Ultratac A1 is a good light. Simple 3 mode. Runs wickedly well on NiMh. Nice stock beam and tint. Zebralight SC52w is nice as well. Jetbeam Jet I-MK is a favorite as well. Can’t go wrong with either of them. I don’t like side switches on my AA lights. Its just a preference, nothing inherently wrong with them. I have them on bigger lights.
LOL! - I can see where they are coming from. I would have said Wuben E05 but the UI is the worst I have ever used. The utorch wins, even if it’s button is not as fantastic….the output is - on both.
Love the SP10whateverversion, and it got plenty of mention here.
Don’t forget the Thorfire TK05. Great pineapple knurling, goes low→high.
Jetbeam Jet-I. Has mode memory (the Jet-II always starts from low), but tint is a bit on the greenish side. Twisty, so extremely hard to turn on accidentally in a pocket.
Another vote for the Tool AA V2.0. It has 4 modes but checks out all the other boxes. I have mine and it’s one of the torches I like the most, and this is coming from a big Convoy fan.
That seems ideal… price and mode-wise and brightness too.
I have an older Fenix LD10 (single AA). It’s alright, fairly bright on high, but I don’t like the modes (combinations of clicks and turning the head); but mostly, the battery life isn’t great and I think it has some parasitic drain. I paid like $40 several years ago and now feel like that was a total waste.
Awesome work fellas!
Indeed, I have some reading to do, haha.
I do prefer a warm-neutral white tint.
I have some solarforces and convoy S2+ and an old 4sevens.
But good point on accidental activation on side switches. I considered it but didn’t think it’d be that much of an issue.
I’m from Tasmania and spending 5 months across Europe from April.
I liked the UT-01 but it suddenly failed with no warning, apparently the switch. Would not come on or do anything ever again, this was after maybe 18 months of frequent but not rugged use.
They are worth trying due to their low price.
Decent UI.
Very small.
Playing around with this light, I discovered another interesting feature. Both ends of the body tube are identical, which means you can take the light apart and flip the tube around 180°. So you can have the belt clip oriented either of two ways. First, in a lens-down configuration for pocket carry. Second, with the clip reversed so that it can be attached to the bill of a cap and used as a headlamp.
Lumintop EDC05. Moon, Low, Mid, High, Mode memory on long press only, works nicely with protected 14500 cells, too. Nice large spot with a bright spill, both on the soft side. Can be programmed (three intensities per level). CW has a nice clean colour.
Thank’s Nev. Mixing it with another one. (Astrolux AO1 on second lap?)
We travel quite a bit. Usually 2 to 3 months a yr.
I take lappie for boss lady and Tablet for self. with a Liitokala 202
charger. So battery’s no problem. Usually my Astrolux S41 nowadays.
Stainless head, 18650, Cree chips. with Nichia Head unit in case as spare.
Used to be my Imalent DN35, Maagic all rounder.
but this more versatile but less range.
I throw a Jetbeam Jet 1 MK in wife’s case and a BLF 384 in her handbag.
I carry either my Astrolux AO1, or a little stainless Convoy AAA on keys too.
ALL but the S41 will run on AAA/AA, Ni Cad. Lithium, or Lith4.
Liitokala charges ALL. 2 cells. and takes no room. It’s charging 2 x 26650 cells at present, Out of L2.
Thank u Lightboks.
But that memory thing never bothered me. (old fart. lot’s a patience.)
I just (automatically nowadays) remember to turn light to low b4 turning off.
It comes back on that every time then. Great torch hey….I’m after a copper one if anybody knows or has one?. Have 3 x 348’s, nice but boring.
AO1 SOOOO much nicer in hand and looks. and at under $10AUD ea.
Can’t be beat.