Flood-to-Throw keychain light?

joe1512

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Does any such thing exist? I think it would be handy to have a 1xCR123 or AA/AAA light that is small enough for a keychain (like the quark mini, itp A1,A2,A3, etc) but has the ability to go from flood to throw.

Ideally one would need to use a twisty to adjust the focus, and a clickie to turn on/off the light, which is probably one of the big limitations to designing an adequate keychain-sized version.
 

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Romisen has an RC-29 thats AA and a cr123 that's its twin but I forget the model
 

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There is. It's 1.7" in length and it's a clicky. From DX.

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The flood-to-throw is fun and useful and it's fairly bright for button cells. I'm still waiting for modders or manufacturers to come out with better ones. :rolleyes:
 
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juplin

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The first(LR44 * 3) and second(AAA) focusable keychain lights counting from the most right
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Off-focus of LR44 * 3
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On-focus of LR44 * 3
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sol-leks

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sku? I too would love a keychain light with an aspheric. I don't care about the throw so much as having a keychain light with no hotspot.
 

sol-leks

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found em:
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and a AAA one
sku 33326

seem pretty neat will def get one of each to try next time i order from dx.
However, I still am more interested in something like this that is just set to flood.
 

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I have the LR44*3 pictured above, and it's not terrible. has a forwared clicky. it's slide, not twist. easy to accidentally activate it - I don't remember any way to lock it out.
 

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I read the reviews of both versions. The consensus is that it looks nice, but the switch turns on too easily, and the lens is not glued properly. I was first interested, but I'll pass .
 

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Depends on what you call a flood.
I think it would be handy to have an AA/AAA light that is small enough for a key chain, but has the ability to go from flood to throw.
The NiteCore Ez AA puts out a pretty wide beam on low and throws a good spot at 50 yards on bright.
Ideally one would need to use a twisty to adjust the focus.
It uses a twisty to switch and also for on and off to get that small size.
 

sol-leks

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That LED Lenser K3 looks interesting. A bit big but manageable I think. I'm guessing it has at best a nichia 5mm though. Interesting light though. Thanks for pointing it out. A little research shows it has no regulation though and 15 lumens is not terrible but could be better. Now if this was a cr123 powered light with good regulation and an xp-g for around 40-50 bucks we'd be in business...
 
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