Help! Please? E2d or E2D LED for Eventual Upgrade?

lightlover

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E2d or E2D LED: which model is easiest to upgrade?
And in practical terms, doesn't that mean a LED modd?

The store is holding a sale. I chose an E2d incand, with all-matching Black HA3 – very cute.
As soon as I got home, started thinking that the E2D LED Defender (same price) may have been the better choice.
Basically, I wanted to have an example of the E-series Defender style – BUT – really want to upgrade it, soon.

The few E2-type incand upgrades don't seem particularly bright, but at least they'll just drop-in without me having to make any changes to the light.
If I go for a LED, then the tower drop-in upgrades don't need any metalwork.

But what if I go for something like a Tana TripLED?

All I need to know is if my model is do-able. The crown is a separate part, so it should be removeable.
Inside, the head is recessed to about half-way, with a tube descending to act as the lamp guide.

(The original E2e heads were practically solid aluminium, except for the reflector parabola and a shallow space to allow for a few turns of threading, very over-engineered indeed).

Any advices?
 

vestureofblood

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Hi LL,

My personal take on it would be that the E2DL is easier to upgrade to another LED. Doing the E2d does mean removing a lot of material from inside the head. Not something I would even want to do with out a lathe, but it certainly is possible.

If I am not mistaken Lumens factory still makes some good incan bulbs that you can drive with a pair of IMR cells. I think they are like 150 ish lumens. They also make an LED replacement head for that light.


Doing the E2DL can be done by hand. Back before I had a lathe, I put an SST-90, MOP reflector, and a 3 amp buck driver in one. Only tools I had at the time if I recall were hand tools and a grinder.

I think at this point I would probly suggest maybe an XHP-50 and an FET driver if you do the E2DL. A pair of IMR 16340s in that should net you 1200+ lumens easy.

In the E2D a triple XPG2 would probly be easier cuz of the lower profile

Hope this helps.
 

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