I ordered one of these from a different supplier
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10000618/1057212-mxdl-xt7224-3w-50-lumen-led-flashlight-with-clip
2x AAA, can’t use it without a blank or spacer
Then I see this
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10002074/1148801-mxdl-xt-7119-3w-80-lumen-white-led-flashlight
If it is built the same…the current “pill” is easy to slide out
Here is what I got from the current 2xAAA
I am hoping it will be easy enough to build a pill and solder on a 10mm sinkpad on a piece of copper tubing and go from there…
There are actually quite a few nice AAA sized “hosts” available from FT…I never really thought to search…but darnit…there they are
http://www.fasttech.com/category/1601/led-flashlights/?aaa%20flashlight
And if worse comes to worse…there is a 12mm version of the BLF Tiny 10 thanks to Mattaus
I will be pretty much duplicating what Old-Lumens did below