yeah dude, me too. honestly, for small size, size/output ratio is all that matters. there's not much smaller than a TrustFire R5-A3 that I would go for, with any other feature besides size/output ratio. for standard batteries, AAA is all you have left. ;)
I'd probably go for the AA. 3x the runtime and probably better brightness though with a well-driven R5 in a stainless steel body it is going to get horribly hot.
Actually, at those prices, I'm glad to say neither of them really appeal to me.
Since my Trustfire F22 has gone missing in action, I really fancy the QCG one with an R5 in it, but not at $41.
That gets to be a bit much for a budget light where you don't know if it will even work or for how long. But the AAA has a clip and the AA doesn't seem to, so I might pick it. Seems to do the iTP one better by offering a better LED and mode memory. But the AA will run on li-ion and they don't mention it on the AAA. So if you can't put a li-ion in the AAA, the A3 on a 10440 is going to be brighter than this on NiMH. So if you plan to run li-ion batteries in it, pick the AA.
I did order the N-light neutral B5 and B10 from them just a day or so before Christmas. While they are not really budget lights I could do some simple reviews of them when they arrive. Mainland China shipping does not equal super quick service during the holiday season, but CQG shipped them out very quickly.
I didn't buy the 18650 in stainless because of something don said about how heavy SS lights were..figured a 18650 SS was too much ..
I am waiting on 5 lights from Ric at cnqualitygoods...
my best guess is ..that they will be in my mailbox ...today
this isn't to gloat ...like Medievil who went nuts on outfittercountry on Olights and itp's and jetbeams ..... this is the real reason i simply stared at the olight itp jetbeam stuff for weeks without pulling the trigger ...i couldn't ..no more $ and I'd lost the will to live
Very nice choices, Boaz... Looking forward to your opinions and a review on em :)
- although I have to say when I first saw that knurled to hell AA in stainless I wasn't too excited, but darn if it isn't growing on me now... and it's a clicky!
I just had a $70 bill to pay + there is a $50 one on the way ... so I dont know if I can justify even 1 this month ...
Since I already ordered a Solarforce Skyline 2 , and the little Akoray 102 .. + Drivers + empty pills , + Batteries , cases , those XM-L emitters [ ok most of it in 2010 ]
Im really leaning toward the AAA , if its as good as a ITP ...
I think the AAA is nicer than the itp ... the pwm of the itp bugs me I'm glad to hear they fixed it on the new xpg version but it makes you wonder why they didn't fix it a long time ago
If its slow enough I can see it , but it does not bother me in any shape or form ...
Hopefully well regulated ...
But Ive wanted a multimode AAA with a tail clicky for a long time ...
The price was $33 + 3 for shipping , + waiting for CPF discount + won $26 in the lottery [ WOW = $26 smackers ] SO I ordered it ... WTF ! I dont have a wife or kids or a habit , ok a small flashlight addiction that costs less than smoking or drinking ...
I've sent him a lot of business..we will see if he can deliver the goods ..when we get lights .I'm curious about the stainless steel myself . This will be my first stainless steel light .
It took a lot of time to get here but they came after getting lost in the hong kong post log jam .
The AAA stainless steel light has a nice clip and is a higher shine light but needs a better clicky as other blf members mentioned .it's odd and to small and sorta sucks the light is just fair as far as lil lights go what do you expect / It's tiny and not that interesting ..BUT i haven't put in a 14440 either ..
the Yezl Z-1 kicks some serious butt . it's a 18650 its 3 mode no disco and besides the stupid mild green hue it's a great 25 $ light..
the stainless steel B2SN-light is AA 3 mode 10% $40% 100%xpg-r5 it's not as knurled as I'd like but I like a lot of knurl, it's also not as shiney as you'd think stainless would be .it's a lillte more toned down .the electric switch is much better than on the little AAA light. the output is pretty good and I'm guessing lumens here but I'm probably pretty close at 180 hi/70/30 with a AA eneloop BUT on a 14500 it's almost double .. like 320/120/50 lumens it's so bright I was stunned ..it's bright like 18650 p-60 lights with xpg's //output wise i'm very very impressed ,finish wise i want more knurling and it has some sharp edges top and bottom .i hate to call them sharp but i personally want softer rounder corners and have thought about going to town with a file and 20 different grits of sandpaper ..it's heavy but not terrible .. the B2s is 100grams .. tint is fine cool white it's a nice light
The B9 is crazy heavy and has the same sharp edges .. much shinier and 1000 times heavier .. it's like a roll of quarters . heavy .did i say heavy , and the same outup as it;s brother .. it screams .. it is very very damn bright so much so it almost loses it's ability to have a low mode since the total output across the board doubles from like 30 lumens to 50 on low 70/120med and 190 /320.. it's bright and the knurling on this guy is 1/4 inch bumps that get your attention .it's pretty big for a AA It is almost the exact same size as the BLF AAY4E light 145grams with a AA nmh same tint as the b2s not a thing wrong with it nothing bad to report just white .Doesn't change on either light , absolutely no color shift no matter how much power ..maybe a lil rosey on low but unnoticable ..
PWM on all lights is undetectable .. thank god !!!
The L2 n-light is maybe the least interesting of them all but not a bad light either it's an r2 18650 and pure knurl head to toe , normal reverse clicky black rubber boot and 3 nicely spaced modes 10 /40 /100% Lumens probably 20/80/200 No disco strobe modes ,no pwm a little bit pink,tint but lots of r2's are so it's not a surprise and it's not terrible either .it's a nice light I can't say much bad about it , it might be nicer in a AA size ,it's very clean lines and softer smoother edges makes it a clean design .
Overall these lights are a step above the regular dx fare and have sucessfully eliminated the sos and strobe for all those who hate it and don't want to pay for it and then pay again for a different driver and then break out the soldering iron.
I put a mechanical clicky [ reverse ] in my AAA and its so easy to us now .. [ use great care = 10440 ] check to make sure it does not short out at the head , needs to be a 10440 with a small button top just like a AA ..