Single AAA LED lights.

[caled]

What are your favorite LED lights that use a single AAA cell?

I have several budget versions ordered from ebay.

I like the ones that will work on both AAA standard 1.5V batteries or AAA sized Lithium Ion 3.7 Volt cells. Gives me more flexibility.

Usually carry one in my cargo shorts in the summer. Weighs nothing and comes in handy.

I prefer the ones that have a push button in the base for on/off. The kind where you twist the lens tend to come on in my pocket and run the battery down just when you need them.

Does anyone know of a USB charging version? I haven't found one.

 

[MikeSalt]

Lumintop Tool Ti. It's actually the finest beam of any of the lights I own. Yes, the knurling is slightly imperfect and the threads aren't the best, but it does feel like a premium light.

 

[LeanBurn]

Thrunite TiS in neutral white

Stainless steel - just enough weight to let you know its there, unmatched durability and finish. While it is a twisty, it has never come on in my pocket. It has firefly mode (0.04L), Low(12L) High (120L). I EDC it everyday and it works just as good as the day I bought it 3 years ago.

 

[xxo]

Mag Solitaire LED - great little key chain light!

 

[hsa]

Me too on the Mag Solitaire.

 

[Timothybil]

I have carried a Streamlight Microstream for almost ten years, and it is still going strong. I have several of the BLF 348 lights that were part of one of the group buys. I tried a 10440 in it but it got extremely hot almost immediately so no go on that idea. One has to see the precision threads on the BLF 348 to believe them. It is literally almost impossible to see the seam between the body and the tail cap until one starts to unscrew it. I also have several of the Lumintop Tools wit the Nichia emiter, most in black ano but one or two in copper. The black ano version can go either way. It is available with wither a clicky tail cap, or a flat magnetic one, which means that at that point it is a twisty only. I have even seen it offered with both tail caps. I really love that Nichia beam and color rendition. Right now one of them is my bedside light, and I have given several away as gifts.

 

[glockpoppin]

Foursevens Preon P1, Surefire Titan Plus, Olight i3E , or Lumintop Tool Ti with a Preon pocket clip.

 

[LetThereBeLight!]

It's not push button, but what about Eagtac's D25AAA?

 

[flatline]

What are your favorite LED lights that use a single AAA cell?

The Thrunite Ti3 is my recommendation to anyone who can handle more than one mode.

The first 2 modes (0.04L and 12L) are extremely useful. The 120L mode is impressive, but I'd trade it for an 80L high that gets a full hour of run time.

--flatline

 

[bigsage]

I’ve carried the Tool Cu with the e-switch mod for almost two years now. I use a deep carry clip I took off a cheaper knockoff. Exactly what works for me. And I’ve used 10440’s in it without modding the driver. No problems and I’ve trusted it with my family’s lives.

 

[jorn]

best aaa clicky, easy, Liteflux lf2xt. But Absolutly not a budget light.. at all.. If you can find a used one on the markedplace, expect to emty your wallet.
Cheaper is the tool ti, modded mine with a xq-e hi led and a xp-l hi led , love them. Cheapest aaa light i like is the jetbeam jet-u. If you need usb recharge and clicky, the jetbeam E01R is the only aaa usb light i know of.

 

[CJLumens]

Hi caled,

I'm a MagLite Solitaire LED fan. Great combo of price, performance, reliability, and affordability BUT it's a twisty. FWIW, I have never had one turn on by accident.

Streamlight's Microstream is available in both AAA and (very impressively spec-ed) USB: (AAA) https://www.streamlight.com/en/products/detail/index/microstream (USB) https://www.streamlight.com/en/products/detail/index/microstream-usb

Check out selfbuilt's Lumintop Tool Ti review. Very thorough and informative, as always. Also, there are comparisons with other lights in the same class/vintage as well, which can be a good starting point to look for a different single AAA light as well. The YouTube vid is a good one too. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?417505

 

[flatline]

Hi caled,

I'm a MagLite Solitaire LED fan. Great combo of price, performance, reliability, and affordability BUT it's a twisty. FWIW, I have never had one turn on by accident.

