Sorry, missed your question. Yes, it is a mod. Olight did two versions at least: I know the old cw and the recent nw CCT of about 5500K.
The Skilhunt is much more floody.
https://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/olight-i3e-vs-skillhunt-e3a.83594
I really like my Skillhunt. It works really well for the close-up things I want a AAA light for. At arm's length, the Skillhunt simply works much better for me. At distance, I'll take an Olight but generally, I want more lumens/candela than a AAA is capable of putting out.
Sure, there are a lot of better options regarding power and runtime. I find it more important to be able to get a replacement cell everywhere, so those LiIon keychain monster lights never had a chance. But I’ve collected quite a few of them.
Thrunite Ti3's moon mode is a little too low to be useful in a keychain light . Normally I wouldn't complain about a low low moon but in a keychain light I understand where people who complain about it are coming from. Since the light comes on in it's lowest mode a super low mode can be just another painful mode to have to switch past . for as much as people claim to dislike the Med./Low/high of the older AAA lumintop tool it makes much more sense to turn it on at 25lumens and cruise past the second mode if you want a high mode .Much simpler/quicker with a clicky . That said... I don't like any of them as a keychain light . IMHO a better keychain light in the AAA category would be a 2 mode vs. a single or triple mode.
Top Three are disqualified because they are way too long / way too heavy to ever be used as a keychain light .
Bottom two disqualify because of too bright / single modes only ..Skillhunt gets a thumbs up for a better tint and a sweet slate blue color. I would have added both of the Sofirn C01's and dropped the three bigger lights .Sofirns still being to long /too heavy to be a decent keychain light .
Overall I'd say None of the above ...
Instead opt for a Rovyvon / mini X type option with the lightest weight materials you can find .
I hear you on that but, in my case at least, the AA cells I use have a built-in USB charge port so as long as I can keep my phone and tablet running, I will have a good charge on the AA/14500 cell.
I'm a bit of an anti-Alkaline cell person today. I'm not "green" specifically but, alkaline cells to me are like one-time use water bottles - JUST SAY NO! I can always use a AA instead of a 14500 cell if I must and still have useful light available if I am out and about in the dark somewhere.
Same here, sidpost! I’m using Alkalines only to measure runtimes (for their reliable charge) and as replacement for my Eneloops when they run down where I cannot recharge them. All of my AAA and AA lights are usually either LiIon or NiMH powered :-).
NiMH batteries satisfy my needs in smaller lights and I worry less about them compared to Li-ion (since I do not monitor the battery voltage in these lights very often) and for most lights that accept both types of batteries, the NiMH batteries are less bright at all levels giving me a less bright lowest level (or moonlight) which I prefer as I use that brightness level more than maximum brightness.
35% more energy in 10440 Li-ion compared to AAA NiMH
0.96 Wh for AAA NiMH Battery (800 mAh x 1.2 V / 1000)
1.295 Wh for 10440 Li-ion Battery (350 mAh x 3.7 V / 1000)
23% more energy in 14500 Li-ion compared to AA NiMH
2.40 Wh for AA NiMH Battery (2000 mAh x 1.2 V / 1000)
2.96 Wh for 14500 Li-ion Battery (800 mAh x 3.7 V / 1000)
For reference, energy in other types:
0.288 Wh for 10180 Li-ion Battery (80 mAh x 3.6 V / 1000)
12.60 Wh for 18650 Li-ion Battery (3500 mAh x 3.6 V / 1000)
18.00 Wh for 21700 Li-ion Battery (5000 mAh x 3.6 V / 1000)
18.50 Wh for 26650 Li-ion Battery (5000 mAh x 3.7 V / 1000)
I am not sure why the voltage specification varies between 3.6 V (10180, 18650 & 21700) and 3.7 V (10440, 14500 & 26650) for the Li-ion batteries I have.
Nice review. If anyone is looking for a Olight i3e in a couple days you can get one free in green just pay 5 bucks shipping on their flash sale.
The olight i3T can take a 10440 and will produce about 500 to 550 lumens, Sean from Olight said in one of his latest videos 10440 cells are fine to use.
Brightness in Skillhunt E3A is easily fixed in an electronic service by R1 (0603) resistor replacement 0.43 ohm → else. The work costed 5 usd. As example for 4000k variant, 1.5 ohm results ~21 lm with runtime ~3.5-4 h.
When 90% of preferable usage is the same mode, then several modes is accordingly important.