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    What's this about de-doming? What does that do to the light output, illuminated area or or whatever?? I'm intrigued.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SiB View Post
    What's this about de-doming? What does that do to the light output, illuminated area or or whatever?? I'm intrigued.
    If you look closely at an LED you will see a clear silicone dome oner the top. This provides a bit of focus directing the light forward and some mechanical protection for the wires and the chip surface. It is not very efficient at directing the light and when removed allows the light to go sideways where it gets captured by the much more efficient reflector of the torch. The net result of removing the dome is usually a 110% increase in intensity of the hot spot of the torch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gadgetman View Post
    Just the head is required. Unscrew the battery tube but leave the reflector/lens/crown ad the LED is quite fragile without the protection of the dome.
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    well i had a crack at de doming one of my cheaper led flashlights and it seemed pretty straight forward, just let the flashlight heat up pull it apart and popped the dome off with a knife (gadgetmans most likey cringing right now) although bit worried about doing my good stuff....

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    Quote Originally Posted by turner nz View Post
    well i had a crack at de doming one of my cheaper led flashlights and it seemed pretty straight forward, just let the flashlight heat up pull it apart and popped the dome off with a knife (gadgetmans most likey cringing right now) although bit worried about doing my good stuff....
    That's pretty close to how I do them. Most people pull them apart and soak the LED in petrol for 5-7 hours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gadgetman View Post
    That's pretty close to how I do them. Most people pull them apart and soak the LED in petrol for 5-7 hours.
    About 3 seems to do it. The dome just floats off
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    Just had my hands on the new torch. Done the de-dome in less than 5 minutes. Really nicely made and light weight.

    Time to spend some money.
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    What do you mean by spend some money? You can hot them up?

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    Hi @gadgetman. Or @sneeze ever dedomed a7 led X21 Led lenser and is there any point in doing so ? Cheers. Happy
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    Or a h7 headlamp?

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    I brought one of these
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    and rate it better than my H14 as it has no wanky battery compartment at the back of your head
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    Quote Originally Posted by Happy View Post
    Hi @gadgetman. Or @sneeze ever dedomed a7 led X21 Led lenser and is there any point in doing so ? Cheers. Happy
    Haven't done one, but looking them up there would be no point. Just not the right type of torch. That is more of a flood light where these Maxtochs are long distance throwers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by turner nz View Post
    What do you mean by spend some money? You can hot them up?

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    I'll need to buy myself one or two of these new torches and de-dome them for myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Or a h7 headlamp?

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    They wont work as the light is channelled by the lens rather than a reflector. It relies on the dome being present.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Happy View Post
    Hi @gadgetman. Or @sneeze ever dedomed a7 led X21 Led lenser and is there any point in doing so ? Cheers. Happy
    Iv only played with one X21 for about 5 minutes. It was a mates and he sold it a couple of days after getting one of the first SN models.
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