I’m going to be working away from home for a couple of months. It’s not going to be in a remote area, but I wanted to take a reliable flashlight that uses just AA batteries, as I don’t want to take a Li-ion charger with me. I have some smaller AAA lights that I will bring along, but I want to have something brighter, so I’m thinking of a 4xAA light, which surprisingly, I don’t have at all, so I’m looking for suggestions/recommendations?
It seems like the TN4A or EA41A might be my best best at this point? Which one (or another one) would you all recommend?
I dont think you can go wrong with the Nitecore EA45S. 35 bucks at gearbest with code EAS10. Its much easier to hold and pocket compared to fatter light like my Crelant v4a. The tn4a is also fat like the crelant i believe.
I was just getting ready to chime in with that coupon on the EA45S. I have no experience with this light, but it seems like a steal for $35. I do have other Nitecore lights, very high quality.
One point of possible concern is parasitic drain. The Thrunite has an extremely low parasitic drain of only 6.5 microA (35 years) according to Selfbuilt. I can’t find data about Nitecore’s parasitic drain for the 4xAA models, but I do know that some Nitecore models suffer from very high drain values. If parasitic drain is of concern, and you don’t want to take the batteries out when you’re not using it, then I would check this out and ask Nitecore.
Perhaps you want to check out differences in features or UI to make a decision. Otherwise, both these lights seem like a good choice to me.
I just ordered a Nitecore EA45S several days ago- I have been lusting after a powerful AA lite, but was not thrilled with the “soda can” shape of the TN4A and similar 4xAA lites. I seem to recall seeing in a thread here that parasitic drain was pretty minimal on this lite
I ordered from GearBest for 36.59 on the discount currently available that ends October 3rd
and that is where I read about the low (to me, anyway) parasitic drain, “I measured .08mA parasitic drain. So cells will be dead in about 1276 days, or down to 50% in 638 days on an Eneloop Pro 2450mAh cell.” (from the review)
Anyway, for now, can we take the EA45S off the table? Looking at some pics and stuff, I think I’d prefer to have a shorter style light, like the small “soda can” styles.
Ok. You may find this funny (== amusing), but I was just looking in the display case that I have for my lights (yes, I have a display case for them) and WAAAAY in the back, guess what I found?
Yes, I found a D40A!!
So, I think I’m good to go for this trip. Now I have to figure out what OTHER lights I want to take with us.
Thanks, and now I may re-take a look at the EA45S, but not for this trip. Seems like a heck of a deal?
For me its a good car light to throw in my glove box. It looks really long in pictures but i was surprised how small and compact it was in person. Sounds like you are good to go though.