cornkid....look upon Mags not as inferior lights but as lights waiting to realize their destiny.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Many years ago I was given a pewter MM as a special gift by someone who meant well and that light kinda did its job.. well.. could have done a lot better, but that was the best we had so many years ago. Of course, I can't get rid of this particular MM, so what's the next best thing?
A dat2zip sandwich of course... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Currently it has a choice of red 30 lumen sandwich or the MadMax+ with a TY0L on it. The amount of light coming out of the front end is waaaaaaaaaay cool! You'll never look at an MM the same way again once you get a SO17XA reflector, mineral glass lens, and a high output pill in it. By high output I'm talking about 1.5W and higher, such as the MM+, BB500 based sandwiches, Lambda's current pill and the one offered by modamag. Those are no-compromises-brightness-first sandwiches.
The SO17XA/SO20XA/SO27XA eliminate the need to sputter, all of mine have smooth surfaces yet put out the cleanest beams I've ever seen.