TrustFire New EDC MINI-03. stainless steel. 10440/AAA

Dudes… Trustfire gave Rey a hard time even when they only have to install Cree NW last time. BLF A8 - remember? Two months of yada yada - cannot source, not enough stock, need to order MOQ et al.

And they can’t even make this simple “bin change” right as some claimed NW are not quite NW at all.

Now, imagine how TF would deal with a whole new Nichia 219 which it does not have experience with. Who’s to know they would even source the right one - there are lots of Nichia’s emitter.

No, I won’t trust TF for the job.

sorry, it's 10440/AAA.

@Pulsar13

Me too, I don't think they even know what is a Nichia 219.

Well…. that settles that then….

XP-G CRI min 90

see “Variations”
http://www.cree.com/led-components-and-modules/products/xlamp/discrete-directional/xlamp-xpg

lowlow - low - mid - hi (4 modes)

fleibaka

So buy two. She’s paying for them anyway.

Rey, do you think Tank007 or Xeno might be interested to make a BLF light? Just an idea.

+1 highcri or nichia 119/219

Currently only TF host is available.Tongue Out

Can it use both types, 10440 and AAA? What is output on each type?

scroll down this page for more info:

http://www.aurabuy.com/trustfire-mini-03-cree-xp-g-r5-3-mode-200lm-white-light-led-flashlight-1-10400-aaa-battery-silver.html

it looks like this light can host PLOTECTED 10440's. and it comes with one.

disadvantages: heavy, cant' tailstand, old emitter, heavy, no accessories. and it's heavy. oops did i mention this already? ;)

Interesting. More realistic than nichia Rey?

Like the idea of superlow mode. Could be a useful light with superlow + hi only. Kinda like the original Ti… Maybe 0.5 / 60 lumen (on NiMh).

Nice Trustfire Mini 03 flashlight…

hmm kevinlee, weren't there some site rules about commercial sellers not putting links to their shops in other people's threads????

EDIT: I see you removed the link...

I just ordered one from Aurabuy.com
http://www.aurabuy.com/trustfire-mini-03-cree-xp-g-r5-3-mode-200lm-white-light-led-flashlight-1-10400-aaa-battery-silver.html

This is not my first order at aurabuy. They’re fast shippers, and have served me well in my previous orders.
Looking forward to take a play with this beauty! :bigsmile: Review coming!

Does this start in a default mode or does it always go to next mode?

i would definitely be interested if it had a NICHIA 219 or good NW XP-G2, and no blinkies, and 4 modes, (Moonlight, Low, Med, High) and able to run off both AAA or 10440s, and stil below 15 bucks. :bigsmile:

@Horst Horstmann,

if using eneloop only, does the performance satisfying for a small light?
the lens is plastic or glass?
does the finish easily scratched?

thanks before for many questions :stuck_out_tongue:

thanks Horst Horstmann :slight_smile:
I kinda hope it will better than C3 Stainless steel (which is few $ cheaper and quite tough).

Does anyone have a flickering issue when turning this thing off? It causes mine to set another mode into memory and I’d like to fix this. Also does anyone know of a good high temp thread lube?

Mine flickers too. When I tighten the head all the way, it flashes and stays off. When I loosen the head and cycle through the modes, it’s at times very inconsistent. I think the spring at the end of the tailcap may be screwy, or just the driver board is flakey.

The head doesn’t sit tight on the body thread either.

I used a small pencil eraser at the end of a mechanical pencil to “clean” the contact on the head. I tend to do that with all my flashlights so that it makes for a cleaner contact. Didn’t help.

I mentioned this on another post, but the Preon P1 head fits on the Mini-03 body. it works, but also causes the head to cycle funky. Normally on a Preon P1 you can cycle it L-M-H twice, then F then S. But on the Mini-03 body it becomes very inconsistent with an additional strange flashing mode appearing H-M-L. New batteries didn’t make much difference. Swapping the head backs to the original bodies left them in a funky mode, but after some rest and cycling through the modes a few times, it went back to behaving normally on the Preon head. The Mini-03 is still semi-consistent.

All this doesn’t make any logical sense to me.

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend buying the Mini-03 as a budget EDC, but that’s just my opinion, after owning one. I think it looks nice, but the build quality is questionable. If you want something about that size and weight, using the Tank E09 head on a E10 body, mentioned on a BLF review is spot on. I think the Tank 007 E09 or E10 are better EDC lights in general. Maybe not as sexy looking. If you want sexy looking the Preon P1 is pretty good.