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Lumintop Tool AA Color Flashlight Set
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Lumintop Tool AA Color Flashlight Set
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A larger, more powerful version of the extremely popular Lumintop Tool AAA, this one runs on a single AA battery and pumps out up to 550 lumens (with a 14500 battery). Made with an aluminum body that’s anodized in your choice of three different colors, it features three modes, all of which can be cycled through by twisting the base (you can upgrade to the clicky tailcap base at checkout) Read More
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276
Dec 10, 2019
My poor light!!!
I have no idea why the battery leaked so badly. None of my other batteries of that type have leaked this way before, and it wasn't old or anything. He battery had produced so much corrosion, that I had to unscrew both the switch tailcap and LED caps off the tube, and press the battery out of the tube! It was so tight, that the plastic label of the battery degloved itself! Yikes! The corrosion ate right through the anodizing, and clean through the aluminum altogether, where it was thinnest, near the threads. It ate into the retaining ring that holds the switch pc board in place.
I carefully scraped out as much corrosion as I could, and neutralized the caustic residue with lemon juice (boy did it fizz up from the acid-base reaction!)
On disassembling the tailcap, I discovered that the grommet that seals the board did it's job, and the PC board had only the most minor traces of corrosion, which were easily cleaned. The corrosive gunk never made it to the LED end of the flashlight, so it too was spared! On putting in a new battery, it fired up right away, and works flawlessly, albeit, with a small hole in the side, that is fortunately covered by the tailcap when screwed on, and resides behind the o-ring that seal the tailcap to the tube.
Still, WOW! It took a beating from that corrosion, but thankfully, it remains fully functional and fully usable! :D
In conclusion: Check yo batteries periodically! Sometimes even relatively new batteries can literally s*** themselves without any warning, and the sooner you catch this type of thing, the less damage that will be done! It's not just a dim light that's good cause to check your battery.
kin_tori
21
May 20, 2018
Y'know, if you order this from Amazon, it comes with both tailcaps, and you can get it in all these colors, or black, for the basically same price, and you won't be waiting more than two weeks to get it from the day your order is confirmed.
https://www.amazon.com/LUMINTOP-Flashlight-Brightness-Lightweight-Compatible%E3%80%905/dp/B07BLTP9ZD
https://www.amazon.com/LUMINTOP-Flashlight-Brightness-Lightweight-Compatible%E3%80%905/dp/B07BLTP9ZD
PNWNative
448
Dec 10, 2018
kin_toriMaybe the colors are sold out - there is one available and it is black.
ErrandofAngels
4
Apr 16, 2018
Ditto on "what's the hold up?"
It's April 16, an update on this drop 's shipping status seems a reasonable thing to request.
It's April 16, an update on this drop 's shipping status seems a reasonable thing to request.
Omniseed
1972
Mar 20, 2018
Just to let staff know, I'll jump on basically any light in roughly this size format that has a Nichia emitter and a modest cost, especially with nice color options like this one.
I like the Klarus RS-16's gunmetal gray, but the ubiquitous all-black and generally spiky 'tactical' look is kind of a downer.
Good work finding lights that don't look like they were sourced from some cop shop.
I like the Klarus RS-16's gunmetal gray, but the ubiquitous all-black and generally spiky 'tactical' look is kind of a downer.
Good work finding lights that don't look like they were sourced from some cop shop.
Snaggletooth
25
Mar 18, 2018
This is a nice little light with lots of options. I gave one to my wife as a stocking stuffer. She seems to like it a lot.
Tigole
464
Mar 15, 2018
" this one runs on a single AA battery and pumps out up to 550 lumens "
It won't do anywhere near 550 lumens on an AA--you need a 14500 for that, and no where in the description does it even mention 14500. That's just false advertising.
And it's $1 more on Amazon, but you'd get it a lot sooner.
It won't do anywhere near 550 lumens on an AA--you need a 14500 for that, and no where in the description does it even mention 14500. That's just false advertising.
