ReyLight copper pineapple mini, AAA/10440 flashlight, Nichia 219B 4500K R9080 high CRI LED

Stay safe, Rey.

… and enjoy your hollidays.

And there’s a report that new Reylight won’t turn on on NiMh, only alkalines...

Looks like Rey is going to be busy making changes to the driver.

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Mine does. But it switches off at higher modes and won’t come back until I reinsert the 10440. Very strange behaviour.

Hope Rey can solve the problems [and offer driver PCBs at a discount for us :smiley: ].

Not the case for me, I have been running mine exclusively on Eneloops, not a single problem.

Mine won’t run on alkalines or NiMH, only 10440. Probably just some issues with the first batch of drivers.

Hey all, first post here but thought I’d share my experience with this light.

Before you read the rest, know that I love this little light and want to get the pinapple AA version now.

(POST EDITED) It appears that Rey’s site already says that a normal button top battery is not suggested, something we should have read a little better.

Worked great out of the box, my one gripe was the tail switch was a bit sticky and needed to be pressed straight down to function properly. Fixed by unscrewing and re-seating.

Then I dropped the light (threw it accidentally by chasing it) against a tile ceramic floor. Very hard.

This caused the same problem described above, it will give problems with a normal AA and tightened down all the way, but with the shorter rechargeable there’s no issue.

The extra length of the button top on the Energizer ultimate lith. is the difference, and depending how much you tighten can cause either flickering or complete failure to turn on. Loosening one turn fixes it.

Trying to work the action back and forth seemed to make it better, making me think the board itself is possibly unseated a bit? I am no flashlight engineer so this is as much as I can say.

Otherwise, the light works great and I absolutely love it. Honestly I’m amazed it took the abuse I’ve dished out and the light only started giving issues after I smashed it. Fast shipping too, lovely tint.

So far mine runs equally well on NiMH, or 10440 without any issues.

Rey says on his site what type and length batteries to use . There is even a pic to show what is acceptable, along with length measurement .

Can rey just tell us what is an approved make/model battery to use?

Product Page and Info here:

https://www.reylight.net/product/reylight-copper-pineapple-mini-aaa-10440-flashlight-nichia-219b-4500k-r9080-high-cri-led/

Well I feel silly now. According to Rey’s site a button top shouldn’t even work yet here we are using them!

Edited my post from before.

Patina is starting to develop on mine and I love it.

And the tail switch feels good too.

Hmmm...I took the info on the website to mean that some button top 10440 are too long as illustrated in the photos. Regular alkaline, Eneloops and Energizer lithium’s are all button tops ( at least the ones I have) but not in the extreme as illustrated. I don’t think he meant to exclude the use of all button top batteries...at least I hope not!

PM coming.

There are some troubleshooting or fix.

1. tighten or loose the pill a little bit. there might be some bad contact or short somewhere.

2. unscrew the head a little.

3. remove the tailcap and try again.
The switch is press-fit into a copper thing, the switch body is usually at a lower surface. picture below.

Received mine today, beautiful light!

Mine also won’t turn on with any NiMH battery I have, just the 10440 that came with it. Tried tightening/loosening the pill and that didn’t work. It won’t come on with the head loosened a bit either, like it is for some other users.

That’s strange, I will dig it out.

Ordered one

I played around with loosening and tightening the pill some more, and found a spot where it seems to be working fine with NiMH cells now. I got it by loosening the pill a lot, tightening down snug (not tight)and then backing off just a hair.