I have a flashlight itch I need to scratch and this one (among several others) has really caught my interest.
Titanium, AA, 200lumens (more than enough for my needs) & only 73.6mm long (smaller than my Manker E11 love this light btw) for only 24 bucks with coupon code (Airayland) is pretty hard to resist.
Also considering jumping on the olight S1R band wagon (really wish they would make the AA version with the same charging capabilities. AA’s never receive any love lol).
Yes, I have the T5… its my review on BG for that flashlight.
It “squee”’s like an excited teenage girl who’s seen a new pair of shoes, on MED and LOW… Fine in HIGH obviously.
And the PWM is visible at LOW. Even I can see it, in the rain outside, and I am not sensitive to PWM. You dont need to do the “fan” or “camera” trick to see it.
But it is super small, very very light, and fits in a pocket really easily, or a clutch bag if your of the female persuasion.
I EDC mine just due to its size and weight. That and the CQG Bullet (which i have modded to XP-G3 and a new driver).
Not so bright with an Eneloop. Only measured 130 lumen out of mine on high via “bathroom sphere”, but 90 minutes of burn time. 1600mah-ish at the tail. Havent measure mah at the emitter.
14500 is nice and bright though. Still “squees” with 14500 cells.
I am hoping to do a swap of the driver like I did with the CQG Bullet, but its a very thin pill (if you can even call it that).
I have one. Nice light, good machining, good button. Yes, it has PWM noise on low and mid. And quickly gets hot on a 14500. Titanium alloy is soft and get scratched even by a stainless steel kitchen knife.
Wow that one would be difficult to mod. I would start by tracking down a small non-PWM driver. You may have to give up multi-modes to achieve this… at ~14mm there are fewer options out there. Although I am not a fan of it beyond the AMC7135 “smart resistor”, you could go old school resistor direct drive. By that I mean a resistor in line to throttle the current. But now you are also getting more into cell chemistry, internal resistance, discharge curves…etc.
From there mod that brass ring into a pill to house the driver. Or custom fabricate one that houses the driver and presses the MCPCB up against the reflector. Ideally the pill should also provide a thermal path and a platform for the MCPCB. Although if lower lumens from a modern LED is your goal this might not be that important. 200 Lumens from an XP-G2 will get warm, but it shouldn’t cook it. Its a very robust emitter.
I have to correct myself… salvaging a thorfire TG06 driver would gain you nothing, it too has visible PWM in low modes. Although I do not think it has a history of inductor whine and noises.
I have one incoming as a mod host, but thats for another thread.