Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti or Cu AAA light.....

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I think they would be a huge seller, why doesn't anyone cater to the AA/AAA market?

If someone was going to put one together, what features would you like to see?
 
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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

iTP A3 EOS Ti: $35.95
Klarus Mi X6 Ti: $55
Preon 1 Ti: $55
Univex Titanium: $135
McGizmo Sapphire: $150
Muyshondt Mako: $150

There are lots of Ti AAA's on the market running the full gamut of prices, what more do you want? :)
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

Speaking more from the custom makers, and something better than a 5W LED....Something fresh, something different, something with options.
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

As far as looks go, the Ti LF2XT in This Sales Thread is just about as perfect as it gets.

As the Liteflux UI seems out-of-bounds for use, a simple 3-speed UI with memory and a low low would suffice.

How about it Steve (Kuku)? :bow:
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

As far as looks go, the Ti LF2XT in This Sales Thread is just about as perfect as it gets.

As the Liteflux UI seems out-of-bounds for use, a simple 3-speed UI with memory and a low low would suffice.

How about it Steve (Kuku)? :bow:

Agreed, that was my inspiration for starting this thread.
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

The closest thing on the market is the LumaPower Avenger GX, but it's aluminum instead of Ti, the switch boot is stiff, the UI goes from Hi to Lo instead of Lo to Hi, and the mode spacing puts the lowest and highest settings too close together.

As I understand it, the problem is finding someone who can make a driver board that will fit in a 10mm circle, because that's the size of an AAA battery. I think this problem could be avoided by using a longer rectangular driver board that "stands on-end" inside the light instead of "laying flat", similar to the orientation of the high-mode driver in a McGizmo Lunasol light. That would give the manufacturer much more room to work with.
 
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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

I would like to see something with a mini PD like interface. Not nitecores monstrocity, but something along Dons simple 2 stage switch.
 

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So basically a Fenix LD01 SS but in Ti :)


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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

If not Ti, how about Copper?
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

Too bad, those are nice Ti lights
he writes the name of the manufacturer at the top of the thread but I don't think they have a website or a store, probably just a small factory

He is out of stock on those, not sure who the maker was over there.
 

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So basically a Fenix LD01 SS but in Ti :)

Exactly what I was thinking, I have the LD01 SS and the L0-Ti and love them both, the cross between the two would be nearly exactly what was mentioned.
 
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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

Not bad but its quite a bit longer than the L2FXT and not nearly as pretty as the the one in the Sales Thread linked above.
Really? I thought it should be shorter. I don't have any of those 2 lights but the reflector on the Liteflux seemed bigger
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

I've been after a copper AAA light for awhile, I missed the Maratacs. I think a copper Peak Eiger would do perfectly!
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

Maratac has a copper flashlight................................................
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

what about the flupic drivers that are used in the drake and draco?

The closest thing on the market is the LumaPower Avenger GX, but it's aluminum instead of Ti, the switch boot is stiff, the UI goes from Hi to Lo instead of Lo to Hi, and the mode spacing puts the lowest and highest settings too close together.

As I understand it, the problem is finding someone who can make a driver board that will fit in a 10mm circle, because that's the size of an AAA battery. I think this problem could be avoided by using a longer rectangular driver board that "stands on-end" inside the light instead of "laying flat", similar to the orientation of the high-mode driver in a McGizmo Lunasol light. That would give the manufacturer much more room to work with.
 

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Re: Someone PLEASE build an affordable Ti AAA light.....

what about the flupic drivers that are used in the drake and draco?


Not sure if those were made by Goldserve, but he is out of the hobby I believe.
 
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