I took about 3 years off my life with this upgrade. It does not look too hard now, but the process was tricky and not straight forward with only hand tools. This was probably about 10 hours work.
The first few photos show my first attempt with an XPG2 LED. I made the error of not making the LED board thinner. I was not happy with the XPG2, so I ordered a 5000K XML from Craig and tried again with that. I thinned up the board which set the LED lower in the housing and creates a great beam profile. It is much, much brighter with the XML than the original LED. Low is still low. Loving the new tint.
The biggest problem I had was with the two stage spring during reassembly. I couldn't get the thing to reliably step up from low to high. I know it has to do with the way the contacts are hit as the battery compresses the spring. If anybody has guidance on how to set the spring properly, please let me know. (have since figured it out - works perfectly now)
If you are looking for detailed instructions, I would be happy to describe. Just too lazy to type it up now. It took me quite a while and 5 or 6 attempts to reverse engineer the re-assembly of this light.
I really love the simplicity of this design. Along with McGizmo lights, I consider Muyshondt's to be a master stroke of design.
eala
XPG2 Attempt:
XML Attempt (I have since centred the LED so it does not look this far off):
The first few photos show my first attempt with an XPG2 LED. I made the error of not making the LED board thinner. I was not happy with the XPG2, so I ordered a 5000K XML from Craig and tried again with that. I thinned up the board which set the LED lower in the housing and creates a great beam profile. It is much, much brighter with the XML than the original LED. Low is still low. Loving the new tint.
The biggest problem I had was with the two stage spring during reassembly. I couldn't get the thing to reliably step up from low to high. I know it has to do with the way the contacts are hit as the battery compresses the spring. If anybody has guidance on how to set the spring properly, please let me know. (have since figured it out - works perfectly now)
If you are looking for detailed instructions, I would be happy to describe. Just too lazy to type it up now. It took me quite a while and 5 or 6 attempts to reverse engineer the re-assembly of this light.
I really love the simplicity of this design. Along with McGizmo lights, I consider Muyshondt's to be a master stroke of design.
eala
XPG2 Attempt:
XML Attempt (I have since centred the LED so it does not look this far off):
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