Hey guys I'm trying to pick a cheap little AAA light for edc purposes. I tried to narrow things down as best as I could. I will mainly be using this indoors to work on projects up close so flood is more important than throw. Other then that battery life is always important, I'm trying to stay <$15usd atm, we'll see if that comes back to bite me but for what I'm going to be using this for I can't justify spending too much.
h ugsby is gonna be your best bet ..a very nice well built pretty beam great clip
mxdl is just too cheap some are horrid purple tint others dim dark ..huge tint lottery
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Ultrafira c3's are just wicked bad trouble lights ...i have no idea why but they all had problems
AA / 2AA light is hard . tank 566 or tank 568 and there is a $2 extension tube pretty easily found on the internet .. dino ? manafont ..
downside is tanks have pwm that may bug you .. it bothers me but i like the light enough to deal with it ... modes are very well spaced ..Beam is ringy because it uses a smooth reflector .. but It has throw :)
I don't dislike the E01, I'm just not sure it will provide enough light at only ~10 lumens but it is a nice light so I won't rule it out completely. Love the battery life on it.
Thanks for the link but that is a bit too big I'm trying to find something that is only a little bigger than a AAA
Do you have preference between the Ti and Ti2, I am definitely giving them heavy consideration because they fit the bill for me in pretty much every way.
Can’t go wrong with a Thrunlite Ti. I don’t care for twisty lights either but they got this one just right. It has nice aggressive checkering so your fingers don’t slip on the head and there is only one direction to twist to get into both modes. It will also take a 10440 and produce about 200 lumins on high!
Only major cons to the Ti is the head may fall off if it gets too loose. Never happened to me but have heard stories. Same is true for all twistys with loose head off. Also, it does not come with a pocket clip. Real shame as a light like this would be easy to carry in pants or shirt pocket with a clip.
I just got my Hugsby XP-2 from Wallbuys. It was like $7.50 on sale I think. Really nice tint and nice floody beam with smooth even beam. Strong deep pocket clip should the light secure and not separate. It’s a single mode reverse clicky which takes 2 AAAs for extra runtime. The anodizing and fitnand finish are actually quite nice.
If I paid $20 for it, I wouldn’t feel bad at all. At $7-10 it’s a no brainer. Pick up one or two since they are so handy. A 2 AAA with a pocket clip is easier to carry than a 1 AAA without. My guess is it has about 50 lumens. Plenty bright for any task within 10 feet.
we dont know how well the ti2 is regulated or stabilized. the ti is *not* stabilized, one can see the dimming after 5mins already. and if you start off with a half depleted cell, say 1.28V, then the light *is* plain dim. hopefully your ti2 is stabilized ;)
stuff such as E09 and LD01 are *always* bright, also with depleted Eneloop. constant brightness lights!
I recently picked up a couple of Ti2’s. Overall, I am very happy with them. The firefly mode is really nice. A clip for the LD01 fits these perfectly, btw. Currently $3 at fenixgear.com. I ordered 5 clips for various lights and shipping was only $1.
Unfortunately, on one of them, the firefly mode stopped working after the first few times it was used. I read around the forums and found that this was an issue with some of the Ti’s as well. Lifting the contact did not correct the issue.
I ordered through the Thrunite Shop on Ebay. Communication on the issue was very good. They did ask me to send the defective light back to their warehouse in CA before they sent a replacement. It added about $2 to my total cost, but I wasn’t going to sweat it. I would purchase again from Thrunite.
Yeah I've heard about that problem valuseeker, I hope your new one works out better.
Just out of curiosity were you able to get any of your ti2 in black? I see a few for sale on ebay but they are priced ridiculously high, I am currently making an offer on one so I'll see how it goes. I'm jus wondering if this is the result of a lack of inventory or if they have been discontinued or what. Really only want a black one I don't care for the colors, so if I can't get it in black I'll have to get something else.
