I am addicted to CR123 size lights now.

thanks pinkpanda3310
yes, my grail goals were fun to figure out
Im not sure I agree with them for all situations, depends on the application for the light
atm, the majority of my use is indoors and close range, so I am biased towards floody beams and lower lumen levels (mostly below 20 lm)

also my house light is Incandescent, which makes me notice and avoid green tint and cool white more than I do during the day, when neither green tint nor cool white is as glaring. In fact, during the day, I dont like my 3000k LEDsā€¦ but when I wake in the dark, I do

My N219b 4500k is my EDC, but I definitely enjoy my Warmer LEDs at other times

Note that my dimmed down sw45 in the RRT-01 (in the photo next to the brighter low mode of the HDS) does not tint shift towards green, Im really happy about thatā€¦

So for me, the ability to go sublumen is a higher priority than warm LED

of course, its fun to have choicesā€¦ I edc both a sw45 and a warmer optionā€¦
E21a 3200k on the left, sw45 on the right

I blame you for getting me to buy an RRT-01
it has transformed my relationship with clicky lights, and made it easy to sell my HDS
I much prefer the UI and lumen range of the RRT-01

thanks! My wallet hates youā€¦ LOL

I hope you show more pics of your RRT-01 triple and maybe some side by side beamshots of some of your lights

Good decision Jon, you broke up with HDS, I think theyā€™re totally overrated :wink:

And Iā€™m also a fan of 16340 flashlights and Iā€™m happy if they also tolerate 18350s! And since CRX also reads here, I would like to introduce my 3 ā€œMade by CRXā€ 16340 flashlights which I also use regularly.
Novatac 120T with 3x Nichia 219c and H17fx driver, Novatac SPL 120 with Nichia 219c and my Maratac CR123 Rev.3 with 3x Nichia 219c and L4P LD-A4 3A driver, fantastic flashlights thanks to CRX :+1: :slight_smile:


Some nice lights there :-)

Definitely my favorite form factor, I've built/ modded more 16340/ 18350 lights than any other size.

:open_mouth:

Thereā€™s a lot more too but no pictures :smiley:

Shame on you :stuck_out_tongue:
Iā€™ve never seen the Trustfire Mini mod before! Sweet!
It made me think about the mod of the Nitecore D10 that I mentioned you on PM :wink:

Yeah, Iā€™m looking forward to you doing that one, it should be great :slight_smile:

@CRX
Did you build Maratac CR123 for other people or are all these pictures of mine?

They are all different lights.
Some other guys saw yours and wanted one of their own :wink:
I have made three different Rev.3 versions, plus working on another now.

That Black Triple w H17f is just an Outstanding package! Beautiful, sophisticated, functional art.

so are the other two :slight_smile:

@CRX Wow! I love your work.

I think I know someone that wants a Paladin and a Mini Turboā€¦

Im entering a Trit Phaseā€¦ that promises to be expensive tooā€¦ LOL

I have a few but I only use my Olight H1. I like to clip it to my shirt. I was surprised at how many people think itā€™s a camera of some sort.

Yeah tritium vials are great if you can incorporate them. Just one at the switch is enough really, but there are some crazy tricked up lights out there, no need to turn on for moonlightā€¦
They seem expensive at the time but last for a good few years at an acceptable output level. Green for lights, red for blades.

Gorgeous! Iā€™m jealous. :wink: Iā€™ve got an early NovaTac 120P that Iā€™ve kept as a bedside light for some time now (it has a Peu bezel with trits), and would love to convert it to a 219 Nichia tripleā€¦ but I canā€™t get myself over the investment required, when it would easily fund something like a Zebralight SC64c LE or Jetbeam RRT-01. Maybe Iā€™ll change my mind when I finally get free of financial stress.

I hear you about HDS. They do make a great quality light, but the price... At this point, they're just periodically upgrading emitters. Everything else remains the same. So R&D costs have long been recouped. They're just cash-cowing it. Same thing for Oveready. I think there's a portion of the flashlight community that is loaded with disposable income, helping to keep such enterprises going.

I agree, some of them are so seriously impressive to behold in dim light or darkness. But over $100 in tritsā€¦ seems like such a waste. They will remain reasonably bright up to about 10 years then the fading is more noticeable next to fresh tritium. Thatā€™s not bad. But the unspoken problem is fragility. You really need to be careful about seating them deeply enough. I discovered one day that one of the trits on my NovaTac 120P went dark. Sure enough, the vial had been compromised. When I looked at it up close with magnification, I could see it had cracked. Even though the vials should be protected with sufficient optical adhesive, there is the matter of ā€œsettlingā€ā€¦ I have to wonder if in many cases, the vials lay precariously close to the metal of the flashlight and just the right amount of force from a 3ā€™ drop could induce enough shock to crack tritium vials.

Well, I couldn't help fully tricking out this one :)

Though I will need to be careful with it.

I have not completely filled the wells as I think sometimes this can help to break them, they are very delicate.

Holy thread revival Batman!

Robin, get in the Batmobile.

This is what dreams are made of. :heart_eyes:

i too loved the xtar wk42
just do not drop it
there is an inductor that is fairly easily knocked off the board and then it breaks the wires
unfixable

wle

don;t forget these
ā€”i THINK they can use 16340ā€”
super cheap small cr123a lights on aliexpress
these things are super cheap, small and have 3 modes
$2.74 w free shipping ā€“ on aliexpress

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Sanyi-XML-T6-LED-Mini-Tactical-Flashlight-Keychain-Lamp-3-Mode-Key-Chain-Lantern-Keyring-Torch/32910302880.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.123e4c4d99R8aV

twisty, super small, somewhat waterproof, light color is cool but not too bad
low mode uses PWM, but it isnt; ridiculous
no mode memory, starts on high
beam pattern is nice, hot spot then some spill ā€“ lensing is via cone reflector

i have no monetary interest
link is not ā€˜affiliateā€™
i just love these things

wle