I really like my Astrolux A01 that I got many years ago. The Nichia 219B LED is very nice and has a great beam. It has 3 modes, but also has a strobe on the 2 round of going thru the modes.
Unfortunately mine suffers from next memory mode unless I wait a very long time. I minor annoyance given the price and performance of the flashlight. Hopefully that’s fixed now.
- Olight I3T EOS
Tail switch is making it a bit long, and it can’t balance
5 Lumen, or max 180 Lumen (21min), doesn’t help with my typical work area of 20-30.
- Lumintop IYP7
Cree 5/40/130 lumen with 40h/4h/30min
or
Nichia 1/25/80
That’s looking much better.
Tail switch is making it a bit longer though.
No place for keychain loop, unless you make a lanyard and fit through the pocket clip.
- Astrolux A01
Not sure it can balance on its tail.
(Isn’t this a Manker light?)
The extra fat actually looks a bit nice
1/7/100 lumen
- Drop AAA Tool
Tail switch make it a bit long
cree/nichia 5/3 32/20 110/85 lumen are good options.
- Thrunite ti3
firefly/12/120 lumen looks good, not sure if 12 will be too low
- Sofirn C01S
3 (25h) / 100 (1h21min) lumen
missing the ‘working’ mode for me
- Manker E02 II
Side light, not this time.
1/30/90/220 lumen though is a great celection.
5.5 hour in 30 lumen mode, is that correct ?
- Sofirn C01R
Looks to be moon/med/high
What numbers would that be with a Nichia, or a 351?
- Skilhunt E3A
0/100 lumen
Can’t stand on its tail
It does look nice and small though <3
Note.
I’m not conus, so can’t drop, and conus only options are hard to do.
What is a potted flashlight?
I really like the output options of the Manker, but it’s a ‘side light’.
Have anyone modded the C01R yet?
I’d be really curious about those output numbers.
(Would it be able to be moded with just droping in a pcmcb with another led, or a mcpcb that fit it would be hard to find, so would have to remove the led?)
(I checked ‘my’ cheapest option for a Ti3. It ended up with $44.18, including taxes and shipping…)
For an AAA EDC or key-chain light, I really like the Sofirn C01S. It’s a good size. It comes in different colors. Having just the two modes keeps it simple and quick to use. The low is “just right” for a lot of tasks and lasts a long time. The high is plenty of light and lasts long enough for an AAA. The tint is decent and well-balanced for different environments. It’s also wonderfully affordable.
I haven’t figured it out yet on mine, but I have the Astrolux A02 and I need to figure out which spot to “pencil” in order to fix the NMM. Anyone have any luck on that?
It’s not the same driver… It is similar, same two-tier assembly, and it has the same types of capacitors, but its not identical and I don’t want to short something by just… penciling capacitors until I find the right one. I will get some pictures up when I have a chance so maybe someone who knows more might be able to figure out which one.
For a keychain I think length / weight and material are critical as well as the 20/100 lumens you were looking for . The Dqg two mode NW clicky was a perfect keychain light for years until mine just finally bit the dust . I tried a $5 just pay shipping one mode Olight but one mode is a deal killer for me . A old version lumintop tool with the med/low/high and a 219B would work if i had the tailcap to turn it into a twisty . I don't mind the idea of a AAA keychain light but it has to be really small .tried to use a sofirn and think the two modes are pretty good but it's just a lil long ,Same as the old trunite original ti ...just a bit bigger than I want to be hauling around .
The rovy vons and nitecores etc with usb rechargable batteries may be the way to go but they aren't available at real budgety prices and all seem to have their own issues . Some still plagued with deadly PWM .