How about a 7C in a smaller package?
It has taken me literally forever to get this light together but I'm sooooo glad I did. About a year ago Mr. Fixer gifted me a Tad Customs bi-pin setup and I knew I would soon have a project on my hands. I could never have guessed it would take me a year to put together. I've restored a truck faster than I've put this light together. Next I bought an HDPE gas pipe and the 18650 cell I had didn't fit so I finally figured out I needed a PVC gas pipe. Then, I bought a pair of 18650 flat tops and realized they didn't work in series so I swapped them out for the 18650 button tops my dad was running in is Surefire work light. Along the way I picked up a Fivemega 18650 "C" cell stainless tail cap and scalloped bezel. I joined them with a "Letter Serial" 2 C Maglite I scored on fleabay a while back and I thought I had an awesome light. Only then did I notice the reflector and lens start to get cloudy after only a couple minutes of run time from all the heat. So, I ordered up a KAI Domain SMO reflector and glass lens. I waited the usual 4 week KAI Domain delivery time and now I'm in business!!!
What an awesome setup!! This thing throws like nobody's business. The beam shots here do not do it justice. I'm able to light up trees and houses at least 100 yards down my block. Do I have a real use for this light? No. But man is it fun to play around with. Not much spill and it's not intensely bright. It's just an awesome thrower. I had to do one more pic while I was taking them and it shows how far the tech has come in 20 or so years. Way brighter than my 7C and about a third of the size.
These lights were popular here years ago. While I was putting it together I kept running across threads from 2008 or so, it really was a journey back in time and I can highly recommend to new CPF users like myself that they should put one together also. It certainly gives a greater appreciation to the evolution of LED and lithium ion lights. I've been collecting Maglites for almost 8 years now but being new to CPF I did not realize all the amazing mods that could be done to these lights.