Would you buy a Manker QuinLan T01 AA battery extension tube?

Voted before I scrolled to the mock-up image, whoops. Canceled ‘not sure’ and changed to ‘yes’.

2*AA option would make me seriously consider purchasing the light, as it would fill another niche in the ’collection.

No. Completely changes the pocketability for my uses.

I’ve never seen the point of this light, the big head places it in 18650 category, so why not carry an 18650 torch? The Olight S15 plus extension tube is unbeatable in terms of output and efficiency, and is compact.

This is a good point….

Review of Quark AA2 and Caveman show at least equal efficiency and output, but S15 is more compact.

But they are tail only switch, much less friendly for me. S15 solid bargain.

It’s an extremely throwy AA/14500 flashlight with exceptionally high output on both AA or 14500.

The S15 is barely half the output and 1/7 the throw.

Very good!

Manker replied, unfortunately it’s not going to work :frowning:

“Thanks for your great interest on Manker high quality product.

After checked with our engineer,sorry to let you know T01 is not wide voltage drive flashlight, it didn’t support 2AA batteries to drive.

Thanks for your valuable email, we will consider to support wide voltage drive on future new product.

Best regards

Richard”

T01 is mine.

we have a solution now.

Does your solution work with existing T01s?

Ill bet it doesn’t

Hope is a great one, can’t wait to hear it! :sunglasses:

Ooooooh, this is interesting now with the manufacturer getting in on it…

Maybe T01v2?

yes yes yes. i want an extension tube

for want of an idea, instead of an extension tube…

maybe Manker can copy the battery compartment of Nitecore EC4SW
instead of series, maybe the batteries can be wired in parallel.
im thinking that there should be enough juice in the combined battery to power the XP-L HIGH for some more minutes

i have the Quark QB2A, it was my only thrower until I got the T01. what i like in the QB2A is I get more runtime.
its length however relegates it to the drawer until I need its throw or if i need to brighten my bungalow via ceiling bounce during blackouts. but i need to secure it as it cannot tailstand.

i too have the S15. its hotspot is not as small as the Quark but wide enough to illuminate things around the house at 10 feet. with its extension tube, i use it as our main light during extended blackout.

the problem with extension tube is their length. the S15 even with its strong magnet is still wobbly. there just isnt enough surface area for the base to stand on.

I think we will be better off with 2 batteries side mounted with each other. this preserves flashlight length with twice the width and twice the surface area of the base.

Without changing driver solution is 3xAA.

What was the solution?

Would be interested if it increased lumen output instead of run time.

Still waiting for their solution as well.