1xAA budget light with tailstand, modern LED, good low mode, and pocket clip?

LED Flashlights – General Info 1 x AA / 1 x 14500 Flashlights
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L3 Illumination L10 with Nichia 219 high CRI - FANTASTIC light for the money! I prefer the 4 mode, but 3 mode might work for your needs.

Having had a few of them, I recommend you pass on the R5-A3, RC-R5, and P31. The faults you acknowledged should rule them out. I have never seen an R5A3 or P31 with different low modes personally. (Doesn’t mean they don’t exist…) The RCR5 is OK, but just so-so IMO. The L10 is a much better light. Even if you have to rig up a clip, or forgo it altogether, I can not recommend this light enough.

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How about a group donation to give SB The gift of a nice light from BLF members? I’ll chip in! :santa:

How about this, AA / 123A capable
http://www.eliteled.com/products/flashlights/swm-v10r-tip.html

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Wow, you guys are wonderful. Thanks for the fantastic response! So, let me try to respond to some of these suggestions so far:

@Kreisler: Yep, the Eagletac D25A is a beauty, that’s for sure. But the thing is, there are no Eagletac dealers that ship to where I live. And furthermore, sometimes I want to buy a decent flashlight for a friend or family member, and I would never give away anything this nice or this expensive to somebody who doesn’t know or appreciate flashlights. (Yep, I’m stingy. See the name of this website. :wink: )

@stevetexas: Thanks for the suggestion. The L10 looks nice, but I prefer clickies and I really like a pocket clip. Also SBflashlights doesn’t ship to where I live, despite its name being similar to my “SB55637” username. :wink:

@jacktheclipper: You rock! :slight_smile:
I love my Uniquefire AA-S1 even with the standard OSRAM emitter, but as you mentioned the lack of modes is a bit of a bummer.
I forgot about Balder, they do have some decent options. I think I like the HD-1 a bit better, because the SE-1 doesn’t appear to tailstand. But the HD-1 is starting to get into more expensive territory. What’s a good Balder dealer that has free international shipping? CNQ?

@RedForest UK: Thanks a lot for the suggestion. I personally avoid Thrunite because of their dishonest business practices.

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If they can’t ship to where you live, we can surely have someone ship it to you

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Many thanks Alex, I really appreciate the offer! I just don’t like to create extra work or expense for others. This post is both for my shopping and for any other random visitor that is looking for the same thing. So it would nice to have a source for some of these top picks that ships directly from China. Anybody know of an international L3 Illuminations L10 dealer?

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Ooh shiny! :slight_smile: This is 1xAA capable? Doesn’t mention anything about AA on the product page.

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Yes, with the AA extender it works with a single AA battery. I will certainly pitch in 20 bucks towards the cost of the light. :)

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Here is the product page, works with AA, 14500 LiIon, 123a and 16340 LiIon!

http://www.sunwayman.com/html/products/201203/84.html

You like it? I’ll back up Scaru and chip in another $20 towards the cost :slight_smile:

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My Se-1 does tailstand , although a bit wobbly , but only when it's on . In the off postion the clicky protrudes enough to throw off tailstanding ...

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Ah, so it’s more like “switchstanding” then?

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Guys, you are incredibly generous. But my intention here was in no way to organize a gift campaign for myself…

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Yet another $20 from me.

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I'll join too. $20

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We fully understand that. But we want to give you something nice.. :) (As "thank you" for running so great forum!)

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We know .

But all of us would love to show our appreciation for your tireless efforts to keep this forum alive and well .

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+1

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Just wondering.. Maybe we could buy V10R Ti instead of Ti+ and mod it with Nichia 219 (Just did that for my V10A.. Wow! What a difference in tint!)

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_the_, do you want to modify it/run this yourself?

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SB, would you rather have a free trip to the spa? LMAO. :smiley:
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If SB decides to let us thank him for his work, I will also be in.
Maybe someone that knows his address can organize this without him knowing. :bigsmile:
It would be a honor for me to help give something back to you SB for the work you do.
Please reconsider the offer. You are not asking us for this we are gifting it to you as a way to say thank you.
Thanks for all you do. :wink: