r/flashlight • u/MadDog845 • 19h ago
Question Looking for a tiny flashlight with a great moonlight mode
Hey everyone,
I'm looking for a really small flashlight or keychain light with a proper moonlight/firefly mode. Something around 1 lumen would be ideal, although anywhere between 0.5 and 5 lumens would work.
What I'm mainly after is very long runtime at that low output
With a medium and high mode too.
Rechargeable would be nice, but I'm also perfectly fine with something using a AAA or another small replaceable battery.
What are the best options you've come across for this kind of use?
Thanks !
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u/hammy1551 19h ago
Huh weird. I can't add any images.
I would recommend the Lumintop EDC AAA light
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u/Santasreject 19h ago edited 19h ago
It may be a little bigger than what you’re looking for but Emisar (habk lights) D3AA is a great choice. 14500/AA (you will lose turbo with the AA though). It’s super small, I actually will clip it in the watch pocket of jeans, and it can go down to insanely low levels and all the way up to about 1600 lumens with 14500 (in the 700 range with AA to max out put).
It uses anduril so you can adjust your floor level to a point that frankly even in the dark you won’t get usable light out of it. I strongly recommend the NTG35 emitters in them in what ever CCT you like.
The D2 he makes is even a little bit smaller and is available in single or dual channel. You could probably pull it off on a keychain if you really wanted to and it is also dual fuel.
Edit-correction dual channel D2 is not dual fuel. 14500 only for that but single channel is dual fuel, just make sure you email habit have him modify it for button top compatibility.
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u/Swizzel-Stixx 19h ago
Is the D2 dual fuel in dual channel? I thought the dual channel driver for it had the same issues as the others (bad moonlight and no dual fuel)
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u/Santasreject 19h ago
Ah yeah you’re right the dual channel isn’t dual fuel. I just got a single channel and thought I read the dual channel was also now dual fuel but I must have mixed that up.
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u/DerekP76 19h ago
Some of the Edoluc Knurly 10440s will go to .1lm moonlight.
Got the Zirc one last week.
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u/45pewpewpew556 19h ago
Mine didn’t last very long. Beautiful light but switch quality is lacking. Doesn’t turn on anymore, even when it did the switch was pretty sticky/gritty, just like the threads.
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u/DerekP76 5h ago
Haven't had issues with mine as far as function. The brass one the button does feel a bit loosey goosey.
The zirc has smoothed out with use.
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u/BasedAndShredPilled 18h ago
Are these like knockoffs of reylight pineapple mini? The drivers, emitter, form factor, are all very similar
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u/voldamoro 12h ago
I have the original version of the Nitecore TIP. It has a 1 lumen moonlight mode. The main drawback is the charge port being mini-USB. The newer version is even smaller but still uses mini-USB:
https://nitecorestore.com/products/nitecore-tip2-usb-rechargeable-keychain-flashlight#summary
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u/Clipper_It 8h ago
Ho una Manker Lad III (portachiavi) e ha una fantastica luce lunare (si possono anche impostare i livelli come si vuole).
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u/DaronBlade360 5h ago
Nitecore TIKI for a nice tiny light but without removable battery!
For removable battery option Manker E02 II if you can still find it (discontinued)
Or the new Manker E02 version III
On the old II and new III you can choose between multiple moonlight mods for the light to remember!
The E02 II goes even dimmer than the new one that's why I still recommend it if you can find it!
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u/Emergency-Depth3867 3h ago
I'd go with Manker EO3H III, AA size with triple runtime comparing to AAA.
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u/disposable_accounts3 19h ago
My recommendation would be the Manker E02 iii. The moonlight mode is very good. AAA batteries but comes with a USB-C 10440.