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October 3, 2021, 8:14am
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It’s a nice looking light but I don’t understand what makes it different than the many similar rectangular lights that are also out there. As for getting it open: maybe a heat gun around the edges to soften the adhesive holding the ends in? I think if I went to such trouble I’d want to rebuild it completely though, rather than just swapping leds.
What would you want to improve? It’s tiny, bright, high capacity, temp regulated, budged priced, has easy and fast soft lockout. Hard to imagine there’s something not to like.
I recently won a TrustFire Minix and have been asked to show it, which I’ll gladly do.
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Fig. above, left to right: Nitecore TIP CRI 2017, TrustFire Minix, Fitorch K3 lite
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The Minix is a keychain light with a 300 mAh battery and up to 320 lm. It is available in two versions each with a white (5700 K) and either a red (620 nm) or an ultraviolet (365 nm) LED. I like both versions for their use value: The red LED can be used as a beacon while th…