Congrats on adding an aluminium Maratac AAA to your options.. it is considerably lighter weight than the copper version..
the main difference from the Thrunite, is the Maratac starts on Medium, which I find more convenient than the Thrunite which starts on a very very dim low mode that usually means I have to double twist to get useful output..
I have not tried the xp-g3 Maratac.. they claim it is high cri, which would be a color rendering upgrade from the low cri xp-g2 in the thrunite. The medium output on the thrunite is about 10 lumens, on the Maratac it is about 20 lumens, so, the runtime will be shorter..
afaik both lights have similar max output of about 120 lumens (maratac uses imaginary lumens in their ads).. but I mostly only use medium, and I prefer the 20 lumens output of the maratac, over the 10 lumen output of the Thrunite.
Hi Jon, Thanks for the feedback.
I accept that published claims are not necessarily accurate but the AAA is part of my EDC strategy. So the ultimate output of the AAA is not of crucial importance. Its the one I have on me at all times. It has to be a twisty to avoid accidental activation.
If I go out, I have torches in the car (2AA + 1 x CR123A) + spare batteries.
Then I have a decent AA / 14500 in my jeans pocket.
Then in my coat pocket I have something like an 18650 or 21700.
In order to avoid buying the real lemons, I rely on the advice from CPF members. If I sometimes make a bad choice, then I chalk it up to experience. So far I've been pretty happy with my choices.
Needless to say, alkalines don't figure in that strategy except in emergencies.