WTB: Jetbeam RRT01 – Any place to buy it?! + [RRT01 2019 discussion]

Awesome!
Thermal Mass or Thermal Insulation, for the Win! :wink:

the brass insulates the user, and holds the heat in much better! LOL

or to spin it another way

The brass absorbs the heat (it actually doesnt), so the LED stays cooler (it doesnt)

what would keep the LED cooler would be if the pill was Aluminium or Copper
and with those materials, the user would feel the heat in their hand more

another example of a poor conductor, Titanium

a Titanium TCR-1, wont get as hot as the Original RRT-01
not because titanium runs cooler… its just a better Insulator… better than Brass :wink:

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If Jeatbeam is listening, give us back the smooth ball track and more thermally conductive, and lighter weight RRT-01 head

or… just ignore me

and make another one of those Titanium TCR-1 or Eye10 TiC models, with the Original head, not the new Brass Bullfrog Head! LOL! :wink:
(I tease you because I Love you)

Thanks to everyone for the detailed stats and info. Finally got the bezel open on mine. Deciding between a Samsung emitter and a 3K 90CRI XM-L2. My eyes are still accustomed to and prefer incandescent flashlight bulbs. Staying away from the 2019 version. Don’t really need or use 900 lumens. Most of my day to day usage is well under 50 lumens. And I remember when 60 lumens was considered tactical light territory :slight_smile:
That Ti version is cool looking.

The 2x12mm blue fasttech trit vials came yesterday. There to long to fit the RRT01 slots, the width is fine. I had to do a little proxxon rotary tool surgery to make them fit.

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I ground the ends of each slot about .5mm or so to gain enough clearance.

Cleaned the holes and added some kafuter UV glue, installed the trits, then hit it with UV light.

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It might be dark but I can still see you. :smiley:

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If someone is looking to add trit vials to your new RRT01 the 2x12mm will not fit without modification as above. If you can find 2x10mm, they should fit without any grinding.

No worries. Kind of an annoying experience with BatteryJunction though. I ordered the light, 2 x 18650 batteries (for a different light) and 2 cheap battery cases. I knew the light and battery were supposed to be delayed until March 8th but they later sent me an update saying the case was delayed some 2 months and everything was on hold til then. Then they said that the cases actually would come in the same time so I could wait if I wanted. So hopefully I am getting my light in 2 weeks.

I hope it works out for you,they have been very good with me and handled problems quickly. I am even more anxious now,seeing Moderator007’s trit install,nice work.

Does anyone know what the standby current is on the new RRT-01? I heard the previous version drains a full 16340 cell in 2 months.

here is the info on the old model… Im guessing it has not changed, but others will need to confirm…:

[QUOTE=selfbuilt;4253974]Standby Drain

A standby current drain is inevitable on the RRT-01, due to the lack of a physical on/off switch. There is no standby mode on the V11R.

For the RRT-01, the standby current fluctuated between ~50-65uA on CR123A (~55uA average). It was a little lower on 1xRCR, at ~30uA. For a typical 1400mAh CR123A and 750mAh RCR, this would translate into ~2.9 years before a fresh cell would be fully discharged, in both cases. This is not a concern, but you can always twist the head slightly to physically lock-out the light.[/QUOTE]

Found it SKV89!

[Clemence]

Thanks Jon, I read Selfbuilt review too. But do remember that 2,9 years was calculated down to 0V. Expect 1ish year to normal 2,5V as below 2,5V is considered sleeping zone for most Li-Ion batteries. Including the battery self discharge itself.
There’s a lockout function fortunately

[Clemence]

Trits!!!
Major respect on your mods and photos… thanks for sharing

despite not being perfect, and what light is?

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these new rotaries are fun lights, with a nice heavy chunk of brass in the head
and they have Trit Slots! and fwiw M4D M4X has a secret discount code… dont ask me, its secret… ask him

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I think somebody should offer a few of the new RRT-01 customized to High CRI…, with Trits Installed!

anyone here interested in having Clemence build up half a dozen RRT-01 w E21a, and Trits!!!

or maybe Bob_McBob will surprise us? :wink:

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confession
Ive been using an Eye10 with the stock LED and those supposedly Horrible Detents I ranted about recently… well… when Im not staring at the lumens on my light meter, and not white wall hunting the beam, those little detents are kind of fun. I can see how a muggle would like them.

penance
Im back to carrying my RRT-01 w SW45, the smooth dial is just so… smooth :slight_smile:
and the pink tint is heavenly…

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as you can see, Im consistently inconsistent, and often disagree with my younger self.
One way or the other… one of me is always right, some of the time. lol

I would be interested in one w hcri and trits if we could have someone do that for us Mr Slider.

There’s no better than Clemence to mod these and he has access to the biggest selection of E21A 9080 emitters which IMO is the best looking hi cri emitters available.

I agree High CRI modded RRT-01 w Trits would be a popular item :slight_smile:

here btw is a list of lights with Standby or Parasitic current Drain … not because I avoid them, just because I was curious

Jon, convince me not to buy this and suggest another interesting 18350 light under $100. I can mod it if necessary. If you do not succeed then i will have no choice…

LOL
if you want a magnetic rotary w 18350, this IS the way to go, if you appreciate a beam with a hotspot for general EDC
and at the price M4DM4X is proposing… I think its a great deal… Bird in Hand, go for it, then beat the bush and someday you may do better, if you can find an original, that weighs less, or a Titanium version, that has more Bling :wink:

did I mention the new one has Trit Slots? How can you say no? LOL

if you can settle for electronic ramping, a D4 might be OK, if youre ok with that beam style, and the potential to roast nuts

or if you can settle for a 4 mode triple with onboard charging, still w 18350 capability, there is the Mecarmy PT-16, but it does not have a ramping UI, nor a sublumen mode

Today, knowing what I know, the RRT-01 is a BUY! :wink:
its not perfect, but, it is here now

The rotary makes it interesting but not required. However, i have enough shorty triples so prefer a single LED. Guess this is it then

Ok, I bit the bait. I blame Jon and Martin for this. Will get back to you all with potential modifications summary later after teardown.
I’m thinking to sell upgrade kit rather than modified one. Time flies faster and my third hand still doesn’t seem to show up anytime soon.

[Clemence]

I like that idea better!

Interested

Besides already getting a new emitter put in mine, I now have it broke down and am going to fill in the small detents with some lead. I was taught how to braze with lead by a old body man years ago. He didn’t like body filler and refused to use it. So I think I am going to get those detents filled in. I am sure it will take a bit of work to get it all smoothed out but, I have time and I am in no hurry. Think I will see if I can rid the light of that max brightness detent as well. Haven’t looked at it close enough to see if that will be doable. Not going to try and boost output. It is just fine for me the way it is. No need to give myself a reason to burn through cells even faster.

Guess I will see how it goes. I don’t foresee any problems but, ya never know.

Now available for pre-order on Banggood as well

Would anyone know of a Banggood coupon that would work on this? The price seems good in any case.

I am thinking of getting it, even though I do hope JetBeam will make it in Ti…