And it's $1 more on Amazon, but you'd get it a lot sooner.
richfiles
276
Mar 15, 2018
Love the Lumintop Tool AAA. I own the black aluminum one with the Cree LED and the Massdropp exclusive Brass Tool AAA with a Nichia LED. Just joined the drop for the blue Tool AA, and definitely look forward to using it.
I've now already bought three of these Lumintop Tool lights for myself, and another one as a gift, and recommended it to a buddy who has himself bought one for himself, and I think gifted at least one as well... I'll definitely buy more, if I see what I like in the future.
I just wanted to share that I would be VERY INTERESTED in buying ANOTHER Tool AA if it were ever released in the Blue Titanium option (Like this one: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-blue-titanium-aaa-flashlight ). I almost bought that Blue Titanium Tool AAA, but decided I REALLY wanted an AA model instead instead. I chose to wait, and gamble on the hope that it happens. In the meantime, i'm settling with he Blue Aluminum Tool AA. I will likely gift it to a family member if I ever have the opportunity to get the Blue Titanium Tool AA. Given that the Tool AA is a physically larger light, I would imagine the light weight and increased durability of Titanium would particularly shine for the AA Tool, even above the AAA Tool, and the Blue Titanium, is quite frankly, awesome looking! I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
Definitely want to see a Nichia LED offered though. I've fallen in love with the warm color of my Brass Tool AAA, and the AA could make up for the decrease in brightness with the beefier AA driven LED.
Something else I'd like to see, if it's possible, would be for future models to detect if a 14500 is installed. I like that the 14500 offers a brighter peak brightness, but I'd like even more, if installing a 14500 would add an additional mode, to allow the selection of 8, 25, (95 or 110), and 550 lumens. I like the idea of retaining the lower brightness options, besides the minimum, to allow the battery to run longer, while being still reasonably bright enough for varying illumination tasks. With an alkaline or NiMH, the LED control would disable the 550 Lumen output, and only have three options. I would presume such a feature would be easy to add by way of voltage detection, but it would, of course, require an entirely new controller. If we're doing a new controller though, I think there ought to be a way to jump to full brightness, maybe by holding the power button down. Maybe even add strobing, by holding the button, and tapping once it's on. I'd definitely buy that though!
My argument for having the 14500 add an additional light mode, rather than shifting all the modes brighter, is simple. going from 8-25 Lumens is a small gap, but that's enough to make the difference between seeing enough to not trip over things, to actually seeing what you're doing. A jump all the way to 95 is rather big, and feels like it could wash out your vision in some situations. It also DRASTICALLY reduces your overall runtime on any mode except for the "nightlight" mode. On a AA Alkaline, It says I can expect Low / Medium / High to last 36h 25m / 11h 00m / 1h 45m, but going with the 14500, brightness is increased across the board, and the runtimes are 28h 30m / 4h 00m / 0h 45m... That's a SIGNIFICANT reduction in overall battery life across the board, just to get that peak brightness of 550 Lumens as an option! Of course, the lowest mode gets bumped up by one Lumen, but it's battery life reduction is not significant. The medium mode is bumped from 25 to 95 Lumens, however! That's huge! The other differences are negligible, but that change is painful. It takes away a good low level working brightness with good battery life and replaces it with a power hungry mode that's getting fairly close to the brightness level of the high mode of the Tool AAA. That's a sacrifice I do not like, but it seems a necessary one, if you want the option of peak brightness. That's why I say future controllers should switch to four modes when a 14500 is used.
I say, for future brightness controller options... Consider detecting the battery voltage. If over a rated voltage (if it detects the higher voltage generated by a 14500 cell, say over 2.7 volts), then make it a four mode light... 8 / 25 / (95 or 110) / 550, but if the battery is below 2.7 volts, then only offer the three 7 / 25 / 110 modes.
That would retain the long battery life and more comfortable lower medium brightness levels offered by the 25 Lumen output, but still offer a middle ground (95-110 Lumens) between the 25 and 550 Lumen options, when using a 14500 cell.
