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Posted: 3/26/2014 7:22:48 PM EDT
| Are all Cree XM-L modules the same size or are they light specific? Would like to change the reflector I have from the orange peel to a smooth one. |
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Are all Cree XM-L modules the same size or are they light specific? Would like to change the reflector I have from the orange peel to a smooth one. The XM-L emitters themselves are 5mm square, or just over 7mm between opposite corners. The emitter almost always has a plastic centering ring around it that prevents the reflector from touching the epoxy dome. There are a couple set sizes of centering ring, so you may not need to change anything. What is the light? The more common pattern lights such as the C8 and P60 have different available reflectors. |
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The XM-L emitters themselves are 5mm square, or just over 7mm between opposite corners. The emitter almost always has a plastic centering ring around it that prevents the reflector from touching the epoxy dome. There are a couple set sizes of centering ring, so you may not need to change anything. What is the light? The more common pattern lights such as the C8 and P60 have different available reflectors. Quoted:
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Are all Cree XM-L modules the same size or are they light specific? Would like to change the reflector I have from the orange peel to a smooth one. The XM-L emitters themselves are 5mm square, or just over 7mm between opposite corners. The emitter almost always has a plastic centering ring around it that prevents the reflector from touching the epoxy dome. There are a couple set sizes of centering ring, so you may not need to change anything. What is the light? The more common pattern lights such as the C8 and P60 have different available reflectors. It is a UltraFire CREE XM-L2 LED Zoomable Flashlight. |
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Okay, that description could fit ten different flashlights online. There are countless lights put out with no real model name, the Chinese market is flooded with them. I can't help you without a picture, likely I'd need to see inside the light as well.
That said, if its a zooming light it shouldn't have an actual reflector, the domed lens on the sliding head is what catches and directs the light. |
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Okay, that description could fit ten different flashlights online. There are countless lights put out with no real model name, the Chinese market is flooded with them. I can't help you without a picture, likely I'd need to see inside the light as well. That said, if its a zooming light it shouldn't have an actual reflector, the domed lens on the sliding head is what catches and directs the light. This is the light: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSKC4GY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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Yeah, there is no reflector inside that light and it would be highly difficult (machining skills needed) to try and retrofit one in there. You already have a very smooth flood with it anyway, and as focused a zoom as you possibly can, why would you think changing reflectors would make a difference?
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What are you trying to improve? Flood, spot? Spot...would like a more focused beam. Pull the head out until its extended as far as it will go. You now have the most focused beam you will get from a LED flashlight. It is a zooming light after all. |
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Pull the head out until its extended as far as it will go. You now have the most focused beam you will get from a LED flashlight. It is a zooming light after all. Quoted:
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What are you trying to improve? Flood, spot? Spot...would like a more focused beam. Pull the head out until its extended as far as it will go. You now have the most focused beam you will get from a LED flashlight. It is a zooming light after all. Thanx....for the 10 or 12 bucks paid...according to Cree website with a 18650 battery with 3600maH 3.7v which will produce about 10w and the XM-L2 emitter it should produce about 1000lm. Cree states you should get about 100lm for every watt.. |
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Thanx....for the 10 or 12 bucks paid...according to Cree website with a 18650 battery with 3600maH 3.7v which will produce about 10w and the XM-L2 emitter it should produce about 1000lm. Cree states you should get about 100lm for every watt.. Quoted:
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What are you trying to improve? Flood, spot? Spot...would like a more focused beam. Pull the head out until its extended as far as it will go. You now have the most focused beam you will get from a LED flashlight. It is a zooming light after all. Thanx....for the 10 or 12 bucks paid...according to Cree website with a 18650 battery with 3600maH 3.7v which will produce about 10w and the XM-L2 emitter it should produce about 1000lm. Cree states you should get about 100lm for every watt.. Check to make sure it really is a XM-L2. Is the 'chip' around the dome on the emitter silver or green? Silver means a -L2, green means the older gen emitter. Secondly, unless you paid $20 for it from Europe, there are no 3600mAh 18650's. Dump the ultrafire cell and buy a real Panasonic/Sanyo/Samsung battery. mtnelectronics.com is a US seller of such batteries, and chargers that aren't crap (because if you're using FAKEfire cells I'm willing to bet your charger is garbage too) |
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Check to make sure it really is a XM-L2. Is the 'chip' around the dome on the emitter silver or green? Silver means a -L2, green means the older gen emitter. Secondly, unless you paid $20 for it from Europe, there are no 3600mAh 18650's. Dump the ultrafire cell and buy a real Panasonic/Sanyo/Samsung battery. mtnelectronics.com is a US seller of such batteries, and chargers that aren't crap (because if you're using FAKEfire cells I'm willing to bet your charger is garbage too) Quoted:
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What are you trying to improve? Flood, spot? Spot...would like a more focused beam. Pull the head out until its extended as far as it will go. You now have the most focused beam you will get from a LED flashlight. It is a zooming light after all. Thanx....for the 10 or 12 bucks paid...according to Cree website with a 18650 battery with 3600maH 3.7v which will produce about 10w and the XM-L2 emitter it should produce about 1000lm. Cree states you should get about 100lm for every watt.. Check to make sure it really is a XM-L2. Is the 'chip' around the dome on the emitter silver or green? Silver means a -L2, green means the older gen emitter. Secondly, unless you paid $20 for it from Europe, there are no 3600mAh 18650's. Dump the ultrafire cell and buy a real Panasonic/Sanyo/Samsung battery. mtnelectronics.com is a US seller of such batteries, and chargers that aren't crap (because if you're using FAKEfire cells I'm willing to bet your charger is garbage too) I do not have the upgraded battery yet. will be ordering a: http://www.orbtronic.com/3600mah-18650-li-ion-orbtronic-panasonic-rechargeable-battery What I see is a yellowish square on top of a larger silver square sitting inside of the reflector. this link has a pic of it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSKC4GY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It does appear to have that orange peel reflector. |
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Okay, so it is a -L2, but there is still no reflector. What your seeing is some kind of copper collar that's part of the structure of the head. It's absorbing more light than reflecting it, its not a reflector. there isn't any replacing it. Well...got what I paid for. 
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Well...got what I paid for. Quoted:
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Okay, so it is a -L2, but there is still no reflector. What your seeing is some kind of copper collar that's part of the structure of the head. It's absorbing more light than reflecting it, its not a reflector. there isn't any replacing it. Well...got what I paid for. No, you got what you bought. ALL zooming lights are like that. |
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The light you bought off amazon is a clone of the "sk68", dozens of clones on that light, which is arguably a clone itself.
the first best upgrade to that light is to use the correct battery, not a AA 1.5v. Next, the stock emitter can be upgraded, but it needs to be a very small emitter in order to focus with the aspheric lens. budgetlightforum.com is your best resource Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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