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These things are pretty great if you need a small flashlight on hand. I keep one of these on my work lanyard, it's super bright, and rarely needs to be recharged.
I have the A3 model of this flashlight, and bought the A1 for my mom for Christmas. HIGHLY recommend spending the extra $1 for the A3 (also on sale right now). The A3 is all metal and built to last. The A1 was more plastic. I've had the A3 for about 4 years now and it's been on my keychain the whole time. It gets thrown around, dropped, etc. It looks worn, but it still works great. Excellent flashlight, would buy again without hesitation.
Seems like a really cool light! Not trying to butt in on the thread...but if you're looking for small keychain light...maybe different form factor...I have had this one for a few years and find it pretty convenient for several reasons (output, side LED's, magnet etc) There's other versions of it in same brand...but the V10 is on sale right now. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFVTG...in_title_1
I will admit..i don't carry it EVERY day but whenever I want an easy light to go with me...it's right by my keys. I used to carry 18650 lights (got a couple of Zebralights, and SEVERAL other brands) but I just got to where I'm looking for lighter unless special needs are there.
I have the Aurora A1 G3. My previous version has a plastic covered button switch, while the G4 has an all-metal switch which sounds nice. Has 4 brightness modes plus strobe. One thing I haven't gotten to work properly is setting the "memory mode" to use one particular brightness setting when just toggling the button once, so I always have to cycle through all modes when turning on/off.
Well glad they make it both ways. I prefer the brighter version for the same money when color correctness is not an issue. In addition, these offer stepped brightness options. To each their own. Nice to have a choice. Repped for the info.
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I bought this light 3-4 years ago. I advise it like crazy everyday. Button is starting to wear out and needs to be charged pretty frequently. The thing I hate about this light is that when the battery starts going low a red light turns on behind the button. The red light stays on killing the battery. I bought a cheap $4ish light like this one(same size) about a month ago. So far so good
I have the A3 model of this flashlight, and bought the A1 for my mom for Christmas. HIGHLY recommend spending the extra $1 for the A3 (also on sale right now). The A3 is all metal and built to last. The A1 was more plastic. I've had the A3 for about 4 years now and it's been on my keychain the whole time. It gets thrown around, dropped, etc. It looks worn, but it still works great. Excellent flashlight, would buy again without hesitation.
My plastic one has also held up to the same abuse with hardly a scratch. Only lost the charge port cover. I love these lights.
Seems like a really cool light! Not trying to butt in on the thread...but if you're looking for small keychain light...maybe different form factor...I have had this one for a few years and find it pretty convenient for several reasons (output, side LED's, magnet etc) There's other versions of it in same brand...but the V10 is on sale right now. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFVTG...in_title_1
I will admit..i don't carry it EVERY day but whenever I want an easy light to go with me...it's right by my keys. I used to carry 18650 lights (got a couple of Zebralights, and SEVERAL other brands) but I just got to where I'm looking for lighter unless special needs are there.
This is a interesting light, I'm in for one
The light in the post is about half the size and easily kept on the keychain.
I don't know about anyone else's eyes but 6500K light output (for color) is just about useless for me in terms of being able to see more minor variances in color compared to lower Kelvin lights in the 3000K to 5000K range, as the lower the Kelvin rating the more yellow it appears which when the bulb has a high CRI rating will allow you to "see" what you're illuminating better. Price point is okay if you need it today but for this type of light and the desire for USB-C recharging, Olight has you covered with the i1R 2 Pro. More compact, better usable light output at around 5000K, and type C port is protected until you unscrew the bulb side and it slides out. Also currently on sale on Amazon for $17.56 for the black color.
Well glad they make it both ways. I prefer the brighter version for the same money when color correctness is not an issue. In addition, these offer stepped brightness options. To each their own. Nice to have a choice. Repped for the info.
Just to be clear though, higher Kelvin isn't brighter. Innotjer words 6500k is not any brighter than 5000k - Kelvin is a measurement of the color temperature of light.
The higher the number the more blue the light, the lower the number the more yellow. We are all used to incandescent lighting which is a very low 2700k.
I work with lighting and would never buy a flashlight over 5000k and prefer them around 4000k or a little lower because colors start to look strange when the light temperature is too high, for example if you're cooking eggs with 7000k lighting, i realize this would be rate for a flashlight but it's just to illustrate the point, with that 7000k light you would have a very hard time distinguishing a fully cooked egg from a raw one because the colors, especially ones in that more yellowish range, look very different in that light. But also it's jarring and give many people headaches including myself..
Personally I reccomend lower light temperatures, going too low like a 2700k is fine, it's a warm glow, but too high is jarring and messes with colors. By the way this isn't only my opinion, if you geek out on flashlight forums or reddit rooms dedicated to flashlights and flashlight modding it's pretty much universal - lower light temperatures are just better
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I will admit..i don't carry it EVERY day but whenever I want an easy light to go with me...it's right by my keys. I used to carry 18650 lights (got a couple of Zebralights, and SEVERAL other brands) but I just got to where I'm looking for lighter unless special needs are there.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFVTG...in_ti
I will admit..i don't carry it EVERY day but whenever I want an easy light to go with me...it's right by my keys. I used to carry 18650 lights (got a couple of Zebralights, and SEVERAL other brands) but I just got to where I'm looking for lighter unless special needs are there.
The light in the post is about half the size and easily kept on the keychain.
I found a v15 for $13.49
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The higher the number the more blue the light, the lower the number the more yellow. We are all used to incandescent lighting which is a very low 2700k.
I work with lighting and would never buy a flashlight over 5000k and prefer them around 4000k or a little lower because colors start to look strange when the light temperature is too high, for example if you're cooking eggs with 7000k lighting, i realize this would be rate for a flashlight but it's just to illustrate the point, with that 7000k light you would have a very hard time distinguishing a fully cooked egg from a raw one because the colors, especially ones in that more yellowish range, look very different in that light. But also it's jarring and give many people headaches including myself..
Personally I reccomend lower light temperatures, going too low like a 2700k is fine, it's a warm glow, but too high is jarring and messes with colors. By the way this isn't only my opinion, if you geek out on flashlight forums or reddit rooms dedicated to flashlights and flashlight modding it's pretty much universal - lower light temperatures are just better
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