Thanks to this community and your friendly incite I’ve been given the skills to throw these together myself. It’s not much compared to the amazing work I see out there, but it’s really gratifying to put something together and know how the damn things works tops to tails.

All s2+ 519a triples with h17fx

Cu has a floody optic and 3500DD

Purple 3500 DD

SWTi 4500 DD

CuTi mix 5700 DD

S6 3v 8a buck driving sft40 6500k smo reflector

  • Reader9English
    3·
    1 year ago

    These look amazing. Is that an S6 in the first picture as well?

    Any resources you found especially useful to assemble these? Thanks!

    • BeerGeekington@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It is a S6, I totaly forgot to take it away before I went to do the beamshots lol. I’ve got Simon’s newer 3v 8a buck driver driving a sft40 6500K and with a SMO reflector. It’s pretty freaking potent.

      • barry_budapest@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Personally I’m really happy that the buck driver’s inductor is short enough that it fits in the smaller S6+/S8+ engines. I need to pick up a few of the 8A ones to revamp some triples I have…

        • BeerGeekington@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          H17fx with fet and double click turbo is hard to beat. That being said, the 8a buck driver is a godsend for a lot of different builds

          • barry_budapest@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Agreed. I really like the UI on the H17Fx, but I prefer a simpler mode progression UI on the reverse clickies. The 8A should give a nice punch to some shorty triples I built for use around the house while having plenty of runtime on the lower side.

            Kinda wish he had a 1 or 2A buck driver too. Not every light needs to empty an 18350 in 20 minutes.

      • Reader9English
        2·
        1 year ago

        Nice combo! I ordered an s6 with osram w1 and will try to install the 5 amp buck driver when it arrives.