Sofirn SP-10. Well made, nice double click turbo and basic mode for moon, med, high. Lowest moon of any light I’ve otherwise owned and perfect for the 4am pitch black bathroom run at hunting or fishing camp (or home) after some beer drinkin’.
I bought about five on sale for $11 each last year during CNY and then got EBL 14500s for them when Lightbringer tested them to be great batteries- good and cheap from Amazon (then). I stocked up then and just recharge every three months or so. We keep them in the house in several spots: bedstands, nearby dark closets, wife’s jewelry box, back door, etc.
They fit in any pocket, are tiny and lightweight. One can use “alkaleaks” in them, but it you don’t want to go 14500, NiMH batteries from Ikea (Panny Enloops) work as well. I’ve run both and the 14500 hits brighter on turbo. But I rarely use turbo and so the Enloops would also be just fine for average use.
Have dropped them, used them in rain and snow at camp, and put them through an EDC pace and they have held up very well. Also gifted several to hunting buddies and they think they are the best lights on earth (they are also now LED junkies, I am their dealer of course ;).
Anyway, for the price they are a solid little light for sure. And with the NEW LH351D emitter, I bet the color/tint is really sweet! Dang It! Now I’m gonna’ havta’ get one of these new ones! I love that emitter!!!
Yep, I’ve got a bunch of SP10s, quite nice. Whole bunch of UIs came out since the beginning, which can be confusing. No idea what’s in the SP10S, though.
And yeah, those EBLs are pretty good. Been using one in my ’micro, tried a Vapcell 7A, and didn’t see any noticeable difference. Both were hella bright.
The Nichia version of the Tool AA 2.0 isn’t gone. I recently bought one. They’re often on backorder, because they’re popular and not sold by every vendor that sells the other version.
Including Lumintop’s Ali store, right? Because it’s not available there. (And for me, American sellers are out of the question, shipping is far too expensive.)
EDIT: If the Tool AAA with Nichia is still around, I’d love to hear of it. I seldom take mine out of the house for fear of losing it, that’s how much I love it.
Yes, indeed. Happy to trade away some output for warm tint and higher CRI. That’s a trade I would make with nearly every light that I have. Only exceptions would be the dedicated throwers that I only use off my back porch out into the wilds.
I lost (temporarily) an EDC light that I loved once. EagleTac 25A Titanium. Since then, every light that I take with me out the door, in my pocket, has a lengthy lanyard clipped to it, and connected to my belt loop. Won’t ever lose a pocket light again.
I will have to have a look at the RRT-01. Can it do warm, high CRI, flood? I’m about equally good with 14500, as 16340, even 18350. I just want fairly compact and rechargeable li-ion, not primaries.
The light I lost was clipped to the corner of my pocket. It was found by someone else, later, who realized that it was mine.
Now, with the lanyard, I drop the light into my pocket and never worry about losing it.