Oh this is surprising.
I've loved my photon microlights for a long time, but have never been 100% happy with their battery life. 2016 batts are what they are, 80-90 mah for the good ones. 2032 batts on the other hand are awesome at 225 mah, but of course are twice as thick.
So here we go:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3419
Are designed and shipped with the slightly oddball 2025 batt (150-175mah). And I approve of the 10mm LED. In my lot only 2 or 3 of the 5 lit up because the batts are dead, they switched themselves on too easily but you can fix that by "tweak" bending the LED leads.
But here's the thing- that case will fit 2x 2032 batts! Not really well, but well enough! It's got 4 case screws to it tightens up again. The LED lead requires some more involved tweaking. Actually there's a ring on the top half of the case that gives room for the LED lead to back away and milling that down just a tad would give the batt the right room, but further tweaking might fix that. Might have to shorten the LED lead.
Bigger than a microlight, actually it sucks in a way that they made the diameter much larger than it needs to be, they spaced the 4 scews around the batt sides so it got wider when putting them near the ends like Photon did would have found enough space without widening it. Even still they made more width than the screws needed. But, still small enough to fit in my coin pocket and makes a crapload of light and the 2032 should make for a long long life.
I've loved my photon microlights for a long time, but have never been 100% happy with their battery life. 2016 batts are what they are, 80-90 mah for the good ones. 2032 batts on the other hand are awesome at 225 mah, but of course are twice as thick.
So here we go:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3419
Are designed and shipped with the slightly oddball 2025 batt (150-175mah). And I approve of the 10mm LED. In my lot only 2 or 3 of the 5 lit up because the batts are dead, they switched themselves on too easily but you can fix that by "tweak" bending the LED leads.
But here's the thing- that case will fit 2x 2032 batts! Not really well, but well enough! It's got 4 case screws to it tightens up again. The LED lead requires some more involved tweaking. Actually there's a ring on the top half of the case that gives room for the LED lead to back away and milling that down just a tad would give the batt the right room, but further tweaking might fix that. Might have to shorten the LED lead.
Bigger than a microlight, actually it sucks in a way that they made the diameter much larger than it needs to be, they spaced the 4 scews around the batt sides so it got wider when putting them near the ends like Photon did would have found enough space without widening it. Even still they made more width than the screws needed. But, still small enough to fit in my coin pocket and makes a crapload of light and the 2032 should make for a long long life.
