from gadgetworld... maybe u can ask them to try order one again?
cos usually i see they don't really restock older models.

abit of an unusual recommendation here... but since that is ur requirements... how about those video led lights?
some have variable temperature control from 3000-5500 etc...
it's probably similar to the larger ones that u see in car workshops mounted on tripods etc... just that the video leds are of cos much smaller and portable.

one thing that bugs me about tip2 is still old UI, and the magnetic tail cap while closed can still attract stuff.

tup meanwhile, the lcd is too fragile for keychain use...
tho its UI is better...
nightcore continues to troll us...

coins.
The tip2 ui is the same as the tini tho... so also 2 secs to turn on..
at least the tup has a lockout mode... but still too big for keychain use.

the 2secs doesn't bug me... but the not having direct access to low does since the power button is just memory mode.
anyway, the tini is still on my keychain.

my tips are the older version with lockout... never really bothered to get the newer ones with that daily / demo modes.

i still have a couple of i3e lying in a desk somewhere.
but yea, dont think i'll be going back to my i3e on my house keys for awhile...the tini is going to stay on it for awhile until it breaks down...
i also have the olight i1r on my car keys...as a backup to my backup...and since its so small and light it doesnt interfere.

how u all lose the heads? turn too much and over compensate the lockout?

did u try using Teflon tape?

nitecore mt22 is for me quite irritating to use.

for single light AAA single mode clicky... not really aware of many.
but for single AAA single mode twisty... can do no wrong than the olight i3e... rm40+ only.

both... and design... that button to release the chamber...zzz.

i was actually thinking of buying it before, just to leave it in the car...but the ui always starts on high...so not too ideal.
in the end i decided on a manker e11...retiring the fenix ld01 which was there...cos that twisty head wasnt so reliable anymore.

i use the ikea "eneloop"
14500 while nice, i don't think can survive the heat in the car for very long.

got china ones now?
mine are pretty early, so all japan.
still got 1 unopened pack lying around...no more camera flashes to put into

mine are all white.
back then no one looked at the brown, cos not enough juice for flashes.
even for lights, I'm not sure why anyone would want brown anyway.

back to ikea batteries...why is it a hit or miss for japan / china?
the packaging states where its made anyway...

i was actually hoping for the tip2 to inherit the UI as on the tup...but guess some things were never meant to be

i just think its a bad clip.
cos what if u knock the light attached to the cap...or worse a belt...say bye bye to the light

i avoid magnetic stuff on keychains...
i read that the tail cap doesn't isolate the magnet enough, so the keys still stick to it... which also means any 10c coins...

all my lights have battle scars... some can see to the bare aluminium.
also another reason for me to be anti-magnetic tailcap is cos i also keep magnetic access cards in the same pocket.

so yesterday i decided to buy a cheap light from mr diy just to leave near my house keys in case of black out etc...for a grand total of RM9.30 as they have a 50% promotion...
this is a typical china light that mr diy has rebranded and u can find similar ones in the market under different names just by searching 7102b...just probably not as cheap.


pictured beside one of my soda can lights the manker mk41...so yea as stated on the package its more of an emergency light to leave at home / camping etc...tho the light is a very cool white so not that ideal for camping.


due to its price everything about it is plastic, even the lens.
as for the beam pattern...there is some spill so u can still walk around at home in darkness...tho it would be better to use the twin tubes for that.
the torch lumens wise to my naked eye is somewhere around 200-300 lumens...
but guess due to it having a bigger reflector, along with a very tight hotspot about as wide as the lens...the throw is surprisingly almost as far as the manker mk41 which has a rated throw of around 400m with 4xAA at 1280 lumens...easily lighting up something up to 100m away looking like u are holding a very long light saber


anyway i mainly got it for it having the 2 tubes...and this does very well to light up a room or a toilet easily...giving out at least 100 lumens here...
u can also have the option to use just 1 of 2 tubes to save on battery life...which is stated up to 1.5 hours i guess at maximum output.
it also has a retractable hook on top so u can hang it on whatever.


now for the main drawbacks of this light...
apart from its plastic lens...
it obviously has a 1300mah built-in battery...but due to a 0.12A input...the charging time is 10 friggin hours...
also they recommend the battery to be re-charged every 3 months just to prevent battery degradation.
but heck, for rm9.30...i can live with all that...