I've now already bought three of these Lumintop Tool lights for myself, and another one as a gift, and recommended it to a buddy who has himself bought one for himself, and I think gifted at least one as well... I'll definitely buy more, if I see what I like in the future.
I just wanted to share that I would be VERY INTERESTED in buying ANOTHER Tool AA if it were ever released in the Blue Titanium option (Like this one: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-blue-titanium-aaa-flashlight ). I almost bought that Blue Titanium Tool AAA, but decided I REALLY wanted an AA model instead instead. I chose to wait, and gamble on the hope that it happens. In the meantime, i'm settling with he Blue Aluminum Tool AA. I will likely gift it to a family member if I ever have the opportunity to get the Blue Titanium Tool AA. Given that the Tool AA is a physically larger light, I would imagine the light weight and increased durability of Titanium would particularly shine for the AA Tool, even above the AAA Tool, and the Blue Titanium, is quite frankly, awesome looking! I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
Definitely want to see a Nichia LED offered though. I've fallen in love with the warm color of my Brass Tool AAA, and the AA could make up for the decrease in brightness with the beefier AA driven LED.
Something else I'd like to see, if it's possible, would be for future models to detect if a 14500 is installed. I like that the 14500 offers a brighter peak brightness, but I'd like even more, if installing a 14500 would add an additional mode, to allow the selection of 8, 25, (95 or 110), and 550 lumens. I like the idea of retaining the lower brightness options, besides the minimum, to allow the battery to run longer, while being still reasonably bright enough for varying illumination tasks. With an alkaline or NiMH, the LED control would disable the 550 Lumen output, and only have three options. I would presume such a feature would be easy to add by way of voltage detection, but it would, of course, require an entirely new controller. If we're doing a new controller though, I think there ought to be a way to jump to full brightness, maybe by holding the power button down. Maybe even add strobing, by holding the button, and tapping once it's on. I'd definitely buy that though!
My argument for having the 14500 add an additional light mode, rather than shifting all the modes brighter, is simple. going from 8-25 Lumens is a small gap, but that's enough to make the difference between seeing enough to not trip over things, to actually seeing what you're doing. A jump all the way to 95 is rather big, and feels like it could wash out your vision in some situations. It also DRASTICALLY reduces your overall runtime on any mode except for the "nightlight" mode. On a AA Alkaline, It says I can expect Low / Medium / High to last 36h 25m / 11h 00m / 1h 45m, but going with the 14500, brightness is increased across the board, and the runtimes are 28h 30m / 4h 00m / 0h 45m... That's a SIGNIFICANT reduction in overall battery life across the board, just to get that peak brightness of 550 Lumens as an option! Of course, the lowest mode gets bumped up by one Lumen, but it's battery life reduction is not significant. The medium mode is bumped from 25 to 95 Lumens, however! That's huge! The other differences are negligible, but that change is painful. It takes away a good low level working brightness with good battery life and replaces it with a power hungry mode that's getting fairly close to the brightness level of the high mode of the Tool AAA. That's a sacrifice I do not like, but it seems a necessary one, if you want the option of peak brightness. That's why I say future controllers should switch to four modes when a 14500 is used.
I say, for future brightness controller options... Consider detecting the battery voltage. If over a rated voltage (if it detects the higher voltage generated by a 14500 cell, say over 2.7 volts), then make it a four mode light... 8 / 25 / (95 or 110) / 550, but if the battery is below 2.7 volts, then only offer the three 7 / 25 / 110 modes.
That would retain the long battery life and more comfortable lower medium brightness levels offered by the 25 Lumen output, but still offer a middle ground (95-110 Lumens) between the 25 and 550 Lumen options, when using a 14500 cell.
Rodz_V
8
Mar 15, 2018
Can anyone comment on whether or not the light has a memory function? For example, if I shut the light off from the medium setting, will it still be on medium when I turn the light on? Thank you!
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