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UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > the ultimate Maglite? (Viewed 283 times) tick  Location: Abingdon, VA Gender: Male  |  |  |  the ultimate Maglite? < on 1/25/2005 3:49 AM >   ...don't know if anyone here has done this before... I took a 3D Maglite, modified the switch and reflector, added a Luxeon III LED epoxied to a machined aluminum heatsink, and topped it off with and AR-coated glass lens... click to view The result is Maglite toughness, with the reliability, brightness (an estimated 80+ Lumens), long life, and smooth beam of a Luxeon III LED. Here's the heatsink + LED before wiring: click to view Here's the beam of a regular incandescent 3D Maglite: click to view Here's the beam of my Lux III Maglite: click to view Needless to say, I'm quite pleased ofberenonehand  Location: Minn-e-snow-ta "Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve."  |  Re: the ultimate Maglite? <Reply # 1 on 1/25/2005 3:55 AM >   How much did it run you? I recently picked up a 4D mag and I've been thinking about a conversion. "That's What Government Is For; To Get In A Man's Way" -Mal dev  Passed away September 23rd, 2006.  |  Re: the ultimate Maglite? <Reply # 2 on 1/25/2005 7:51 AM >   there's these: http://www.luxeons...d=178&link_str=178 and here's a whole list of reviews of LED replacement dropins: http://www.flashli...index_ledbulbs.htm [last edit 1/25/2005 8:14 AM by dev - edited 2 times] tick  Location: Abingdon, VA Gender: Male  |  |  |  Re: the ultimate Maglite? <Reply # 3 on 1/25/2005 12:14 PM >   Yeah, I almost got the EverLed drop-in LED, but this way the LED is heatsinked (heatsank? heatsunk?) to the body of the Maglite, so I don't have to worry about the LED overheating (Luxeon LED's give off obscene amounts of heat). Also, it's brighter this way It really works best with a 3-cell Maglite, but you could still do this with a 4-cell one... here are some instructions I found. Just the LED and heatsink and around $30, plus whatever the cost of wires, thermal epoxy, etc... is. I could easily make more of these if anyone was interested... I could probably also do a dropin LED "kit" if you already have a 3D Maglite, I'd just have to check on how cheap I can get new Mag internals for. dev  Passed away September 23rd, 2006.  |  Re: the ultimate Maglite? <Reply # 4 on 1/25/2005 9:32 PM >   that's why i'm really fond of this piece: source: http://www.quality...030ff2d0913cd17d03 review: http://www.flashli...amond_magbulbs.htm Note the the original mag bulb collar is replaced by the bulb assembly; thus, a direct metal connection is made to transfer heat from the bulb down to the rest of the body of the flashlight, and given that maglites are machined aluminum, the heat transfer capability is excellent. on a side note, look at the output of the luxeon 3 watt lambertian; still focusable, into a rather small beam (compared to many others), and it's over twice the output of the stock incandescant, and you STILL get better battery life. HOTTT. --dev deltacbravo  Location: NYC, Rochester I am Shiva, the Destroyer of Worlds  |  |  Re: the ultimate Maglite? <Reply # 5 on 1/27/2005 6:15 AM >   Sure they're expensive, but I swear by Surefire LED lights. Their 5-watt luxeon is quite a hot product. http://www.surefir...fnbr/387/sesent/00 http://www.industrialnewyork.com UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > the ultimate Maglite? (Viewed 283 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741576607 pages have been generated.