The head is 21mm diameter. In my opinion, this is because they are using a reflector. The only lights I’ve seen that have successfully maintained a small form factor with a nice beam have used TIR.
The Olight S1 Mini proportions are perfect for edc but 16340 leaves much to be desired. To scale its dimensions for 14500/AA, we should have a 19mm diameter by 70mm length.
I also want to see the same thing in 18350 - 23mm x 55mm.
The Sofirn SP10S is a uniform 20mm diameter, also uses the Samsung LH351D, puts out 800 lumens on turbo. It’s not down to the 19mm diameter mentioned here, but it is noticeably thinner than an 18650 light. It is 88mm long though, even though it has a side switch. I guess the head could have been made smaller by using TIR optics.
Not sure if this helps, but I did this to mine!
Olight M1T Raider pocekt clip.
I also modded the driver (15mm with Bistro HD OTSM, from lexel) and the emitter (Samsung LH351D 5000K 90CRI).
It has been on my jeans for some weeks now and …it is perfect! :partying_face:
I have 3 Shockli 14500 cells looking for a home, and can’t for the life of me find anything to put them in. I’m waiting for the new Ti 14500 Reylight, but I’m pretty sure that will have a larger diameter than ideal as well… Reylight ticks all of the boxes, but they’re too thick - nobody else is even coming close (although I do like the Lumintop EDC05C I just got, and the thickness is acceptable because of the side LEDs).
1. Thin
2. Sublumen moonlight
3. High turbo
4. Good mode spacing
5. Non-garbage UI
6. Good clip
Doesn’t seem like it would be all that hard to make, but evidently its impossible. If Rey’s upcoming 14500 Mini Dawn is considerably thinner than the Lan and Pineapple, he will sell a billion of them - people want 14500 lights to be as thin as possible - all the other puzzle pieces are there.
Maybe we can just email Reylight to ask abount making a thinner one? That’d be ideal. Like give me 19mm in diameter and I’ll buy a few of them for myself alone.
He has a facebook group that’s super active - he’s said before that he likes to make the lights thicker so they’re stronger, so I’m not sure if he’d be interested in making a thinner one… But if he did, I’m pretty sure it would become the #1 recommended / best 14500 light. Everything about the Lan and Pineapple is pretty much perfect - moonlight, max output, mode spacing, tint, they look nice, great clip, great build quality - the ONLY thing that some people don’t like is the thickness. The Mini Dawn is supposed to have a new programmable driver - realistically, I’m gonna end up buying one regardless, but if it were thinner than the Lan (like about the body width of the Pineapple, without the wider head and tail), there would literally be nothing on the market that could touch it. I know its still in design, so hopefully it comes out thin and trim!
Could always ask lumintop to do replacement pills for the tool ti like they have in the normal tool hm kit, with the amount of aa tools that have sold I’m sure pills with better cri led options would sell well, especially for those that want to swap but still haven’t mastered soldering!
correct
specifically the AA models have non removable bezels. The pill is press fit from below the glass. That means modification of the LED is not possible, unless someone breaks the glass and presses the pill back out the bottom of the head.
since you cant have a drop in, and you cant solder…
consider adjusting your dream, to include paying someone to modify a light for you
I agree btw, that the stock Tool clip is not very good, it sits too low, and it can pull off. Mascaratum showed you how he solved that.
Huh? My Tool AA 2.0 Ti has a two piece head that can be opened fairly easily, and the PCB is the same as in my Tool HM kit, it’s just on a shelf not in a pill. I swapped a 219b into my Ti and it’s my favourite light to carry. No breaking glass required.