Any advances in 2AA LED format? Anything better than L2D-CE Q5?

I've that little Fenix 2AA L2D-CE for some months now... Q4. I know there is Q5 available.

Anything better than that recently, a new generation?

On average the Q5 is 7% brighter than Q4. Not noticable to the naked eye. The runtime of the Q5 is less, becasue of a higher Vf.

I'd say there is no 2xAA worth upgrading to at the moment, unless you have the flash on low phenomenon. I upgraded from the Q2 to the Q5 and can't really tell the difference other than I don't have that darn flash anymore thank goodness.

Have you tried the 1AA LED L1D-Q5, it comes close and is smaller

cave dave said:

I'd say there is no 2xAA worth upgrading to at the moment, unless you have the flash on low phenomenon. I upgraded from the Q2 to the Q5 and can't really tell the difference other than I don't have that darn flash anymore thank goodness.

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Unfortunately i do....:sigh:

Good question. The 2xAA format does seem to have been neglected lately.

If your L2D-CE is a few months old it likely has a P4, not Q4 emitter. I have some with Rebel 100, P4, Q2 and Q5 emitters. You will see a noticeable increase from the P4 to the Q5. And as has been mentionned, you'll no longer see the "flash". For now I still think this is THE 2AA light, regardless of the emitter.

Olight has a T25 scheduled for release within the next few days. If it is as good as their T20 2xCR123 lights, it will be winner.

If I were you, I'd wait to see how the T25 is received. If you just cannot wait, I am certain a Q5 L2D will please you.

HDS will supposdly have a 2aa pack available for their coming lights.

FYI, I've compared the output and runtime of various Fenix heads in L2D format (including the P4, Q2 and Q5 models) here:

Fenix L2D Q5 vs R100, R80, Q2, P4 Comparison Review: RUNTIMES+

Note by the way there is no guarantee the low mode flash will be gone - my Q5 still has it fairly prominently. Although I gather Fenix has improved on this recently.

I don't know where the Q5's are at now, but my L2D-CE P4 on max was quite a bit dimmer than my Luxeon III Millermods L2P and had an ugly puke green tint with a blotchy beam. And two bond wires went through the emitter, you could see it in the hotspot. Turned me off of Crees for awhile.

selfbuilt said:

Note by the way there is no guarantee the low mode flash will be gone - my Q5 still has it fairly prominently. Although I gather Fenix has improved on this recently.

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My L2D Q5 has the low mode flash as well.

One I bought around christmas does, one I bought a month or so later doesn't. Good luck?