Need a new AAA and AA

[Alan F]

I'm going round in circles now !!!
For the last couple of years I've had a Fenix LOD in my pocket and a Lumapower Avenger for taking the dog for a walk at night.
Twice now the Fenix has let me down - just no light for a couple of months and then it magically reappears. In fact I think I remember asking about it on here about 18 months ago.
After the initial problems and new parts, the Avenger has behaved but the switch feels very iffy now.
So I need a couple of new ones that are built like tanks and will last a lifetime!!!
A new AAA for my pocket of about 50 lumens (I'd go for an Arc-AAA but I can't see that 5 lumens is much good for say, peering in a car engine during daylight hours) and I'm going to go for a 2AA model to give me 100 lumens plus for out at night.
I'd like them to be as simple as possible - less to go wrong. Been reading and following links on here for about 3 hours and I still don't know what to go for so any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks.
Alan.

 

[mcnair55]

For the AAA,the ITP A3 is very good and I love the sequence of med-low-high and apart from the normal ideas you will get,would give the Terralux a go or Cyba Lites,my Terralux came from a Welsh dealer.

 

[Alan F]

And it just happens I'm in Wales

Alan.

 

[mcnair55]

And it just happens I'm in Wales

Alan.

And me.

 

[march.brown]

And it just happens I'm in Wales

Alan.

Me too , but I'm in the South.

I agree with mcnair , the A3 is a nice little torch ... I have a titanium and a stainless and they are great on key-rings ... The A2 is my favourite just to clip in the pocket for everyday ... So , I carry the two A3s plus an A2 stainless ... I've got an iTP A1 but it is a bit dumpy for my liking , but it is brighter than the A2 or A3.

For late night dog walking , I love the Solarforce L2 with the three mode dropin using a single 18650 battery ... If you are worried about the 18650s , the Solarforce L2i uses three AAAs ... I've got one but I use a single 18650 in it ... Wonderful torch particularly with the straight bezel fitted in place of the crenelated one.

Nos da.
.

 

[calipsoii]

My L0D gets build up on the positive terminal at a fairly quick rate, which results in flickering and it completely not working. Try cleaning the contact and see if that helps.

 

[Alan F]

Not strong on maintenance - I always expect things to work forever!!! Is that clean with some sort of liquid or scraping with the end of a penknife?
Alan.