chillinn
Flashlight Enthusiast
Re: Lumens Factory E-series bodie
This is really why Surefire only had a prototype 1xAA... because they made nothing that will work with 1xAA, and at that time, there was no 14500. Mark is really doing the community a solid producing the body, because many here have expressed interest... but as of yet... it still doesn't really run anything in 1.5V but one Malkoff LED head made for Malkoff's 1xAA E body, and what euroken mentioned, lower output on an M31 (just a fluke that it works, probably not intentional). 1.5V lamps would be too expensive to design and produce, and there just isn't enough interest in low level incan. But I have a sinking suspicion Mark wouldn't produce and sell a body that doesn't work with anything. But as it is, it would be 14500 or just the one Malkoff MDC 1AA head, which is sold out and never sold without the MDC 1xAA bodies (two styles)... or nothing. I expect those that know intend to run 14500. Maybe me and bykfixer will run Solitaire lamps on 1AA, LOL.
I forgot, there are 1.2V NiMH 1/2AA cells... they can be found, and are overpriced, but they just have no capacity, and there are no LSD versions. So you could fit 2 of those in a 1xAA body for 2.4V, which should fire the Surefire MN01 lamp (good luck finding one) and will fire Lumens Factory HO-E1A lamp... and aught to fire any LED head that works with 3V. But it is an exercise in futility for the poor runtime and lack of low self-discharge cells. There are also 14250 Li-ion cells, again, suffer from lack of capacity, futile exercise.
So, to rehash, unless Mark creates and sells a 1.5V E head, all there really is extant for a 1xAA E body in 1.5V is the Malkoff MDC 1xAA head and Solitaire lamps with trimmed pins delicately fit into a Tad Customs E socket. Once you resign to 14500, there are way more options.
This is really why Surefire only had a prototype 1xAA... because they made nothing that will work with 1xAA, and at that time, there was no 14500. Mark is really doing the community a solid producing the body, because many here have expressed interest... but as of yet... it still doesn't really run anything in 1.5V but one Malkoff LED head made for Malkoff's 1xAA E body, and what euroken mentioned, lower output on an M31 (just a fluke that it works, probably not intentional). 1.5V lamps would be too expensive to design and produce, and there just isn't enough interest in low level incan. But I have a sinking suspicion Mark wouldn't produce and sell a body that doesn't work with anything. But as it is, it would be 14500 or just the one Malkoff MDC 1AA head, which is sold out and never sold without the MDC 1xAA bodies (two styles)... or nothing. I expect those that know intend to run 14500. Maybe me and bykfixer will run Solitaire lamps on 1AA, LOL.
I forgot, there are 1.2V NiMH 1/2AA cells... they can be found, and are overpriced, but they just have no capacity, and there are no LSD versions. So you could fit 2 of those in a 1xAA body for 2.4V, which should fire the Surefire MN01 lamp (good luck finding one) and will fire Lumens Factory HO-E1A lamp... and aught to fire any LED head that works with 3V. But it is an exercise in futility for the poor runtime and lack of low self-discharge cells. There are also 14250 Li-ion cells, again, suffer from lack of capacity, futile exercise.
So, to rehash, unless Mark creates and sells a 1.5V E head, all there really is extant for a 1xAA E body in 1.5V is the Malkoff MDC 1xAA head and Solitaire lamps with trimmed pins delicately fit into a Tad Customs E socket. Once you resign to 14500, there are way more options.
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