There is nothing stopping Manker from making a flashlight that has both 800 lm turbo mode as well as 400 lm high mode. Don’t turn on the turbo mode if you don’t want to.
We will show the design soon
Could be interesting. I have several Manker lights, including the Bluetooth-controlled GodMess, and other Manker AAA & AA lights. The Manker E03H is currently my favorite single AA 1.5 volt light i ever owned, and use it more than any other EDC light i have.
I like 2xAA for chucking in a glove box or fishing tackle box etc. Especially with some Eneloops in it. But some 14500s could be interesting for more day to day use.
Then…. it is going to have usb recharge??
If not, I am not interested
I’m not sure why the demand for built-in charging. Yes, it’s convenient, but often comes with the cost of losing waterproofing. It also adds to the size and weight of the light. Also, there’s the complexity of charging two cells which are in series. Will the circuitry charge them independently, or will it just charge them as a single battery? If it’s just treated as a single battery, that could result in premature wearing of the cells.
I can see why people would like USB charging, but are they also willing to accept the downsides?
I like to have a couple of lights that have built-in charging. It makes is easy for travel. But I wouldn’t want it on most of my lights.
Personally I don’t see the advantage of a flashlight being able to recharge the battery. I have several that can but I find it easier, and of course quicker, to just pop in another battery when I have too. If I have time to wait for the built-in charger to recharge the battery then I have time to put the battery in a dedicated charger that will likely do a better and faster job. I guess if I only had a single battery for the flashlight then it would be handy to have, but how many people only have a single battery for their flashlight? And especially for a AA light?
Especially when we are talking about AA batteries. You can just pop in some alkalines when your NiMH cells are done and you don’t have a charger handy.
yup
I would prefer the unscrew version, because rubber caps disappear. I like the zanflare F1 but with 2xAA it would be a perfect light.
I own a bunch of flashlights with USB charging built-in but I’ve never used it because my Xtar Dragon VP4 Plus works much better. However, I do like the option of having usb charging just in case I’m in a situation where the battery is depleted and I don’t have spare batteries. I think it is useful as an emergency flashlight in the car, when used at work, at camping trips (solar charging), on vacations, etc. I have several non flashaholic friends that asked me specifically to help them buy flashlights with usb charging built-in. I think usb charging makes for great gifts that can be quite useful for non flashlight enthusiasts.
Using a neutral Nichia 219c 90+ CRI LED?
Another vote here for side-by-side.
I’ve become rather fond of the shape of my Nitecore SRT, and think a downscaled emulation of that form could be a pleasingly pocketable alternative to my 18350 and 18500 lights. Not sure if there would be much advantage other than esthetic and play value, but those are the being temptations to most of my purchases anyway. :disguised_face:
I like being able to swap in an 18650 tube for the 18350/18500 when I anticipate more capacity need, and I don’t see there being much of a comparable option for side-by-side AA format. But that wouldn’t dissuade me from purchasing if it caught my fancy.
I have a Nitecore MT22A that I really like. Side by side AA light. Works well. Plenty of light. Easy to fit in my back pocket. I have a Zanflare 2xAA tube light that I use around the house and like it as well. I would tend to carry the Nitecore more just because it’s easier to carry. The Zanflare is kinda long to be throwing in my front pocket or something. Wouldn’t even have to be 800lumens but that’s okay. As long as some other useful modes were present it wouldn’t bother me.
Plus 1 for side by side 2xAA NiMH 90+ CRI with USB rechargeable
+1
make it short like D20A :+1:
How about a nice high CRI flooder (so we can actually use the capability)
yes skip the USB stuff and give us a more robust lower cost light
I like this idea, 2xAA optimized for long regulated runtime, NiMH or Lithium primary (disposable) cells, as a dirt-reliable blackout and backup light, compact, light, easy to use. Leave the max output lumen craze for the lithium ion crowd, there are already a ton of “pocket rocket” designs out there.
over a decade ago, it was very popular for very inexpensive LED dropin mods for the venerable 2AA Mag, offering muggle operation and LONG run times (and decent output with NiMHs) and bulletproof reliability of lithium primary (disposable) cells as a long term storage / blackout / backup role. I’d like to see a re-emergence of this design concept.
my 2 cents as a dinosaur....
plus one here, bravo!