This is one of those situation where you should be saying its not for a rape kit lol.
Try the Hugsby XP2 its great! They are actually really bright only draw back is that it uses 2 AAA not AA so less run time. I have measurements some where about its brightness ill look through my review now.
Just use a SK68 Clone and put a coupla AA batt’s in tool box?. They last forever.
Left mine on for over 3 hrs. (forgot)Still working daily a month later.
Short 5 min spurts.
I just soldered a bit of wire across bottom spring. Instant extra power and NO flickering.
Around $4.20 AUD ea.
and with a 14500 batt, wall of light (Almost) Zoom. Lots of lovely colours too.
Daughter just ordered a set of 3 Silver MECO torches. AA\14500
$9.70 Del to Aust. Decent reviews.
Those Q5’s not a heavy drain. Batt’s last a long time.
I also bought a coupla tiny AAA torches. $1.25 del “Moon glow”.
Magic for night “walkies” wakes nobody up.
Original batt still in there. over 4 months.
This post kind of make me think of this one I made way back….so many great projects here with lanterns, uv lights, soda can formats, many 18650 lights, some AAA……but sadly not one good 2xAA flashlight by the BLF community. I am sure many of us would buy multiple units of it for gifts….
Got me thinking about this kind of light and clearly the answers are far and few between . until yesterday I stumbled upon another ALDI flashlight find . With DJOZZ in mind I bent backwards to buy a 300 lumen /100 lumen /strobe/ 4AA battery side button light made by "Lightway" . I think it has a xpg3 in it and from the looks of the emitter it looks a bit neutral with a good amount of yellow phosphorous on the emitter . (But a bit of nasty tint shift that disappears with a little diffusion film ) heavy as hell/(360 grams with batteries) . 2 inches at the front and a half orange peel / half smooth reflector . The damn thing has a bunch of throw . Your first thought is .Jacob A60 . The light is begging for a slip on and off diffuser like a cap off a hair spray or spray paint can . at ONLY $6.95 I again wrestled with yet another light I really didn't need :P I didn't see any PWM but also wasn't really looking for it. The light reminds you of the fenix E 21 in that the low isn't low enough to see a clear difference from high to low and having to cycle thru the three modes High /low /strobe just to get to OFF reminds you why you became a flashaholic in the first place . It takes full side clicks to get to the next mode 3 hours on high and 13 hours on low is what they claim and it's probably pretty close to reality . The light needs a true low ,a slip on and off lens cap type diffuser and a better UI but for the price it's damn hard to beat . 4 free Aldi AA alkaline batteries included
Yupp, I fell in love with the 14500 form factor and carryability (that a word). This Utorch came at the right time to burn another hole in my pants.
Btw, that deal was still active (reactivated?) last night.
I have the Sofirn sf13 and when someone ask me for a light that is the one I give them and it’s about 300 lumens. It’s a great flashlight for non-flashaholics, very simple to use.
ROFLOL!
btw if length is not an issue and you are dead set on aa alkaleaks go for a 3aa.
look up peukerts law for a good explanation.
also cheap boost converters in these cheap lights aggravate the issue by being terribly inefficient.going without one and using 3 cells which land closer to led vf means simpler and more reliable.
driver can be a resistor or in many such light dd.
Sofirn may be a bit brighter in the highest mode but for the same price (Zanflare with coupons) Zanflare offers neutral white emitter, bigger reflector and battery indicator.