The Malkoff Front Porch

[thermal guy]

I ran a M61LLLL on a 18650/3500 mah for 61 hours. a D cell is what 10,000?

 

[kerneldrop]

I have to find an older maglite host off ebay so I can make this happen.

You don't have to worry about choking the cone with this Maglite setup.

 

[thermal guy]

I have to find an older maglite host off ebay so I can make this happen.

You don't have to worry about choking the cone with this Maglite setup.

You telling me you don't have a single old school mag lying around?😂😂

 

[knucklegary]

Hosts are plentiful, and many under 20 bucks

 

[kerneldrop]

You telling me you don't have a single old school mag lying around?😂😂

I really don't. When I was younger I thought the metal maglites were what the rich folks had.

what all maglites do i need to best take advantage of the Malkoff setup?

 

[knucklegary]

The old incan don't do much as is.. 6x are good for kubaton. I kept a 7C in my work truck for years. Almost sold it with the truck until I realized it had ML historic value.
Kernel, I have a new 2D in box. If you want to check them out, pm your address and I'll send it your way

 

[thermal guy]

I really don't. When I was younger I thought the metal maglites were what the rich folks had.

what all maglites do i need to best take advantage of the Malkoff setup?

You just need an older incandescent one. 4 -D is my choice

 

[knucklegary]

3D are the most common

 

[greatscoot]

I had a trusty 3D in my wife's car, went to check it out for a conversion and it had been ruined by an alkaleak. Definitely going to find one to convert. No alkies this time.

 

[knucklegary]

This time of year I try to stop in rumage stores once every couple weeks or so. Such as Salvation Army or Hospice stores. You can find Mags for few dollars. I can remember hauling a bunch of stuff to a charity event at local Church. Man, i came home with more cr*p than I brought

 

[bykfixer]

I was thinking a 4D with an M61N4L fed by eneloops would be a dandy way to use the new adapter.

 

[ledbetter]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but won't this new adapter make the beam basically the same as any mdc/mdx? The maglite reflector is gone in this set up, so unless you can get the m61t/m91t to fit(will it?), the beam will have less throw than Gene's original maglite conversions using the stock reflector. A big awkward mule with leaky batteries. Doesn't sound tempting to me but to all those maglite fanboys it may be a fun way to relive the glory days of having a ninja beater in their truck.

 

[knucklegary]

Yep, wish I still had my 7C Ninja beater (-;

 

[thermal guy]

I was thinking a 4D with an M61N4L fed by eneloops would be a dandy way to use the new adapter.

I was thinking a 4D with an M61N4L fed by eneloops would be a dandy way to use the new adapter.

Yes exactly what I was thinking

 

[kerneldrop]

Doesn't sound tempting to me but to all those maglite fanboys it may be a fun way to relive the glory days of having a ninja beater in their truck.

Big trucks --big guns --big chicks --big Maglites
'Merica

 

[thermal guy]

Everything but a big paycheck 😂😂😂

 

[AstroTurf]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but won't this new adapter make the beam basically the same as any mdc/mdx? The maglite reflector is gone in this set up, so unless you can get the m61t/m91t to fit(will it?), the beam will have less throw than Gene's original maglite conversions using the stock reflector. A big awkward mule with leaky batteries. Doesn't sound tempting to me but to all those maglite fanboys it may be a fun way to relive the glory days of having a ninja beater in their truck.

not so, on the mule part...

any reflectorized module will work in the mod. to include the m61hot for example.

Jim

 

[thermal guy]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but won't this new adapter make the beam basically the same as any mdc/mdx? The maglite reflector is gone in this set up, so unless you can get the m61t/m91t to fit(will it?), the beam will have less throw than Gene's original maglite conversions using the stock reflector. A big awkward mule with leaky batteries. Doesn't sound tempting to me but to all those maglite fanboys it may be a fun way to relive the glory days of having a ninja beater in their truck.

Yes you will get less throw. If mags are good for anything it's that but with this adapter you can run any M series you want with any tint also his V6 wildcat which he just confirmed to me will work. Not to mention much better heat sink and should be a huge gain in runtime. Pretty neat.

 

[knucklegary]

Look at the size, thickness, of the adapter. It's a big chunk of Aluminum. Combine that with the thick ML heads and we got a super sinking host.. I'm pretty sure all the adapters, whether D2, D3, D4-6.. are equal in construction. Just gotta be sure of proper voltage for the specific drop-in running.. Li-ion or NiMH the battery combos are endless.
My opinion,, this is the holy grail of modularity omnivores. And... Made in America!

 

[thermal guy]

You bring up a good point. Why if there all the same does he call one a 2-D 3-D and 4-6D?? Unless it's just so the user knows not to use the wrong drop in/battery combination. I don't have the hart to bother him again. Someone take one for the team and ask😂😂😂