Streamlight's Microstream is available in both AAA and (very impressively spec-ed) USB: (AAA) https://www.streamlight.com/en/products/detail/index/microstream (USB) https://www.streamlight.com/en/products/detail/index/microstream-usb

The maglite solitaire is excellent. I recommend it to anyone looking for a single mode AAA light.

The Streamlight Microstream is also an excellent light, but it has one flaw: the rubber cap over the switch makes fully depressing the switch very hard. You can remove the cap (it simply unscrews) and expose the switch directly but it's ugly and you're sacrificing water resistance. If you only need a momentary light, then it works fine with the cap. Similarly, if you leave it switched it on and then unscrew the tail, it works fine as a twisty.

--flatline

 

[gurdygurds]

Best mod for the micro stream or stylus pro, unscrew and take off the rubber clicky boot, cut a tiny piece of bicycle inner tube and place it inside the boot and put back together. Makes activating the light WORLDS easier. Can't remember where I saw that but do it.......do it now.

The maglite solitaire is excellent. I recommend it to anyone looking for a single mode AAA light.

The Streamlight Microstream is also an excellent light, but it has one flaw: the rubber cap over the switch makes fully depressing the switch very hard. You can remove the cap (it simply unscrews) and expose the switch directly but it's ugly and you're sacrificing water resistance. If you only need a momentary light, then it works fine with the cap. Similarly, if you leave it switched it on and then unscrew the tail, it works fine as a twisty.

--flatline

 

[CJLumens]

Best mod for the micro stream or stylus pro, unscrew and take off the rubber clicky boot, cut a tiny piece of bicycle inner tube and place it inside the boot and put back together. Makes activating the light WORLDS easier. Can't remember where I saw that but do it.......do it now.

Nice!!! Thanks for the tip, gurdy!

 

[The Hawk]

The Lumintop Tool is my EDC. I carry it along with a spare AAA battery. Comes in handy on a regular basis.

 

[gurdygurds]

Word to your mother CJ.

Nice!!! Thanks for the tip, gurdy!

 

[lightseeker2009]

I am going to buy a silwer Olight I3 today. It seems like what I want for a car light.

 

[CJLumens]

Word to your mother CJ.

Lololol!

 

[bykfixer]

Maglite Solitaire is the Rodney Dangerfield of triple a flashlights. So to me, it's nice to see it mentioned in this thread. Trouble is, box stores don't seem to be restocking them anymore. Those LED versions are pretty sweet. No longer several twists to get to a good beam. Twist it on and you get a beam. You can tweak it some but really don't need to anymore.

Microstream is another classic that has held its own over the years and has seen a number of improvements in output numbers. The tailcap button requires a finger tip to activate, but then again nearly every light that small requires a finger tip to activate. I used the punch out circle from one of those plastic rewards cards placed inside the rubber button cover. Works great as it greatly reduces travel length required to turn on the microstream but... also allows momentary to be activated in a pocket carry situation. If you shirt pocket the microstream (bezel down) then great but in trousers you may be surprised to find a dead cell as the light does not get warm in your pocket.

PK's PL2 is a twist head 1aaa that turns on by closing the head opposite of a solitaire that you open the head to activate it. Open/close a second time to get a low beam. Being very over driven this one gets warm and is a fuel guzzler. But with an eneloop pro or an ultimate lithium expect about an hour. With a duracell, eh... maybe 20-30 minutes. Borofloat lens and a kubatan at the other end. It's a thrower with plenty of spill for a 12mm setup.

Bushnell's 20148 is a cross between a microstream and PK's FL2 with maximum grip in mind. It's actually a pretty nice little flashlight. Glass lens, cnc cut knurling and available at Wal Mart along with some sporting goods stores. The beam is a combo spot and flood.

Rayovac has one rated at 3 lumens that used a magnifier tip to make those 3 lumens appear like 20. You see a defined circle of light that works great for close up work or finding the water closet at 2am, and it's shape is not unlike an inkpen so shirt pocket carry feels normal. Oh, and it's $3. It's one of those you keep in the console of the car, in a coffee cup pen holder at the office etc.
Another defined circle light is the 2 for $10 Coast with a tailcap twist to on. Home Depot used to carry them.

Rayovac did a 1aaa Indestructable that was a twist head and came with a keychain clasp. They are still seen at the checkout counter of some box stores.