While not impossible to change the battery in the field, itās certainly not practical.
If most other lights die in the field, you can fairly easily change the battery just by feel while in pitch dark, no tools needed. I suspect if you tried that with the EDC05C, it would either be almost impossible, or would take a ridiculous amount of time (maybe 15 minutes).
It would have been so easy for Lumintop to make the tailcap unscrewable by hand, without changing any of the dimensions of the light.
Iām pretty sure that I ordered from one of them, so it looks like Iāll be needing to source two or more batteries. I wasnāt planning on that extra expense. Not really a better deal than the other options at the time. The ads were rather confusing at that time and so were discussions, so I guess I chose a less convenient option, since I donāt already have appropriate batteries.
I think whether it is āpracticalā or not depends on the person doing it. This certainly varies from person to person. One āsizeā does not fit all.
For me, and I suspect some others; while certainly not as easy as a conventional tailcap: it is not a big deal.
I took your challenge & tried it in a totally dark closet. :+1:
First time was 90 seconds (+ or - a couple). Used the end of a fingernail file on a pair of cheap nail clippers.
Second time was 74 seconds (+ or - a couple) using a spoon. practice makes perfect
So the practicality question is not an issue for me at all. For some it would/might be.
In addition I doubt Iāll ever use this light in a situation where I have to change batteries in the dark. Butā¦ if I do, I find it easy enough to do.
Added one of these to my basket whilst buying some stuff in the current BangGood sale - not that I need another light, but I have a spare 14500 battery, so I figured why not
Does look like a nice little light and I really like the idea of the Nichia LEDās on the side, they look kind of handy!
I certainly will - the price reduction in the sale isnāt huge, so I wouldnāt bother pulling the trigger if youāre not decided as you wonāt save too much!
I took this away camping with me for the weekend and was suitably impressed. I really like the size, especially in summer when Iām wearing shorts and want something tiny that hides away in a pocket.
I loved the strength of the magnet on the tailcap, it was perfect for putting under a table (attached to the metal leg) and providing some ambient light.
I didnāt like the battery life (but thatās kind of a known entity, right?)
Itās got a nice usable amount of lumens on the front emitter and the side emitters are also perfect, I mostly used it in the lowest modes for close-up work around the campsite.
Itās going to be staying in my pocket quite a lot, thatās for sure
I just got mine but the runtime isnt impressive. They claim the Moonlight mode is 15days. But I just charge my batt(~4.15v) and test it for 10hrs or so and the voltage drop to 3.907v.
It just ocurred to me why the battery needs a ātoolā to remove it - itās probably because they intended to supply it with a cell inside and it helps them get around the postage issues. Having a ānon removable batteryā means they can ship it through the post more easily I think?
I wish I would get the full story, but of course, no one ever does. Yea, it was out/available for a while on the market, little pricey, but has some nice LED's and features in it. I suspect competing against similar form factor lights in the $3-$10 range was a tuff sell. The usual sourcing like at BG and Amazon is out of stock, unavailable.
BTW, regarding the EDC05, I have an older batch EDC05, which has the programming mode (similar to Manker E11 and UTorch UT01, allows user-selected 3 brightness sub-levels for each of the 4 main brightness levels).
Someone showed me a new batch EDC05 and when I mentioned it has programming mode, but I tried to program but it does not appear to have programming mode. The new batch appears to be fixed at the 800 lumens max (formerly, the EDC05ās max brightness level can be set to ā400ā, ā600ā and ā800ā lumens. Now it is fixed at the highest brightness only). No programming mode, but other functions seems to be similar.