AstroLux A01 AAA Nichia 219B Review - Winner winner, chicken dinner. An excellent, Neutral tint High CRI LED keychain light!

Great my fav tint, thanks guys!

And, the tint is quite consistent across different A01 units, unlike the BLF-348 which varies +/- 200K or so.

So by my measurements these lenses are 13mm x 1mm.

Fasttech don’t have any in that size sadly.

Anyone know of anywhere I can get these tiny bits of glass cheaply? Saw one on eBay for £3 but I resolutely refuse to pay that. I’d rather spend a few quid more and get a whole torch.

Any ideas welcome.

SP

At most shops where you can order prescription glasses you can order it. AR coated or not.
Mike

Probably cheaper just to order an aluminum version, and use its lens for your copper.

Try looking at aliexpress. For example this one looks good https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32679425310.html

Got 2 of these lights, one orange one copper.

For some reason the orange one chews up o-rings, also whilst doing this its tricky to use one handed. The copper is nice & smooth though and easy to use so restored my faith.

Think 5000 would be my ideal tint but these little lights do make a nice change from the more common cool tints.

Thanks Finges - I missed that one - turns out BG are going to send me a replacement lens. Good on them.

In the next few days you can get the AstroLux A01 for only 8$.
I could not resist and ordered a few in green, grey and purple.

Yeah couldnt resist either. Finally broke down and got a silver and orange.

It’s really hard to go wrong with this light. I wish they also offered a AA version of the light. Same modes, but 3x the run time.

I got one of the silver ones for 8. It arrived today. I already burned through one battery because I’d absentmindedly left it on and set it down face first (concealing the fact it was still on).

It’s a nice light. Mine came with a nick on the tail end that must have happened before they gave it the anodizing treatment. It would bother me, if I didn’t know that its going to suffer worse in the first week I put it on my keychain.

I may send Banggood a photo and see what they’ll do about it, or I may not…

+1.
It’s now my favourite bedside light.
The super-low mode, the smooth beam pattern; makes this a winner for me !

Anyone tried to modding this flashlight for 1xAA ?
Cases + extenders ?

Would the 14.5mm boards they sell on KD fit in this without modification?

Seriously, why you do say “… chicken dinner…” when you could say “… chick and dinner…”?

Sounds waaay better to me.

Cheers ^:)

Be careful guys, lately those flashlights are shipped with different led and driver. 5000K and PWM.
Mike

Yeah, now that I have two on their way…….oh well. I’ve been shafted before.

You’d think I’d eventually get it through my head to buy nothing but premium brand name lights. :person_facepalming:

But where’s the fun in that?

Arrrrrrrrrgh.