Surefire G2 LED upgrade with the "Super Bright R2 CREE LED" question

[ez bake]

So I ordered some of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190463351404&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Understanding that they were Chinese-made and wouldn't be super-impressive, but they work pretty well (aside from one issue - my G2s' bezels/heads won't close all the way). I also noticed that with the 3 different G2s I have, they all seem to be slightly different sized (don't know if they changed them over the years or what - one is a really old one and one is a newer one and all of them sitting next to each other look to have slightly different sized bodies/heads).

Anyone have any experience with using these generic LED upgrades or am I just wasting my time/money?

I like the throw/spill they put out, and they seem fairly well made other than the fact that the lamp-reflector is just a touch too long to fit inside the G2 and allow the head to screw all the way down.

I'm considering sanding/grinding/cutting on the reflector (its modular so it unscrews from the LED) and seeing if it fits after that or just getting an extra O-ring and putting it in-between the head/body of the flashlight (it almost closes, but not quite - maybe less than a mm).

Anyone used one of these before and have any advice?

 

[ez bake]

Haha - nevermind, I'm stupid. I just read on that ebay page that the spring can be removed for "some fitment" and I did so, it fits perfectly now and works great.

 

[bigfug]

beat me to it, what kind of throw these drop in's givin?

 

[ez bake]

beat me to it, what kind of throw these drop in's givin?

Pretty damn good actually - there's some decent spill that makes for a good over-all light-up view as well. I've got one SureFire LED conversion, but these R2s are supposed to be much brighter - I'll have to get outside with a camera and see if I can put up some pics or vids.

I was sure there was something about them on CandlePowerForums, but I've not paid to be a member and my search-fu seems very weak over there right now (especially with terms like "LED" "Cree" and "G2" .

Don't know if I get better search results after paying, but I'm still learning a lot about LED flashlights and I'm clearly behind the curve with some of those guys over there so I don't know that I would understand what I was reading either way

 

[mhphoto]

Maybe this?