I’ve got a little stainless Coast A5, which I love, but its beam pattern is very, very much inspection torch. Dead circular, even spread.

Is there anything similar in body, but with a more every-day torch beam? I don’t really want some black knobbly military-cosplayer’s thing, I’m not too bothered about a built in charging port, I want minimal. I love the simple, smooth stainless body of the A5, it lives in my smart jacket pocket along with an elegant little pocket knife, I just wish it had a thrower-style beam.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      8 days ago

      Those are 18650 battery lights. A 18650 is about twice the diameter of a AAA. 18650 is the defacto standard for flashlights these days because of the size and energy density.

      A 18650 is 18mm diameter and 65.0mm long.

      The AAA battery is ~10mm diameter and ~40mm long, very close in size to a 10440 battery.

      But you can’t assume you can throw a 10440 lithium into a AAA flashlight, because lithium voltage is lower than a primary (alkaline, etc).

      • Docus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        because lithium voltage is lower than a primary (alkaline, etc)

        Other way round. But your point is still valid