Maratac AAA Q5 (Part 2)

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Mine just arrived.

First impressions:
-Small, very, very small.
-Light weight, same as 2 quarters.
-Nice low mode
-Great knurling
-Same as bright as my LD01SS, nimh or li-ion. The Fenix throws further.
-The black one is a bit brighter than the natural one.

And why it won't replace my RAW:
-Not as bright (both with li-ion), does not throw better.
-The keychain ring will actually bend and then come loose if you pull a little bit harder, not good for being a keychain light.
-Gets hot very fast.
-Cannot get instant access to high mode, less wow factor.

The veredict:
-The maratac AAA is a compact lightweight pocket flashlight, well designed and built. It's not perfect, but you won't get a better AAA flashlight for the price. Brightness is comparable with the LD01, I cannot see any difference between those, with nimh or li-ion. Has a nice low mode, a feature which most small flashlights lacks of. Performance is great overall. This one is a strong competition to the twice as expensive Fenix LD01SS, and totally blows away the KD Buckle, as well as the older Fenix L0DQ4.



Highly recommended. :thumbsup: Some people call it "The best AAA deal of all times", I should add +1.



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Left: RAW 200 High -------- Left: MaratacAAA high with li-ion
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I received my natural today. For some reason medium and low won't engage properly. Both work for a couple of seconds before going out. High works fine.
 
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R@ndom said:
I recieved my natural today. For some reason medium won't engage. It goes flash once->low -> high.
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Sounds like a slight contact fault. Remove the head and battery. Place some 600-800 sand paper on a flat surface and rotate the battery tube face on the flat surface a 3 or 4 times to clean up the bare, flat contact edge of the tube. Clean good with a dry rag. Use a Q-tip or rag and clean the contact plate on the inside of the head then reassemble. Let us know if that helps. :)
 
Patriot said:
Sounds like a slight contact fault. Remove the head and battery. Place some 600-800 sand paper on a flat surface and rotate the battery tube face on the flat surface a 3 or 4 times to clean up the bare, flat contact edge of the tube. Clean good with a dry rag. Use a Q-tip or rag and clean the contact plate on the inside of the head then reassemble. Let us know if that helps. :)
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Tried above. Works slightly better but medium and low still manages to go back off by itself. StandardBattery has generously offered to replace it. :grouphug:
 
timbo114 said:
that's a real pisser:mad:
I'd have snagged that one instead of the natural
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I'm not sure why you're angry timbo. New lights are always being released in one form or another so it's not something you can avoid. Everyone else seems pretty excited to have the option. ;)
 
I recall seeing some earlier pictures where natural had a matching clip but on the later ones all I am seeing is the black clip.

Does stainless one come in matching stainless clip?

Thanks,
- Vikas
 
I bet you guys are dying to see this





Apparently it looks like the XP-E is mounted to a cutdown 10mm star. There's no epoxy to glue the star down. So when the XP-G comes out this is going to be an easy upgrade host.

The key to opening the light was to give it a slight crank clock wise(tighten) then to crank it back counter clock wise. There's no epoxy it's just a bit of thermal paste on the thread.
 
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tebore said:
Apparently it looks like the XP-E is mounted to a cutdown 10mm star. There's no epoxy to glue the star down. So when the XP-G comes out this is going to be an easy upgrade host.

The key to opening the light was to give it a slight crank clock wise(tighten) then to crank it back counter clock wise. There's no epoxy it's just a bit of thermal paste on the thread.
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Is the reflector a screw in or drop in?
 
Nake said:
Is the reflector a screw in or drop in?
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Right I forgot to mention it's a drop-in. I should also mention that centering the emitter is no easy task based on their construction and it's why the emitters in a lot of lights are off centre. The centering is from the star in the heatsink pocket and from how the emitter is centered on the star.
 
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what I would like to see done is the circuit in the maratac swapped into my fenix LD01 SS. I like the design and finish of the SS fenix better but the low mode would make it perfect as I find the low on the fenix annoyingly too similar to the other two modes.
 
Perhaps I'm missing something, but why the hubbup about a SS version? Isn't aluminum lighter and nearly as strong? What am I missing... besides a slight color change?
 
After hearing about how everybody likes their new lights....I think I'm gonna have to order a few also...just what I need, more lights!:ohgeez:



BTW..Is there a Q5 version AND an XP-E version?
 
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