accept my design?

I like #2, but in neutral please.

The #2 design is what I'm hoping the established manufacturers will produce. I guess if I don't see anything similar (ie. 2/3/4 * 18650 powered, each LED driven at least 3A and at least a tri-LED design), I'll wait for what you come up with.

I don't like lights that are that bright to come on in high. I think low should be first, and ideally, with a memory. Also, I would prefer more of a logarithmic mode spacing. .2, 10, 100, 1000

hansheng said:

Hey, 1 inch = about 2.6cm

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1 inch = 2.54cm so it's closer to 2.5 than 2.6

If you're using 2.6cm an inch for conversion, you're allowing more room for error.


I'm intrigued by #2, but I don't dive so it may not work for me.

Im willing to bet you don't have a lot of machining experience...

But nice designs, keep it up! Are your plans to one day actually build one of these?

I like 3 and 4.
Would be nice to see a AA light somewhere in your design as well.

#2 with a single XM-L and running AA cells would get my money.