A year later ...
Last year I said I'd do it all over again ...and guess what .
In the Infamous words of Brittney Spears "Ooops I did it again "
In the past year now I've owned maybe 20 of these ... It's one of the best budget lights I've ever seen
A few of these I've gifted ...and a few I've modded for myself with a neutral xpg...I've even sold some :P
Someone just took over my computer and bought another 10 from La Dino Directo
There is a new one out at DX
with an upgraded emitter xpg ..200 lumens
Wow I was looking really hard at these lights just yesterday, almost ordered, now I see this upgraded one...thanks for posting...
Do you think its worth the 18$...Id still have to get the extension tube to make it 2xAA. Is the upgraded one to XPG much better?
The upgraded tk-566 seems to have a max input voltage of 4.2V. Does this means that it is now possible for mount 2 extension tubes and get a 3xAA nimh with 60% more runtime (not 50% because the driver should be more efficient at 3.6V than it is at 2.4V) ?
It should work and you can get extensions for a reasonable price at Manafont. But the form factor is a little odd to hold because of the weird thickness/length ratio with 2AA and very odd with 3AA.