chillinn
Flashlight Enthusiast
The responses to one of my first posts here concerning a small, decent incan were unanimous: E1E Executive Elite. Get it or suck. I have been experiencing the suck.
They don't make those anymore. I have been looking, found half a dozen... don't like the condition of the used units, don't like the price, and the surefire lamps, though high quality, are expensive and getting rare.
But Tad Customs has inspired me to seek to build my own.
I would attempt do build by myself, but I've never held an E series, never looked inside, have an idea that its a simple thing, but having not seen it first hand, without endless capital (far from it), I would not attempt to collect compatible parts to build an E compatible light.
You incan owners know stuff. Please share. Can I do this? Who sells E compatible bodies? (16340/17670/18350/18650/14500) Reflectors? Switches? Bezels? Lenses? With a lamp, is that all I need? And springs and o-rings? If someday I can aqcuire a McGizmo Haiku... how tough would it be to temporarily make it incan on a whim, and switch it back later?
I spend a lot of time on google images looking. Images of tear downs of lights are rare for some reason. I invite E series incan owners to pull apart their lights and post images of the puzzle pieces. TIA
They don't make those anymore. I have been looking, found half a dozen... don't like the condition of the used units, don't like the price, and the surefire lamps, though high quality, are expensive and getting rare.
But Tad Customs has inspired me to seek to build my own.
I would attempt do build by myself, but I've never held an E series, never looked inside, have an idea that its a simple thing, but having not seen it first hand, without endless capital (far from it), I would not attempt to collect compatible parts to build an E compatible light.
You incan owners know stuff. Please share. Can I do this? Who sells E compatible bodies? (16340/17670/18350/18650/14500) Reflectors? Switches? Bezels? Lenses? With a lamp, is that all I need? And springs and o-rings? If someday I can aqcuire a McGizmo Haiku... how tough would it be to temporarily make it incan on a whim, and switch it back later?
I spend a lot of time on google images looking. Images of tear downs of lights are rare for some reason. I invite E series incan owners to pull apart their lights and post images of the puzzle pieces. TIA
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