Very difficult NOT to love AAA's these days.

[jorn]

My most used aaa lights. Flood to the left, throwy to the right. Tain p0, mako flood, univex aaa, tool ti (led swapped xpl hi 4000k). Lf2xt, tool ti with xq-e hi, illumination l08 with xq-e hi. The tiny xq-e hi led works really well with those small aaa refectors and will thighten up the beam a lot.

 

[Nichia!]

Beautiful lights [emoji106]🏻

 

[jon_slider]

I gave my copper astrolux to my nephew after one hour of play time. Pwm was terrible, next mode memory was terrible. My jetbeam is great, hard to beat for the money. The Jetbeam will make you smile with a 10440. Bought two jetbeams, and had no problems with head wobble.

the NMM can be fixed with a pencil mod
it wont fix the PWM

did not know the Jetbeam was 10440 rated

I'd give it away if I wouldn't feel so guilty about it.

Lol!
Youre a good man

did you "try the pencil mod":https://imgur.com/a/pmSAI?

got 3 last week. opened them up to do the pencil trick today. took 10 minutes for all 3 lights. Happy with the outcome. All lose memory after 3 seconds and return to firefly. before that with next mode memory as they came, they were basically unusable and a PITA. Now an instant favorite.

not sure if a 8$ light is acceptable if it has to be modded to work as it should.. but now mine is good.
it is probably frustrating for a lot of non knowing people to get the brightness-lottery whenever they turn these on. I would never ever bought these lights if I had not read that I can hack them with a pencil to make them work like the original design.

 

[jorn]

The jetbeam is not 10440 rated. But have no problems using a 10440. Well except when you try to look serious, and the hi mode ruins it all because you cant help smiling. It's a serious flame thrower on hi, so use hi mode in short burst, 30 sek or so, or it will overheat.

Love how the xq-e hi led just disappear in the centering ring designed for a xp-g. It's a shame no one makes a stock aaa light with the xq-e hi. It's a fantastic led for small aaa lights. Tool ti xq-e hi 4000K vs tool ti xp-l hi 3200K. The domeless xp-l hi gives more or less the same beam as the stock xp-g. Difference in throw, is insane. So if you guys want a aaa with some reach, swap the led to a xq-e hi. It,s really no contest compared with other leds in therms of throw using those tiny aaa reflectors.

For even more throw i bought the old illumination L08. It pushes the nimh to it's limt and it uses a larger reflector, the same reflector as the aa version L10. Swapped the led with a xq-e hi and the beam becomes even more focsed. illumination L08 with xq-e hi vs tool ti with xq-e hi. Dont think it's possible to squeese more lux out of a aaa light using nimh.

All three.

 

[thermal guy]

Yes they are. I have a few. A copper tool and a Maratac oh an a Fenix and I like them a lot gone are the days that you have to feel lacking in power when you carry them. And runtimes are great as well.

 

[Tachead]

I gave my copper astrolux to my nephew after one hour of play time. Pwm was terrible, next mode memory was terrible. My jetbeam is great, hard to beat for the money. The Jetbeam will make you smile with a 10440. Bought two jetbeams, and had no problems with head wobble.

The original Astrolux A01's(when they were released years ago)were much better and didn't have PWM or memory. This is what I have.

This Jet-U is nothing like the one you have. It is modded with a Nichia Optisolis, uses a totally different optic, has different mode spacing, and does not support 10440's. I have no problem with head wobble either.

 

[jorn]

I know the old version of the astrolux was good. Was hoping to get one with the old driver when i ordered mine a couple of years ago... but no luck.. Got the slow pwm, crappy next mode memory one...

I liked the driver with memory on the jetbeam. Never have to twist past the lo mode i rarely use, so i kept that. The reason i bought the second jetbeam was to take the driver from it and put it into the astrolux. But it is a stacked driver, so it was no room for that driver in the astrolux. Too bad because i loved the astrolux copper host. Led is a different story. As a tint snob, my lights maby survive for a hour, or day with the stock led's before i change them out to something else. Only have some few lights with the stock led. The standard is i order a light, then i order some leds to try out in it, and hope they arrive the same day. Half the fun of the flashlight hobby is modding them. Even the extra lights in my car have had their led swapped. You know you're a tint snob when you're driving around with xh-p 50.2 4500K 92 cri in the high beam of your car.:thumbsup:

 

[jon_slider]

You know you're a tint snob when you're driving around with xh-p 50.2 4500K 92 cri in the high beam of your car.:thumbsup:

that is very cool.. Im jealous

some of my AAA lights:

 

[xevious]

My roundup of AAA flashlights... with Aurora A8 for size comparison (proprietary hardwired battery).

Forgot I have an Astrolux A01... as I don't use it much (a bit more heavy than I care for, to pocket EDC).

Incidentally, my one gripe about the Jetbeam U is the short span of screw threads. You can see how noticeable it is compared to the Fenix L0D:

 

[Coppet]

I'm a big fan of these small AAA/10440 flashlights and also carry one daily with me which I also use very, very often. As you can see I prefer flashlights made of copper, which are also very nice if you like copper:huh:
Since there are unfortunately not so many new copper AAAs left at the moment, I will probably have to switch to brass and titanium in the next time [h=1]

[/h]

 

[Vemice]

A few Peaks.

Titanium.

 

[jon_slider]

thanks for the great photos xevious, Coppet and Vemice

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/v...Dim-Low-Mode&p=5071151&viewfull=1#post5071151

here the TiXmas w XPL is on the right, an XPG in middle (olight i3s), Fenix E01 on left:

pm me if you want a link to a TiXmas on sale, they have NW too
I have a newfound love for Ti, now that I found a lube that kills the gritty feel, pm me for a link

 

[xevious]

^ You're welcome, Jon! And thanks for all your great photos, especially of the RRT-01

I'm a big fan of these small AAA/10440 flashlights and also carry one daily with me which I also use very, very often. As you can see I prefer flashlights made of copper, which are also very nice if you like copper:huh:
Since there are unfortunately not so many new copper AAAs left at the moment, I will probably have to switch to brass and titanium in the next time

In AAA form, the added weight isn't all that much of a concern all things considered. But copper is inherently softer, so if you drop one of those beauties on a hard floor... heartache.

 

[JimIslander]

Except for my Tain Aurora, all my little AA and AAA lights are consumables. So dropping is not an issue (unless they break). Adds character!

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

One trick pony.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Two AAAs that recently joined the family.

 

[kimloris]

Those 4Sevens are very nice.
Did you get them from the recent David Chow collection sale?

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Those 4Sevens are very nice.
Did you get them from the recent David Chow collection sale?

Thanks. I'm kinda partial to them. Yes, they are the titanium prototypes - same seller, but from a different venue.

 

[Monocrom]

Two AAAs that recently joined the family.

NICE!

 

[Nichia!]