Best Control Ring 14500/AA Light?

[Dweano]

Hey guys. I am in love with control rings. In medium and wanna go to low? No problem, In medium and wanna go to high? No prob! No having to cycle through modes. I guess I am a control freak but I like being able to go into whatever mode I want when I want.

That being said I am looking for a 14500 light that is BRIGHT. I was thinking about making this in the 18650 forum but I like the pocketable-ness of the AA size. I am not an insane flashaholic and my friends would laugh at me if I wore a flashlight holster (just they wait until the zombie apocalypse, then they won’t laugh when I have my L3 Illumination K40 hanging off my hip!)

Anyways I have an Explorer E82 but it is pathetic in terms of light output, it has 100LM right on the body and that is probably right. I have a THIS ONE and it has quite a respectable amount of light. If I could get that amount of light (I know its probably not actually 350 lumens) in a control ringed AA sized light that would be perfect!

Basically a Jetbeam RRT-0 XML on a budget

Does it exist? My research says no… if not than is there a “budget” RRT-2?

Thanks

[kuoh]

I don’t know if it’s the best, but I’m happy with my Sunwayman V11R on 14500. Was carrying a V10A before that and both are plenty bright when I needed them to be. They’re both supposed to be around 500 lumens max.

Review: Sunwayman V11R révolution & AP-05 (XM-L U2 | 1 x 16340 or 1 x AA w/ext.)

[image] "You say you want a revolution..." begins the lyrics to the 1968 Beatles hit "Revolution"; well I think Sunwayman created one when they first introduced their revolutionary Variable Magnetic Control System (MCS) (basically the exact phrase I uttered in my V60C review). The V11R révolution is the latest evolution of their 1 x 16340 sized lights using the MCS. Let's see what it has in store for us shall we? MFG SPECS MSRP: $95 USD ● CREE XM-L U2 LED, with a lifetime of up to 50,000 h…

KuoH

[JohnnyMac]

A very awesome member here sent me a Naithawk M.a that runs on 16340/AA/14500 and it's a really sweet light. The modes are stepped and not infinite but the light reeks of quality.

http://www.naithawk.com/naithawk/en/products/M.a/

[Dweano]

Thanks guys. A bit costly but gotta pay to play I guess. I actually kind of like stepped modes instead of infinite. Its conserves more battery does it not? Also that link ain’t working JohnnyMac

[ohaya]

Hi,

It doesn’t seem like either the V11R or the Naithawk would be “budget” lights? The Naithawk would be closer, but it looks like it’s still $50+, from China? Or is there somewhere to get them cheaper?

Jim

P.S. I like the control ring lights too… the only one I have is a Niteye TF20, but that uses 18560 battery. It’s not huge, but I don’t think that it’s pocketable.

[JohnnyMac]

@Dweano

Thanks guys. A bit costly but gotta pay to play I guess. I actually kind of like stepped modes instead of infinite. Its conserves more battery does it not? Also that link ain’t working JohnnyMac

That’s odd, it works for me when I click the link in that post. :~

Just try going to www.naithawk.com then products and click on "M.a"

[Dweano]

I can’t even go to the site if I search it on google, weird… and yeah I am heavy on the “budget” haha

[ohaya]

Their site just worked for me too.

Jim

[Dweano]

Well that is weird…

[JohnnyMac]

Tough finding a decent control ring light under $50. Sure wish there were more budget options for them

[Dweano]

As do I Johnny! It is the superior UI

[NightCrawl]

Totally the Sunwayman V and M series. Love them! :D

[kreisler]

Jetfeam RRT-01 with its XM-L T6 LED is beautiful beam, has the 54$ cost on Fasttech, new catalog entry i can recommend! originally for RCR123/CR123 you must use adapter 14500/AA with some care.

retail price is 89$ so savings awesome 8)

[scruffy]

@kreisler

Jetfeam RRT-01 with its XM-L T6 LED is beautiful beam, has the 54$ cost on Fasttech, new catalog entry i can recommend! originally for RCR123/CR123 you must use adapter 14500/AA with some care.

retail price is 89$ so savings awesome 8)

Aren’t you referring to the RRT-0? As far as I know there is no AA extender for the RRT-1.

Somebody request the Sunwayman V11R+AA extender from fasttech. I bet it will cost less than 50$ :bigsmile:

[Ouchyfoot]

+1 The Sunwayman V11R with AA extension.
Magnetic control ring plus on/off tail switch is a sweet combo. I much prefer it to my V10A.

[NightCrawl]

Why do you prefer it over the V10A?

[Dweano]

I just realized that Jetbeam RRT-0 is infinitely adjustable. I kinda like the non infinite adjust ability. Do I ask for too much!? Basically I want what I have now (the Explorer E82) with the ability to take Li-ion and an XML for decent output

[NightCrawl]

Sunwayman M10R/M11R for 16340s or with AA extender for 14500s and M10A for 14500s. I posted that already in post #11, you might just want to go to http://www.sunwayman.com/html/index2.html and take a look yourself.

But infinite vs. steps doesnt make a difference in battery life. Also, I'm no fan of XML in such small lights.

[Dweano]

Only 230 lumens from an XML tho? Isn’t that kind of low?

[NightCrawl]

320 on LiIon. V11R puts out 540 on LiIon. You wont see a difference unless side by side.

And no, thats not low at all. My current EDC puts out about 200lm on high and I rarely use high mode in daily use. When I walk the dog, I take bigger flashlight. ;)