Jbrew
Newly Enlightened
Does someone make one? If so is it a direct drop in or are further steps involved?
I concur on everything written here. :thumbsup:Don't do it... it's a trap. Solitaire upgrade threads happen all the time here seems nobody wants to use the search engine to find out that they could have saved $5 towards a fenix E01 or better light instead of throwing it away on a cutesy flashlight that is dwarfed in output by a dollar store disposable keychain LED light.
They are probably worth 25 cents.... take the head off, throw away the bulb and use it for a AAA battery carrier for a decent light... or a pill container or roll up a $20 bill and use it for an emergency stash. There are simple very cheap mods for converting them to LED using button cells, a spring, and a 3 or 5mm LED but in the end when you go to using button cells it loses its appeal as there are thousands of cheap dollar store lights with similar runtime and output that are designed for those cells easier to manage with no effort involved to mod. I told a guy in a store to get a lighter instead of a solitaire as it has more output and runtime for a lot cheaper.Solitaires and similar little metal 1xAAA lights show up at garage sales for fifty cents or a quarter nowadays. My wife has decided any 25-cent flashlight can be improved, so she picks them up when she sees them. So, maybe ...