Lidl AAA Zoomie

Saw this AAA Zoomie in Lidl (UK) Horley the other day. Price was £2.99 ($4) with 3yr G/tee:

It says ‘5W Cree XT-E’ on the pack and boasts 100 lumens.
It is very well made and all the threads were greased.
Zoom extends smoothly, and went from a usable flood to a nice small square spot.
It has 5 modes: High-Med-Low-Strobe-SOS high is stated to be 100LM with Med 50 and low
25. Took a tailcap amps reading and got 1.20, .60 and .30 for H-M-L.
Took it apart and it is very well put together:




Next to my Solfirn C01 for size comparison - finish is at least comparable

I tried to have a poke around on the pill but it’s very well put together and I scratched
the dome trying, I wonder if I could get an XML to fit in there? with 1.2 amps it
might be interesting, maybe someone could advise how it would compare to the XT-E.
A very nice little zoomie, I’d buy a few more - if I didn’t have a dozen or so AAA’s already :slight_smile:
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I have to check my local LIDL store but I suppose they will have different stock.Is there a brand and model of it?

I think the offer was from last Sunday, Horley, Surrey branch had around 20 of them left so
there may be a few knocking around in other stores too.
It says ‘Livarno Lux’ on the pack 5W Cree max 100lm.
IAN number = 306054

That would make a nice hands-free hat brim light, if the clip were reversible or 2-way.

I’d like to have a 1AAA zoomie for may hat brim.

The Glaree E05(?) is really lightweight for an AAA light. Thinwall tube, simple twisty so no switch adding weight or length, pretty sure it has a reversible clip. There was a blowout sale on Amazon ages ago, dunno what the “regular” price might be. Compared to, say, a Tool AAA, it practically levitates.

I don’t think that the Glaree is a zoomie.

My current 1AAA light for hat brim use weighs just 30g with a NiMh installed - Factor Equipment Mizpah 130. It’s not a zoomie, either.

Nope, ain’t. Would be nice with a fixed aspheric, though, for a nice buttery-smooth floody beam.

You’re lucky. Here lidl sells overpriced junk.
$4 gets you nothing.
Cree SMD LED? Starts at $20. Oh, you want that with aluminium body? $30-40 minimum.

It was here, in Romania, too, in the Lidl stores.
First, it appealed to me, but seeing it live discouraged my attempt to buy it.
Only 100 lumens for a light almost as big as my beloved Sofirn SP10B…
Not bright or practical for me.

My current brim light is my D4 with a shorty 18350 tube. It may be a little heavy but it works for me :slight_smile:

I bought one of these yesterday, And went back for another one today, They are an amazing flash-light for only £2.99, Even at £5.99 i would have bought it.

The Zoom is the deal maker for me, for an really wide beam to a tight spot.

John.

Can I have a semi-front view of this light, showing the lens size and curvature? This is the first I want to know of a new zoomie because it is the most important clue of the performance. And for some reason, also on sellers websites, it is often left out.

Shopping in my local (Edinburgh) LIDL yesterday I found several still on the shelves. For the price of a cup of coffee it looks a bargain. Fills a useful void in my EDC kit, between a good bright versatile Astrolux S43S which is just a bit too bulky and heavy for carrying everywhere always, and tiny keychain torches that are probably only better than striking a match. The completely even featureless flood is very nice, and the long end of the throw focuses an image of the LED so well that you can see the imperfections in its surface coating -- in other words it puts a lot of light a long way.

These don’t seem to be available in the US.

This is what it looks like in the packing.

The UI is H-M-L in that order?

No Memory, So from power on you get, High100%, Medium50%, Low25%, SOS, STROBE.

John.

Thank you!

Haven’t spotted them in the Netherlands (yet). Or on the Lidl-website.
But if they are: there is a Lidl store just around the corner :wink:

Djozz, could you please tell us what cues can you take from such picture?