P60 sized led drop-ins (part 3)

[csadzuki]

Does the actual product match the voltage description? I am trying to find one of these to use in my 6P, but it appears 2 RCR123's would be too much for this.

2xRCR123 (or even 2xCR123) would be too much for this one. I think your best option is to run this on 1x17670. I measured 700 mA at the tailcap on high with a slightly used AW17670 cell in my G2Z. You can estimate the runtime on a single RCR123 from this.

 

[WHT_GE8]

Looking for a drop in for my Solarforce L2. Im favoring the DX MC-E but do not want to deal with the heating issue, and for the price its almost worth it. Would I better off spending the extra bucks for the M60F? How much brighter is the DX MC-E? Looking for the brightest all flood beam. Read through some pages on here but most of the talk was about volts and amps which is all greek to me...

 

[jake25]

The thing about MCE dropins is that, due to the heat, you can't drive them very hard. On top of that , the small reflector doesn't make for a very tight hotspot and often has doughnuts in the beam.

The best bet is to get a XPG dropin which you can drive very hard and still heatsink, also you can focus the emitter well. You might lose a bit of lumens/output but the runtime and heat are much more managable than MCE dropins.

 

[WHT_GE8]

Is the XP-G a dedicated flooder? How many lumens is it? And doesn't it have a greenish tint like the quarks?

 

[jake25]

Is the XP-G a dedicated flooder? How many lumens is it? And doesn't it have a greenish tint like the quarks?

Not all XPGs are the same. Compared to the XRE and XPE the XPG might be a bit floodier due to the different size in footprint.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

The SSC P4 LED is still the flood king.

 

[WHT_GE8]

This one? http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4068

Unfortunately its back-ordered :mecry:

Anything that could give me similiar output? Needs to be 100% plug and play, no heat issues, and very floody ~200 lumen beam.

 

[tbenedict]

2xRCR123 (or even 2xCR123) would be too much for this one. I think your best option is to run this on 1x17670. I measured 700 mA at the tailcap on high with a slightly used AW17670 cell in my G2Z. You can estimate the runtime on a single RCR123 from this.

How does the beam look? I really like the beam of the stock P60, but I want to use rechargeables.

 

[csadzuki]

How does the beam look? I really like the beam of the stock P60, but I want to use rechargeables.

Ok, I tried to take a beamshot, and I learned three things today:

• I suck at taking beamshots :shakehead
• I need a bigger apartment :tired:
• Yesterday, the AW17670 cell was more discharged than I tought. Today I measured 800 mA with a freshly charged cell (4.18V open circuit voltage).

Anyway, here is the beamshot (Q3 5A drop-in on the left, P60 on the right, both on fresh cells):

Hope it helps! :wave:

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

If nothing else that picture shows the LED has boocoo spill light!!!

 

[kramer5150]

Ok, I tried to take a beamshot, and I learned three things today:

• I suck at taking beamshots :shakehead
• I need a bigger apartment :tired:
• Yesterday, the AW17670 cell was more discharged than I tought. Today I measured 800 mA with a freshly charged cell (4.18V open circuit voltage).

Anyway, here is the beamshot (Q3 5A drop-in on the left, P60 on the right, both on fresh cells):

Hope it helps! :wave:

Hard to tell from the over-exposed hot spot... but the color and brightness look close to the P60.

FWIW, heres DX:12501(Q2-5A) on the left and DX:3218 (Xenon LA) on the right. The limited side flood of the 12501 is caused by the shock bezel obstruction of my M2.

DX:12501

DX:3218

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

I can't take credible beam shots or I would show you 4068 against Q5 and/or R2.

4068 is much floodier, but Q and R do have lotsa spill.

 

[Black Rose]

I made my own Cree Q3-5C based P60 drop-in on Sunday.

Good amount of spill but obviously not as bright as my R2 based drop-ins.

Shining it on shrubbery shows really good colour rendition, but what I found really shows the difference in colours was lighting up terra cotta pots with the Q3 and then the R2.

 

[rustys36]

I have had it with the DX 17593 p60 drop-in "adjustable" user interface. Is there a mod that always power the light on to the highest setting?

 

[Black Rose]

I have had it with the DX 17593 p60 drop-in "adjustable" user interface. Is there a mod that always power the light on to the highest setting?

You could replace the circuit board with a 1050 mA AMC7135 board.

 

[rustys36]

It seems that I remember a comment from years ago on the DX 17593...that if you moved one of the wires it would defeat the adjustable feature and provide a high level output only. I have tried searching CPF and the web for the mod without luck.

 

[kosPap]

well on of the exposedchips regulates modes for sure...search for the thread on modyfying the Dx 15880 baord in the electronics forum, if you need to know how-to

 

[Fizz753]

Greetings.
List has been updated, prices & links fixed etc. Also added the Battery Junction and Kaidomain 10064 / 9770 dropins.
Please let me know about anything else as I have not had a lot of time to keep up on things the last few months.

 

[Flash_25296]

I just wanted to say that if you purchase the Cree MC-E LED 3-Mode 410-Lumen Drop-in Module w/Copper Heatsink Base from DX plan on buying another reflector. The reflector that comes with this module creates a terrible set of rings. I purchased this as well as the Cree Q5 LED Drop-in Module (3.7V~18V Input) and when I switched reflectors the rings are virtually non-existent I also tested with my Deree CL1H OP reflector and also very good performance with no rings. If you are going to spend $24 bucks on a MC-E P60 dropin its worth the extra few bucks for a good reflector.

 

[kosPap]

maybe....indeed it is ringy and it is Orange peel too! But according to my tests with Cree OP amd smooth reflectors the original reflector still has the tightest spot...