this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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Lumintop Tool AA 2.0

This little light has been wonderful for me for over three years. It's always in my pocket. I have taken it on multiple thru hikes now. Clips onto my hat very securely. I wear it as a cycle commuting head light. It's just perfect. And affordable!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I should pick some of these up for gifts, especially since they come in more colors now. Are they dual fuel?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, only concern is the tail switch aux light coming on when using 14500 and draining the battery when cell voltage isn't checked for a while. If you're gifting to normies, I would pull out the tail switch and put a screwdriver thru those LEDs, or just desolder it, or just tell them to keep it stored with tail cap unscrewed slightly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They will run off both a 14500 lithium battery or a standard AA battery. Although the output is much worse with a standard AA.

I always use the lithium ion battery. Amazon has a light and battery combo for 30$ usd.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Putting the magnetic twist tailcap on made it one of my favorite lights and I carry it every day. Makes it ~10mm shorter too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Had mine for close to the same amount of time maybe. Great little light. My only gripe is that the Amazon listing I bought from made it sound like the lithium battery was included but it was not. It's still not bad using an AA, lasts forever, in fact, I don't think I have ever changed batteries.