Under $10, 1x AA/ AAA/ 10440/ 14500 flashlight reference

My current favorite AAA light is the Smiling Shark SS-5039.

It is not as bright as some, but I plan to mod several. I am bored with cylindrical AAA lights. Should come out under $10 with XP-G and boost driver. The head of # 14 above looks similar. I also like SK-58s, # 15 above. I have a Smiling Shark light that looks like # 18. I also have a Smiling Shark light like # 9; it is nice but I haven’t really needed it.
Added: My thread on my Smiling Shark SS-5039 mods. Smiling Shark SS-5039 1 x AAA size flashlight, modification notes, Now 3 x 7135 with modes, on a BLF Tiny 10 board.. I am up to 0.7 A in an XP-G2, on a 10440, for less than $10.

hank · May 30, 2014, 4:30am

$5.99 at the local drugstore: Shop Beauty, Vitamins, Medicine & Everyday Essentials | CVS Pharmacy
(lifetime warranty and free shipping, too)

EdT · May 30, 2014, 11:33pm

I don’t like moveable pocket clips, scratches the anodizing !

hank · September 3, 2014, 3:05am

Has anyone summed up all the variations on #3? I know there are a lot of zoomies that look like that for sale now, and I recall one of them has a good solid pill — but I’m not sure which.

Of course maybe it’s the lottery thing, but I’m hoping. Someone above mentioned that same variation, some junk, some solid.

I realize I really like this thread’s approach — since there are so many clones/copies/lookalikes,

For the #3, I’ll hunt’em up and note them here.

PM me if you have a pointer to a thread where someone already did this, or recommends one.

I’ve come up with
3-mode Zoom AA/1450 EXPIRED ! "Black" $1.99 Max 3ea (Wallbuys and Ebay)
Slick looking 1-AA Q5 Zoom, price Drop, $4.24 from $5.99 shipped (Ebay)
What is This Torch ? (several sources)

Aha — this is the one I saw recommended (by Firelight2) as better quality:

Rustu XL-03 from one place at DX

<a href=“http://www.dxlisting.com/p/rustu-xl-03-cree-xp-e-q5-80lm-3-mode-white-zooming-flashlight-black-1-x-14500-aa-251198”DX linked to another supplier cheaper
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Under $10, 1x AA/ AAA/ 10440/ 14500 flashlight reference is maybe same, maybe different, with several sources

today ‘discount’ price:
$3.59 at banggood Zoombarer LED-Taschenlampe Meco XPE-Q5 mit 600 Lumen und 7W für 1xAA 1.2V Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice (search found that mentioned one place here but not by someone who bought one)

EDIT 9/2: this ebay version of #3, as of today’s lottery, is a hollow pill
(bought a couple that just arrived today)
Mini Portable CREE Q5 LED 350LM Lumen Zoomable Flashlight Torch Waterproof S3
Member id sunsmile*2013
(same seller from which Jerommel got a solid-pill version, a few responses below this one)

hank · May 31, 2014, 1:01am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Copper-MIN-3w-LED-torch-led-lamp-flashlight-1mode-power-by-1X-14500-AA-battery-/121352310316?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c41294e2c

Danglerb · May 31, 2014, 5:52am

I like the sk68 clone with a 14500, but with a 14500 on/off is not enough as full power gets too hot, so I only buy 5 mode, high, med, low, strb, and last one was I thnk sos.

OTOH my EDC has been my Olight i3s since the day it arrived. $20, but there it is, it does the job with a 10440.

freeme · May 31, 2014, 9:21am

No. 3 is on sales on BG @$3.30 after BLF coupon | non-aff-link

Jerommel · May 31, 2014, 10:17am

number 3
This one is the best I got:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200958055768?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&\_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649
Has good optics and a not-hollow-pill and the 3 modes.
But it’s also the ugliest…
It’s gold, okay…
but it’s just less elegantly shaped, somehow…
Also, it is gold, with a GREEN switch boot, which is one of the ugliest colour combinations i ever saw…

ImA4Wheelr · May 31, 2014, 12:54pm

Hey, green and gold are both my high school and college colors. Although, I guess I do agree that it’s not a good combo, especially if the two are not tonally balanced.