Looking for a simple but decent 1AA

I bought 3 of them and my wife and 2 daughters agree with you and took them all :person_facepalming:

Weird that it behaves different depending on battery type

Probably an unintended feature :slight_smile:

@Moola, I would recommend the Sofirn SP10A V2.0:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Sofirn-New-SP10-V2-0-LED-Flashlight-AA-14500-Flashlight-EDC-Pocket-Light-Cree-XPG2-550lm/2933049_32841154512.html

I actually use it everyday.

If it came with a 4000k high CRI LED, it would be even better.

Utorch UT01 or Wuben E05.

The Zebralight SC52W for quite a bit more money.

I haven’t tried the others that have been mentioned.

This is the one I bought recently and I like it a lot for day-to-day carry.

I’m going to recommend my EDC, Eagletac D25A, with a 219C.
No memory, always start on Moonlight, unless you fully tighten the head then it’s Turbo first.
Really compact.

Another one : L3 Illumination L10C/L11C. Always starts on ML, no memory. Available in 219B flavor

Ultratac A1 is a good light. Simple 3 mode. Runs wickedly well on NiMh. Nice stock beam and tint. Zebralight SC52w is nice as well. Jetbeam Jet I-MK is a favorite as well. Can’t go wrong with either of them. I don’t like side switches on my AA lights. Its just a preference, nothing inherently wrong with them. I have them on bigger lights.

You pretty much want the Jaxman E3. It's perfect. Choose Nichia for good CRI.

LOL! - I can see where they are coming from. I would have said Wuben E05 but the UI is the worst I have ever used. The utorch wins, even if it’s button is not as fantastic….the output is - on both.

I haven’t seen all the others mentioned here, but Tool AA 2.0 has a great “pure white” tint, to my eyes anyhow, for a humble little single AA light.

Love the SP10whateverversion, and it got plenty of mention here.

Don’t forget the Thorfire TK05. Great pineapple knurling, goes low→high.

Jetbeam Jet-I. Has mode memory (the Jet-II always starts from low), but tint is a bit on the greenish side. Twisty, so extremely hard to turn on accidentally in a pocket.

Another vote for the Tool AA V2.0. It has 4 modes but checks out all the other boxes. I have mine and it’s one of the torches I like the most, and this is coming from a big Convoy fan.

Sofirn SP10 V2.0

Sofirn SF14 V2.0

Lumintop Tool AA V2

That seems ideal… price and mode-wise and brightness too.

I have an older Fenix LD10 (single AA). It’s alright, fairly bright on high, but I don’t like the modes (combinations of clicks and turning the head); but mostly, the battery life isn’t great and I think it has some parasitic drain. I paid like $40 several years ago and now feel like that was a total waste.

Awesome work fellas!
Indeed, I have some reading to do, haha.

I do prefer a warm-neutral white tint.
I have some solarforces and convoy S2+ and an old 4sevens.
But good point on accidental activation on side switches. I considered it but didn’t think it’d be that much of an issue.

I’m from Tasmania and spending 5 months across Europe from April.

/\ Sounds like a great trip!! :beer:

I liked the UT-01 but it suddenly failed with no warning, apparently the switch. Would not come on or do anything ever again, this was after maybe 18 months of frequent but not rugged use.

They are worth trying due to their low price.
Decent UI.
Very small.

Playing around with this light, I discovered another interesting feature. Both ends of the body tube are identical, which means you can take the light apart and flip the tube around 180°. So you can have the belt clip oriented either of two ways. First, in a lens-down configuration for pocket carry. Second, with the clip reversed so that it can be attached to the bill of a cap and used as a headlamp.

So they also adopted the Lumintop modularity? Neat, more of this is always good.