Another Massdrop Brass AAA Lumintop review (Pix Hvy)

I swapped out the electronic switch for a magnetic forward clicky in my tool ti and intend to install a FET driver too :smiling_imp:
Thanks for the review but an aluminium pill in a brass light? Nooo! :laughing:

I hear ya. Thinking of heading out to the shop and carving out a copper pill…

It will run on Hi Mode only on LiIon, until voltage drops below 3.8, then low and medium work. At least, thats how the TiTool with the same switch works. More LiIon details here

here is the massdrop link to the brass Tool

Nice review
I got my copper with the nicihia and already use it way to much.
I’ll get the brass one with the cree and only use it with eneloops.
You know… just not to mess with you :stuck_out_tongue:

Ouch Benjy! You’re gonna make me shove an XHP-50 in one of these! :stuck_out_tongue:

urgh, is this a dirty joke about putting big things in small places places? :smiley:
my L6 lost its purpose last week, and I am a friend of dead capital :wink:

Can’t wait to have my own collection of those.
I juuust hope they fix the issue the switch has with 10440 - until then I’ll try to care as little as possible

I certainly do prefer a L-M-H sequence. I could live with M-L-H IF the switch was able to do half press changes like the Tool switch does. These electronic switches are cool, but I’m not thrilled with having to click of and on to get to different modes.
That being said…this is a fantastic looking light and for the cost, I might have to get one.
Thanks very much for the review and I hope that you can get enough sway with MD to get other variants made.

Very detailed and an interesting read! Thanks for sharing

Just got notice my flashlight shipped. Anyone else got the notice?

Yes I got a message too, shipped on 31.March to Germany :+1:

I can't seem to find the answer I want, but over on CPF they talk about the parasitic drain to keep that LiIon battery charged at somewhere between ~2~30uA. Has anyone here measured it? If I keep an AAA in there, how long would it take of non-use for it to be drained? I bought this as a seldom-used flashlight and I think I may have made a wrong purchase.

My math says for a 1Ahr alkaline AAA (standard AAA battery) you will deplete it completely in about 4.5 months with a 30uA current draw. I would agree an eswitch is not a good choice for a small cell rarely used flashlight.

That’s what I feared. I really like the Nichia in these things. Can it be converted to a standard clicky?

The M-L-H isn’t bad, actually. I have that on my Fenix L0D. I wanted to get this light, but… the parasitic drain from the eswitch killed it for me.

The easy answer is to just unscrew the two parts of the light 1/4 turn. Verify the light does not turn on via the eswitch. Now you have disconnected the battery, and it will last much longer. If it is an alkaline cell, be sure to check it 2x a year anyway, as they leak and ruin lights periodically. Alkaline batteries are also know as alkaleaks.

Storing the light with the lockout mode described above is fine, but the capacitor will have to charge when you screw the tail cap back on in order for all modes to be available… usually only a couple of minutes time does this cap charge. This is what allows the e-switch to work in the tail. :wink:

I bought three of them - two for gifts. I could do that for mine, but I can't suggest that for the others, especially since it takes several minutes for the internal battery/capacitor to charge again. I may just have to sell them and get something else.

I gifted one to my son-in-law and he’s brought it to me twice saying he broke it. He DID leave it in his pants through the washer/dryer, but a new cell and a couple of minutes had it working good as new. He just keeps forgetting that it has to charge up first. So yeah, “muggles” might have issue with it.

I seldom use mine. Probably ought to check the cells… :wink:

A Thorfire TK05 is a nice little light that takes both AA/Ni-Cad/NiMH and Li-ion. Might be worth a look… that or the Utorch UT-01, also a neat little light that is compatible with multi chemistry. I’ve found the Thorfire TK05 to be more reliable though…

"A Thorfire TK05 is a nice little light"

The beautiful look of the outside and Nichia light is why I wanted these though. I can't find an alternative.

Right, I have the copper and titanium versions and like them both quite a lot.