LED Upgrade?

[PonchoTA]

Hi guys,

I just 'found' my old EDC light that I'm going to relegate to being the keychain light. It's a Maglight Solitaire, single AAA.

I'm wondering if there is an LED upgrade that I could retrofit into this? Or what kind of better bulb I could use if any.

I took out the almost dead battery that was in it and replaced with new, but I think it might do better.

Any suggestions?

For the record, I'm getting both P2D and a P3D lights in a couple of weeks for EDC and pistol light respectively.

Thanks,
Paul

 

[webley445]

http://www.led-replacement.com/solitaire.html

 

[Rossymeister]

ArcMania Super MJ LED 3mm upgrade for Maglight Solitaire Flashlight

 

[PonchoTA]

Thanks! Damn! $20? For a 'bulb'? Man, I need another job!

 

[Rossymeister]

Yeah, They Are Quite Expensive For What They Are.

If You Are Looking To Upgrade Your Keychain light, May I Suggest The Fenix E01

A 21 Hour Runtime On One AAA Battery.

Its Only $12.50 USD.

 

[Marduke]

Unless the Solitaire is sentimental for some reason, it will be cheaper to get the $15 (shipped) Fenix E01. It's about 10x brighter with about 15x the runtime, for less than the cost of the upgrade.

https://www.fenix-store.com/index.php?cPath=22_69_49

 

[PonchoTA]

Yeah, you're right. The E01 would be much better than trying to upgrade this old thing! No sentimentality, I just thought it might be less expensive to work with something I already had rather than getting new.

Thanks for the inputs! I appreciate it!

Cheers,
Paul

 

[kramer5150]

I found it cheaper to just replace it with a Gerber tempo ($9 @ REI).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHrLU6VfN4

Its serviceable, but your $$$ is better spent on an E01.

 

[PonchoTA]

Yeah, They Are Quite Expensive For What They Are.

If You Are Looking To Upgrade Your Keychain light, May I Suggest The Fenix E01

A 21 Hour Runtime On One AAA Battery.

Its Only $12.50 USD.

Unless the Solitaire is sentimental for some reason, it will be cheaper to get the $15 (shipped) Fenix E01. It's about 10x brighter with about 15x the runtime, for less than the cost of the upgrade.

https://www.fenix-store.com/index.php?cPath=22_69_49

I found it cheaper to just replace it with a Gerber tempo ($9 @ REI).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nHrLU6VfN4

Its serviceable, but your $$$ is better spent on an E01.

I did!! I got it today, works fantastic! Now putting the old Soli back in the drawer!
Thanks for the inputs! :thumbsup:

 

[sims2k]

The thing is...I have several of the Solitaire in my drawer unused. Two used and two more still in packaging. I guess I will keep them for sentimental reason and go for the Fenix 01.

 

[Illum]

I've once stuffed a 3mm white LED into the solitaire along with a 10440 and a 22ohm 1/8watter crammed to the best of my ability in the tail with the spring removed, it worked pretty well actually...but I'm not sure what I did with it, so no beamshots. The 10440 current lives in my L0D-CE