Welcome MrTF. I think that calls for a group pic eh?
Thank you scrumpypaul. That’s quite a profile pic, only a face a mother could love….LOL
what is a “group pic” you are referring too?
A pic of all your 10180 torches together.
Here are most of them, the shelf queens, other than a few loose ones to use and play around with.
Wow. Excellent
No different from >>>
Thanks, Yep, as I said, I have a PROBLEM……LOL
These are all in a neat little wood case with glass front. I have a little display holder it sits on. It looks pretty neat.
I will have to move them all around to fit the two Astrolux lights when they arrive!
I just get a kick out of how bright these tiny lights are. People I show them to are always amazed they can throw out so much light.
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No different from >>>
So, what are those? Rings ?
Is that your collection?
Well, I received my two Astrolux M01 lights today. I bought both the Nichia and the Cree since I got in on the 15.99 preorder deal.
First thoughts: Packaging looks nice. (not that that really matters), Lights look nice, shiny stainless.
I opened the battery compartment up and removed the small round battery cutoff disk and reassembled them.
Turning them on I immediately noticed that it is hard to keep it on the low setting. It likes to “bounce” from low to high or even off.
If you get it set (turned) JUST RIGHT it will stay on low till it is barely bumped or touched. Not good.
Both lights are the same and I know the reason for this.
LOOSE threads between the body and head.
There is an awful lot of slop on the threads you can feel it by wiggling the head while on the body with the light off.
If you are going to tighten the head down tight EVERY TIME and only use the HIGH output this would not be a big deal.
As far as the output, both lights are great. The Nichia, of course, having a nicer “true” color output compared to the “white” from the Cree.
Having compared this to other 10180 lights I have, I would have to pass on advising anyone to get one over the other brands available.
All because of the looseness in the threads between the head and the body.
It’s really to bad as this had the potential to be a nice light.
I’m just glad I got these for 15.99 each or I might have been even more disappointed.
What do other people think ?
Dave
i used some telfon tape (plumbing equipment) to raise resistance on loose threads - will check the M01 when i get one
Not sure if that would work on this as it gets the negative power thru the threads.
I might try a bit thicker oring if I can find one to fit.
Also, I did not find any spare orings in the package, unless I missed them.
Dave
you are totally right!
Got my M01 today (Thanks Neal and Bang good). :+1:
First impress… it is little to flicky in lowmode, otherwise a neat great small light. Love that rose tint of Nichia.
i also got mine
the “pill” in the head was loose a bit and acted as written above
then i fastened it using tweezers and now it works fine!
btw: its on promo sale for 19,99 now! 
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I checked my two and they were a little loose also. One of them the “clicker switch” that makes contact with the center positive on the body actually just FELL OFF as I was trying to tighten the pill. After disassembling the whole head I see that they only soldered one side of the contact. There are two places to solder but only one was and evidently it was a cold joint as it fell apart.
I took the other one out and looked and it to is only soldered on one side.
I will try and resolder the bad one one and add solder to the other side of the other one.
Maybe this is the cause of the problem??? It certainly can’t be a good thing to be so loose as to fall off.
Only one side is soldered because the “switch plate” will move a bit when triggered. So this is intentionally.
Does yours work properly with both sides soldered?
I have NOT soldered it back in place yet. Won’t have time till tomorrow.
OH, If only one side is supposed to be soldered, then I will only solder the one side!
OK, so I just looked at two other ones I own. A CooYoo and Kite……….You are INDEED CORRECT as only one side is soldered on those also.
So, I’ll only be soldering one side of the one that came loose!
Thanks !!!
Mine arrived today one each. Quirky at first then used the charge port and about 12 min each light goes from red to green. After a few uses everything works fine. Screw head on all the way for high. Back it out till low. The body is very well built. I have to admit I did laugh when I first saw. I showed it to a number of people at a diner and I think they wanted it. Most were very impressed with the output. I quickly returned to pocket and added to keychain(s). Only time will tell but very impressive so far! Nichia tint has that rose hue as compared to the XP-G2 side by side wall check. Mine were labeled “test.”
I’m also having annoyances with the loose threads. When the light is off, I can get quite a bit of wiggle with the head, much more than my Olight i3S or Thrunite Ti3. If I tighten the head enough to get to low, the wiggle of the head could turn off the light. If I further tighten the head but still in low, the head wiggle doesn’t turn off the light. Fully tightened to high, there’s no head wiggle. I’ll have to get used to doing a “deep twist” so that I’m deep into the low mode and a bump to the head won’t turn off the light. That’s about the main disappointment I have with this light - the head threading.
My other reaction - this is my first 10180 flashlight, and it is so tiny. I had no idea just how small these lights are until I actually held one.
Hopefully you won’t be addiced like me !
Now you see why the 10180 lights are SO much fun.
I get a kick out of showing them as people are amazed at the light output from such a tiny light!
Don’t let loose threads on this light turn you off on the 10180 lights,
the other 10180 lights like CooYoo, Jetbeam, DQG, Blackwater, don’t act like the Astrolux when turning to low.