Bone stock would be Xeno E03 XM-L, it draws nearly 2.4A with 14500 IMRs. With choice of 3C neutral white tint and warm white 4B. 30 bucks shipped...what's there not to like. (well ok, on dim lowest mode it is still like 100 lumens, but who cares)
Up the ante a bit for length and diameter and it would be Zebralight SC600, full 3 amps discharge to the XM-L.
I just got a SC600 and I have the Xeno and all I can say is WOW....I ask myself why did I wait so long to buy the ZL...
I have had bad luck with the 10440; out of 4 (2 unprotected; 2 protected) the three have gone bad. The only protected still working is in TrustFire F23 Stainless light which I usually run in medium. Trustfire 701 ate all my 10440. Now I am content with DQG and the S1 from Rick_CQN for my AAA lights and I run Eneloop or primary lithium in them.
Hi,
I'm looking to pick up a small light for my wife and am considering the Olight i3, the Tank007-E09 and the Brinyte PD03A.
The Olight seems the obvious choice in that it's an updated iTP A3 which gets recommended many times on here, but the Tank and the Brinyte also seem to get some good shouts, plus they're a little cheaper and some suggest a little brighter. Basically I want the smallest, brightest, reliable light up to $21 shipped (the price of the Olight); which of these three would anyone recommend, or are there others that I'm missing?
I should mention that I'll be running it on NiMH/Eneloop AAAs.
Thanks,
Chris
for the WOW effect
I was impressed by LuminTop Worm II (very floody) and Kaidomain KD V6 with a nice beam
Trustfire Z1, I pretty much use it for everything, I work a lot outside at night, and I've found it to be the most handy light I have, and the smallest!
Klarus mi x6, small light and nice. There are brighter ones, sure, but it is still my preferred key chain light.
Custom TrustFire TR-803 with XM-L U2 1A @ 2.8A
You can have it with your hand closed and don't see the flashlight! I just love it :D
RMSEN RV-107 modded to DD after i bunt out the driver
runs for 30 Min's on a trust-fire 10440 protected doesn't get to hot to hold
and is on par with my ZL H31 on high = 220 lumen for light-output and throw
By FAR my Veleno Designs Quantum D2 (COMPLETELY removed the QTC composite pill, for one mode: high). It takes one 10180 cell (10mm x 18mm), and its body measures 38mm x 13.1mm (1.5” x 0.5” in inches). It lives on a titanium ball chain around my neck constantly, without any split ring or triangle coupler. The balls on my chain measure 3mm, and they just fit through the body’s hole, perfectly for free movement and no rattling/looseness. It’s got a sapphire lens and it’s super bright. It’s stainless steel, so it’ll get hot pretty quick, but I love it.
It’s got two green trits in its bottom. It doesn’t even look like a flashlight worn around my neck (under my shirt), it kind of resembles a bullet.
My GTmicro still looks like a toy to a lot of people, but when I turbo it and light up the opposite end of a room, they’re like “wtf?!?”.
Same with my GT Nano for the throw distance.
I live in the country, so my edc/main carry are mostly pocket throwers. Hard to best the candela/size ratio of the Lumintop Thor 1 for a thrower. Other than pocket throwers, my old 4sevens Paladin was probably my favorite "tiny monster" I've ever owned.
Those things are amazing. I put the long tube on mine to make it more useful, but it kind of ruins the wow factor.
Lumintop Frog for sure.
Emisar D4.
Yep same here. D4 with 18350 tube is great size to lumen ratio.
I'm gonna pull the trigger on one of these soon.
My current is a Convoy S2+ 18350 with an sst40 emitter behind a 60 degree pebble optic. It is very bright (~1800lm) and super floody.