offthetrail
Newly Enlightened
Hi guys. I just wanted to share some good results of a flashlight modification done by vinhnguyen54.
I had a very early Eagletac M3C4 with the single XM-L T6 LED. I got bored with it after a few years and ordered a new revised head for the light from Eagletac that was supposed to be more lumens and driven harder with better throw. The head came in, and I was pleased with it. It was brighter with more throw and it had a much prettier beam without any artifacts like my original. ( I didn't have a lux meter at the time, but throw was supposed to go from 48k lux to 65k+ lux)
Fast forward till now. I read all of these threads about vinhnguyen54 modifying lights for people and turning them into throw monsters. I had my old original XM-L lead just sitting there not doing anything, so I sent it to him to see if he could modify it. For a very reasonable price he modified it and I am very happy with the results.
He took the original XM-L T6 out and put in a de-domed XM-L2 U2 and increased the current a little bit. I love the tint that the de-doming changed also since I am liking neutrals more and more now. He also tweaked the beam and got rid of all the artifacts that used to show originally. On my cheap lux meter measured at 5m and them converted to lux at 1m the revised Eagletac head shows 70k lux and the vinhnguyen54 modified head shows right at 175k lux. It throws substantially further in the limited outdoor testing that I have done. This is quite a bit of throw out of a small reflectored relatively compact light.
I just wanted to thank vinhnguyen54 and share the good results.
I had a very early Eagletac M3C4 with the single XM-L T6 LED. I got bored with it after a few years and ordered a new revised head for the light from Eagletac that was supposed to be more lumens and driven harder with better throw. The head came in, and I was pleased with it. It was brighter with more throw and it had a much prettier beam without any artifacts like my original. ( I didn't have a lux meter at the time, but throw was supposed to go from 48k lux to 65k+ lux)
Fast forward till now. I read all of these threads about vinhnguyen54 modifying lights for people and turning them into throw monsters. I had my old original XM-L lead just sitting there not doing anything, so I sent it to him to see if he could modify it. For a very reasonable price he modified it and I am very happy with the results.
He took the original XM-L T6 out and put in a de-domed XM-L2 U2 and increased the current a little bit. I love the tint that the de-doming changed also since I am liking neutrals more and more now. He also tweaked the beam and got rid of all the artifacts that used to show originally. On my cheap lux meter measured at 5m and them converted to lux at 1m the revised Eagletac head shows 70k lux and the vinhnguyen54 modified head shows right at 175k lux. It throws substantially further in the limited outdoor testing that I have done. This is quite a bit of throw out of a small reflectored relatively compact light.
I just wanted to thank vinhnguyen54 and share the good results.
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