Aeon vs. Wee vs. LD01 vs. D10: Battle Royale of Small EDC Lights!!

[I came to the light...]

Great post. I love my LD01 SS

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Would a LD01 fix this?

Yes. The LD01 reflector works differently than other Fenix reflectors - my LD01 doesn't have a donut hole at any distance. (other Fenix's I've seen and owned had a donut hole up to ~ 1').

 

[applevision]

Great post. I love my LD01 SS




Yes. The LD01 reflector works differently than other Fenix reflectors - my LD01 doesn't have a donut hole at any distance. (other Fenix's I've seen and owned had a donut hole up to ~ 1').

Agreed! Especially with the SS model--not sure why--I have found the beam to be exceptionally beautiful. I know that the creamy white part is part of the LED lottery in general, but gosh, my LD01-SS has the best color of all my lights--save the little Lummi Wee's warm color which is frankly astounding! In fact, I wonder what McGizmo would say about the color as compared to his SunDrop light.

 

[gunga]

The mod that was done by someone here on CPF, should be easy to find in the main LD01-SS threads, was to use a file to make the knurling more aggressive.

Can anyone find this thread? I looked for a while, but couldn't find it...

 

[I came to the light...]

Agreed! Especially with the SS model--not sure why--I have found the beam to be exceptionally beautiful. I know that the creamy white part is part of the LED lottery in general, but gosh, my LD01-SS has the best color of all my lights--save the little Lummi Wee's warm color which is frankly astounding! In fact, I wonder what McGizmo would say about the color as compared to his SunDrop light.

I forgot to mention that - yes, the tint is very good on mine too, a real creamy white. Seems like we're seeing a bit more consistency than the standard LED lottery :twothumbs.


gunga, I looked and can't find it either. Which is odd because I read it and must have remembered half the words in the title to search for...

 

[StandardBattery]

Here is the link to the LD01-SS Knurling-Mod. Sorry I didn't have time last night to locate it.

 

[tzzoooma]

apples, oranges, and grapes.

 

[Illumination]

...and pears


all great lights, though

 

[applevision]

apples, oranges, and grapes.

...and pears


all great lights, though

Agreed! These are very disparate and yet I am drawn to them all! I think that, minus the D10, the others are all contenders for bright keychain lights, so that's reasonable. None-the-less, I love them all and think about them all the time, so perhaps it's a more random comparison, but maybe other folks like me will also be drawn to them and can read about them here.

I can't be that unique in that I can only carry pretty much one small(ish) light and so am on a quest to find the "perfect" one. Each of these lights has facets of the perfection I seek and it is telling to mediate on them. I think perhaps that there is no perfect light, but in each well-crafted torch there is a bit of magic. Few things rival basking in the warm glow of a brilliant idea come to life.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Thanks for the heads up on the LD01 reflector!

So many lights, so little money.... ARGH!

 

[Sgt. LED]

If that Aeon had a lower low I might think about it.

I love the SS LD01 but I wish it had a lower low too.

 

[Illumination]

Just got the Lightflux LF3XT today.

Add that to your list.

The light is awesome! Very well made, great beam (cree with no cree rings), super low low, etc.

 

[AA6TZ]

Just got the Lightflux LF3XT today.

Add that to your list.

The light is awesome! Very well made, great beam (cree with no cree rings), super low low, etc.

Illumination -- Congratulations! :thumbsup: Your new LiteFlux_LX3XT looks beautiful !!!!! :goodjob::wow:
Looking forward to any/all future comments surrounding your likes/dislikes of that classy new torch of yours.

Cheers!

-Clive

 

[AA6TZ]

Nice, StandardBattery now I got it. The latex is a really good idea--I've seen folks use a bit of clear soft plastic tubing as well for other lights. Improves the grip and the jingling.

Can you post a pic?

I wonder if anyone has tried using clear heatshrink tubing for cushioning and improved grip and, if so, what were their findings?

Thanks!

-Clive

 

[kaichu dento]

I wonder if anyone has tried using clear heatshrink tubing for cushioning and improved grip and, if so, what were their findings?

Thanks!

-Clive

I've got heatshrink on both my L0D and D10 which makes them a lot more comfortable to hold with my teeth.

 

[AA6TZ]

I've got heatshrink on both my L0D and D10 which makes them a lot more comfortable to hold with my teeth.

Why that's an extraordinarily brilliant implementation of heatshrink, Brother Pete!!! :twothumbs Seriously though, it makes a lot of sense, for my left front tooth was chipped by (mis)using an old AAA-cell Mini-Maglite in this very same fashion, i.e., holding it in my mouth while leaning over the engine compartment of my car, somewhere in the vicinity of 5:00 AM. "Hmmm . . . let me get just a bit closer to that voltage regulator . . ." Then....<CRACK!>

BTW -- Did you use the "regular" heatshrink tubing or the stuff with the meltable center?

-Clive

 

[applevision]

Why that's an extraordinarily brilliant implementation of heatshrink, Brother Pete!!! :twothumbs Seriously though, it makes a lot of sense, for my left front tooth was chipped by (mis)using an old AAA-cell Mini-Maglite in this very same fashion, i.e., holding it in my mouth while leaning over the engine compartment of my car, somewhere in the vicinity of 5:00 AM. "Hmmm . . . let me get just a bit closer to that voltage regulator . . ." Then....<CRACK!>

BTW -- Did you use the "regular" heatshrink tubing or the stuff with the meltable center?

-Clive

Yikes! Tooth cracking = no good! I was looking at that 3M catalog of heatshrink stuff--very neat. This is a nice mod for many of these EDCs except perhaps for the Wee which is so tiny that there wouldn't be much room to wrap it!

 

[kaichu dento]

Why that's an extraordinarily brilliant implementation of heatshrink, Brother Pete!!! :twothumbs Seriously though, it makes a lot of sense, for my left front tooth was chipped by (mis)using an old AAA-cell Mini-Maglite in this very same fashion, i.e., holding it in my mouth while leaning over the engine compartment of my car, somewhere in the vicinity of 5:00 AM. "Hmmm . . . let me get just a bit closer to that voltage regulator . . ." Then....<CRACK!>

BTW -- Did you use the "regular" heatshrink tubing or the stuff with the meltable center?

-Clive

Just regular heatshrink, but I've been thinking of trying the waterproof type too! The main thing I don't care for is that these lights look so good naked, it seems a shame to put clothes on them! :huh:

 

[applevision]

The tiny lights are my favorites--they really showcase the technology in such a usable way. This year I am giving LD01s to my brothers and a few of my close friends for Christmas--I think they will like them a lot.

Now, I wonder what the next big thing will be in small lights?!
:twothumbs

 

[andygold]

applevision...if I remember correctly there are 3 different pills that can be dropped into a WEE. Which one do you have in yours?

 

[applevision]

applevision...if I remember correctly there are 3 different pills that can be dropped into a WEE. Which one do you have in yours?

Hey andygold :welcome:!

I have the 100 lumen WARM in mine. It is positively gorgeous and does put out an astounding amount of light for such a teeny tiny torch.

I put some comparison pics here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2679963#post2679963

I am thinking about getting another pill that lasts longer (probably 50 lumen) since the 100lumen goes pretty quickly...