Let´s comment about the Lions AAA XP-C

The subject:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.42670

Opinions..... impressions... What do you think? Anybody has tried it? Other sites claims 50 lumens measured with integrating sphere.... but..... 50 lumens with Alkalines or 10440?

XP-C Led.....

Can compare its power with, for example, Black Cat? or F23?

I imagine that XP-C led will throw farther than XP-E.

What do you think?

Thanks

It seems like the XP-C should throw further because it is smaller. But I think the brightness of the die will be about the same as an XP-E, the XP-E will just put out more light overall since it has more area. So the XP-C might have a smaller hotspot, but the intensity of the hotspot will be the same as the larger XP-E. Also, for whatever reason, Cree says you can't drive the XP-C as hard as an XP-E. For me, I wouldn't buy a light with an XP-C. But if you wanted longer runtime, maybe it would be a good choice. If I want longer runtime, I'd rather just use a lower mode.

In another thread Daniel from LighTake have stated his version has an R5 led. I have asked

if he can confirm that. He promised an answer within 3 days. So far no confirmation. On the

website he still maintain its a R5:

http://www.lightake.com/detail.do/sku.TrustFire_S_A7_Cree_R5_230_Lumen_LED_Flashlight_Black_(1xAAA)-30917

I dont know if its true or not probably the latter. I could order one an get the answer first hand,

but I dont want to go through the hassle to get my money back from a firm which I think is

quite unreliable though. He is a member here, so I hope we will get an answer, but I doubt it.

I have also asked him if LT´s will take a 10440 battery. No answer either on that one. DX version

does.

With a R5 it would be a very fine light and the price taken in account its a bargain. If its just

a Q4 like the DX version one should buy their version as this is cheaper.

I have the Back Cat and its a fine light.

I really don't like the engraving on it.

Or the beam colour in the DX picture - I know that tints vary but surely they could have got a better one to photograph.

I'd put up with the engraving if it weren't for the beam colour. But the Tank007 TK-703 looks like a better light to me but it does cost a dollar more.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.26989

That TANK007 TK-703 looks really nice. I'm looking to buy a few more AAA lights because I have way too many AAA batteries and too many AA lights. Any other suggestions?

Well, obviously the Fenix E01. I like the Akoray K-103 and the Trustfire F23 though it is a big light by AAA standards. Beyond that, the only other one I have is a Preon from 4Sevens but it isn't all that budget.

I actually bought the Preon kit which is not now available which came with a Preon 1 body and a twisty tailcap as well. Review here

Those are pretty much the only ones that I have direct experience of - I've still got a Mag Solitaire somewhere - whatever you pay for one of these is too much. With an LED mod which costs about 3x as much as the light it becomes a marginally useful dim thing. You can grind down a 5mm LED to fit and arrange something like an A23 12V battery and resistor with a bit of dowel to make it all stay in place. Not worth the effort though.

Thanks Don. These are the AAA's I have so far: ITP A3(1st keychain), Fenix E01(2nd keychain), TrustFire XP-EF23(still looking for this one). I like the Preon but I'm looking for a budget light and the ones I'm looking at right now are the Tank TK-703, Akoray K-103 (but this looks too much like my TrustFire F20 and it's twin the Akoray K-106) and the RMSEN RV-107. I'm going to continue to look at as many as I can and maybe by next week, I'll buy 2 or 3 AAA lights. One other thing I prefer in a light is for it to be a clicky and not a twisty and I think AAA lights are more twisty than clicky......I think.

OK, in lightake they say that uses R5 led, but it is impossible. Look the photos, is XP-C

Also the only site than claims to use 10440 is DX, in the other sites only uses AAA.

So hope Daniel Answer the questions

Looks like it arrived to DX customers...

A little dissapointing....

With alkalines has same brightness as Black Cat.

With 10440 25% more than Black Cat but only 50% than Tank 703 or TF F23. Also greenish tint

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/Forum.42670~threadid.675800

It now say it a Q3, which is possiably correct.

This may be a better option But there is no Q5 in the XP-C range, the highest bin is Q4

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.42671