need suggestions for a Kids-AAA light

Your 10 lumen requirement is going to be very difficult to meet.

If you can go up to 100 lum then a few come into my mind immediately

Astrolux A01
Lumintop Tool
Convoy EDC XP-E2 (around 90lum)

Programmable AAA? - I have nothing for you ….you ask all the hard questions!

What a bout feeding the said flashlight with a nearly empty alka ?
You could buy a Lumintop Tool for example and give the TV remote batteries a “new” life :partying_face:

Buy a 13 lumen E01 from the Fenix store for $11.00, it is safe enough (I think) and she can’t kill it.
https://www.fenix-store.com/fenix-e01-led-flashlight-purple/

I am not kidding. these lights do exist!

- look at the fenix cl05 (8 lumen only mode)

- programmable AAA? look at skylumen ToolVN with driver VN2 (programmabkle to any (number of) modes with any lumen you want) -> it is a little bit pricy by the way

btw: using an empty battery to decreasing the brightness of common AAA-lights (A01, Tool) is not an option, cause the light will be in heavy daily use (reading under the blanket for hours :smiley: )

I recommend Fenix CL05, my 5 yo daughter loves it very much.

Empty Alkalines will leak. Bad idea.

Manker Boney is low lumen output, not sure about availability and price.
(Sold out at Banggood)

Hey AAA-Maniac, where in Europe are you located?

It might help us find a flashlight for you since you need it in two weeks.

I don't own any of the following, but they're name brands that are usually high quality.

They are all available in the U.S.

I'm not sure about Europe.

1. The Sunwayman R01A is about 10 lumens.

2. The Nitecore T0 is about 12 lumens.

3. The Klarus Mi02 is about 13 lumens.

Already mentioned by others, but also great choices:

Fenix E01

Fenix CL05

The Manker Boney is good and very inexpensive, but I don't think you'll be able to get it very quickly.

By the way, a 13 lumen flashlight is only 28% brighter than an 8 lumen flashlight.

I also put scotch tape over the lens of the flashlight for my daughter (also 6 years old) to reduce the blinding.

Scotch tape is very decent diffuser. :+1:

That’s what I do with my “bobofett” light. Eats dead AAs that won’t even power an optical mouse. It’s a “moonlight” light, but that’s fine late at night.

If your handy with soldering & modding, a simple resistor would work in any good solid 2-AA flashlight to lower its output to non-blinding levels. a 100 ~ 150 ohm 1/4 watt resistor soldered in one of the LED leads would bring a low-cost 10-dollar (but tough) hugsby XP2 down to 10 to 20 lumens, (or any low cost LED light) and increase the run time by days. Add a coule rechargeable AA cells and kids are happy for days between charges. Also as Jerommel mentioned, some frosted scotch tape on the lens will help reduce the blinding beam to a floody glow.

reading under the covers with a flashlight, I would also consider warm tint and high CRI
not a fan of diffusers, or any system that shines light on my eyes when Im trying to light up a book page

it might also be useful to find a light that is USB rechargeable

for a simple answer to your wishlist, I agree the Fenix E01 is a contender. It happens to have one of the most disgusting tints of any of the options, but you did not, yet, specify tint and cri goals

I would rather give them a good 3 mode Tool w Nichia, and teach them how to change modes responsibly… YMMV

the cheapest tool w nichia I know of right now is this one

my orders take about 2 weeks to arrive

Avoid the Astrolux A01, current models have PWM and next mode memory

Lumintop worm. Has low, med, high. Cool colors (got a purple for my 8 year old) and cool GITD grip ring. :smiley:

I dont think give AAA to kid is good idea, no one knows what they will do to battery
I recommend nitecore tube

Go to fenix official website. Select AAA flashlight from their list within your budget. I am a big fan of fenix and i will not recommend any other brand over fenix.
Fenix E12 flashlight (130 lumens) would be great choice. https://theeffectiveguide.com/best-aaa-flashlight/ However, I have found there a few good aaa flashlight list.

or stick with a maglight solitaire, 2 lumen single mode,
and skip all the talk about LED, CCT, CRI and PWM

the Nitecore tube has some good points, but, would you give your kids a light that is strobing their brain, at any speed?
at 1.06 in this video you can see the tube PWM
https://youtu.be/0i-EoDToHZM?t=1m6s

click this link for a couple more PWM examples

maybe the Made in USA maglight solitaire has everything you need
the kids can each have a different color

Maybe you could tighten the tailcaps enough that they won’t be able to eat the batteries

Plus I have faith that the kids can learn safe operation of flashlights, and will enjoy being included and trusted, to use flashlights, like their Hero Dad does :slight_smile:

I think its really cool that you are thinking about what to give them
share your outcomes :slight_smile:

Another vote here for the clo5.

LoL, the fluorescent lamps licking at 50hz, and you are worried about the PWM of tube?

I do not use fluorescent for that reason :slight_smile:

I prefer incandescent instead of Fluoros

in led lights, PWM is hard to avoid, but I have managed to find a few lights that don’t use it

I think there is a nice soothing effect to be had from a warm incandescent tint late at night before sleeping
the cool white end of the spectrum is not as good to helping a kid get ready to sleep

I just gave my partners nephew a Hugsby XP-2 its a tad bright but hes good he doesn’t shine it in peoples faces. He is turning 4 soon. My niece and nephew think its funny to shine lights in my face lol I guess i also do the same to people and i am how old lol it must run in the family :stuck_out_tongue: