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In for a price check at the very least

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Does anyone know if they have plans to make a copper and/or brass version?

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Right now i use (against my will) protected TrustFire 900mAh Flame 14500 - button top.
I wish i could use protected KeepPower 800mAh but the top button is not tall enough to reach the inside of the “protection ring” around the driver positive contact.
I have a couple unprotected Efest 14500 V2 i have yet to try.
I’m short on ‘good’ 14500…

Edit: Efest IMR 14500 Li-Mn V2 700mAh BT (red) do work. The light does not perform better then with the above TF cells though - even a little less. Both cells are about two to three years old. I don’t know how that matters.

…and a AAA version? :heart_eyes:

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Just received my Prince Mini (not part of the group buy, unfortunately). I also ordered Fenix ARB-L14-800 (Protected 14500, button top battery). I can confirm that this battery does work in the light, I cannot confirm what the actual lumen level is, but seems good to the eyes. This is probably the longest battery I would care to put in it, since starting the fine threads is a little touchy (in retrospective, I probably should loosen opposite end a turn or two, first).

One thing I did not expect was it came with a glow in the dark diffuser cap. More later….

Edit: Battery measures 52.37mm long.

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Freeme, could I please get a price?

Mahalo!

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So here’s the scoop on the Mini’s tail switch. I’very isolated the rubbing / scraping to be related to two things. 1) on the metal button cover there is a very small retaining lip, that when the button is not pushed straight in, it scrapes. It is not the main part of the button. 2) because of the way the metal cover sits on top of a rubber boot cover, it’s like it ‘high centers’, due the nub (plunger) on the inside of the metal cover, thus allows it to rock side to side. I’m still trying to figure out a solution.

Here’s a short video to demonstrate:

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Thanks for the button tear down!
I hope you come up with an easy fix for it…
How about cutting/opening the top of the rubber cap so that the ‘tit’ on the metal cover goes straight to the switch?

Does Lumintop know about this issue?

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I wasn’t able to “level out” the metal button rocking action, as everything I tried under the cap impedes the plunger movement.

But the good news is, I eliminated virtually all rubbing / scraping by polishing both the metal button “tiny lip” & the corresponding surface inside the tail cap (see hash marks on previous pics). When viewed thru a magnifier lens there were machine grooves on both. I used one of my wife’s finger nail tools, that is a softer stick (not metal) with 7 different levels of grit. I used the 3 finest polishing grits, only. Had to cut it up to small thin stripes to reach inside the tail cap, kinda tricky. I lubricated with Vaseline upon assembly.

The not so good news is, I was able to do this delicate work because I have a shop with lathes. But others may be able to achieve this with other methods, ie. Dremel tool with wheels. etc.

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Thanks for the tip.

Chance i have a wood lathe and i can certainly find a way to get those parts spinning. I also have MicroMesh polishing stuffs in half a dozen grits… :+1:

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I’m interested in this one.

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I’m interested in the price please

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Interested

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definitely interested in this one

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Interested.

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Please PM the price.

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Very interested

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Interested, price please…

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Replied.

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Me also interested, price please…

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I’m interested, pm please.