TOMTOP 1xAA Sipiksk68 clone Story....31st Dec 2011

Was going to a family gathering (dinner) today to celebrate end of year. It just occured to me to bring the TOMTOP sk68 clone *just in case the power goes down*

I was not really expecting on that for a 31st of December to be honest but Lo and behold!!

The power went down!!! I was so excited that I ran to my car to pick up my newly bought $7 flashlight!

I entered the house and put it on. A cousin next room said "dont bring the candles, the power is restored"

My uncle who saw that small flashlight said "that is one heck of a flashlight for such a small size"

Another cousin was like "where you bought this? What battery it uses?"

Aunts/other cousins were contemplating the flashlight that I put tailstanding on the table to provide the room light.

They were amazed and I was happy.

Had to share this story with you guys :) Cheers. Thanks for making me buy this baby!

which cells had you been using?

I also have one from TopTom and for the price it's very cool :-)

Glad you got to show it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was using 1.5v Energizer Lithium battery. :)

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the energizer lithium primaries provide very good runtimes i guess :)

tonight i am gonna have my 10$ Romisen RC-29a with me loaded with freshly charged 14500's. for non-flashaholics the zoomed-in lens (thrower, 350meters) is more impressive than a Quark or Xeno E03 .. at least when you're outdoors. You could have blown away your folks with 14500's -- you missed the chance!! ;)

Mein Herr *smiles*

When giving away flashlights, I never give Li-ion cells.....it would just confuse them.

They faint about the performance with AA....and then AA lithium primaries make them faint again.

If I gave them Li-ion they would ruin my sleep, wondering about the body count after the fires *smiles*

+ 1

..and in any case it has to be pitch dark. otherwise even 500lm OTF are not impressive ;)

"You could have blown away your folks with 14500's -- you missed the chance!!"

They'd missed the chance to be impressed thrice. Which is why AA/AAA lights are the first ones I show/gift to quality led virgins.

Virgins....ummmmm

14500's even me I've never touched! Must try that. Well, they were impressed all right with that AA cell :) All good!

Li-Ion is the stuff made for flashaholics hehe. perfect food feed. cost 2.00$ apiece (DD, DX) and are protected so nothing can happen :) (if you short them, they die but they dont vent, burn or explode).

Believe me, going from 1.2V (Eneloop) to 1.7V (Energizer) to 4.2V (Trustfire) is major stepup. i luv it.

you're going to be shocked when you try them. I've been using 14500s in a few different EDC lights for a few months and I am still shocked. I keep taking the light out of my pocket and turning it on - as if I suspect it was just a dream every other time and it will look like alkalines the next time I turn it on...

I was at a friends place last night (6th floor apartment) We saw some kids causing havoc about 200m away. I got out my x9. Another person there said you won't see them with that. Turned it on strobe and gave them a flash. They stopped what they were doing and then started running away. The non flashaholic was impressed. We started a discussion about bike lights.He was telling me how he paid $300 for some lights for his bike. I told him he paid too much.

Wont the 14500's fry the tomtop flashlight?? How much can it run w/o getting too much heated up?

Any linkies on DX/DD with good cheap 14500 cells? I will have to try them!

I've only used the TT SK68 clones for a few minutes tops, but I use 14500s in all my SK68s without issue. And I have like a dozen.

If you want protected 14500s, there's really not a whole lot of choice. I use TF flames from DX in most of my EDC lights. DD has them for a little less and I'd be happy to test the couple of sets I've ordered when I get them, but so far I have no idea if they're the real deal as they seem to be stuck somewhere between China and here.

Just gave my tomtom flashlight away to a relative. Seller no longer ships to Mauritius :( I'll wait and order another at a later time or wait for the next 'deal' being reported by members here:)

I am using protected 14500s in my Tomtop sipik 68 clone. When I first got it I didn't have any 14500s, using a fresh AA it pulled 1.3A at the tailcap. 2 days ago I got my first 14500s (ultrafire blue unprotected) and it pulled 1.7A at the tailcap. Big difference and much brighter. Yesterday I got my Trustfire Flame protected 14500s and it pulls 1.85A at the tailcap. Fun little light!! Does get warm pretty fast though. I have not left it on for more than a minute or two.

I bought this light specifically to have a cheap tailstanding AA light for power outages. If you take the lens off and tailstand it on a shelf or table, it fills the room with nice soft light.

If you take the lens off, can you put it back on???

Sure can! Just hold the bottom part of the sliding head, and uncrews the top bezel. The bezel and the lens will come right out.

The light will be brighter on an eneloop than an alkaline .... that's always the case