Almost forgot: I shoved a bit of kitchen roll down the tube to make sure there hadn’t been any liquid leakage from the abused Eneloop. There hadn’t, but I did get a little smear of red liquid from the far end, right next to the rear spring and switch.
I suspect that was uncured Red Loctite, which would explain why I can’t get the back end off. Red Loctite, as many of us know, is virtually impossible to shift. I can’t say I’m impressed; I hate it when a manufacturer makes their products literally impossible even for them to repair. When that switch breaks, my light is dead.
I’ve read somewhere that the MT06MD head legos onto a Lumintop Tool AAA, and so does the head from the Lumintop IYP365, so I’ve ordered an IYP365 Nichia version to see if the MT06MD head will lego onto that. That would give me a 2×AAA MT06MD I can open at both ends.
I also plan to get a Lumintop Tool AAA Nichia version; that way, my MT06MD head will at least have a 1×AAA tube it’ll work with, even if the IYP365 one doesn’t work out. The MT06MD has significantly reduced output on one AAA, but medium mode still falls nicely into my preferred range.
Thank you, Nitecore - you’ve given me an excuse to buy two new lights from one of your competitors and indulge my curiosity about 4000K Nichia 219Bs in the process :+1: