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It's an X9R a miniature version of one of their bigger lights, and yes a twist head with a difference, you tighten it to turn it off, loosen to turn it on.

2.5 lumen has about 30 hour run time.

Right now I'm not even sure if you can buy it, it came with my Olight order from their July sale, just arrived today ;)

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This is such a fun and useful size for a light, I dig it. My go-to keychain light is a RovyVon Aurora A8, which I think shakes out a bit bigger than your X9R.

I also quite like the Lumintop GT Nano, which has a shocking amount of through for what looks like a novelty light (an impression that changes once you turn it on).
 
Tonight in a dark room the light does ok to get me around and I can locate things which is surprising for such a small light
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Gary W. Graley said:
It's an X9R a miniature version of one of their bigger lights, and yes a twist head with a difference, you tighten it to turn it off, loosen to turn it on.

2.5 lumen has about 30 hour run time.

Right now I'm not even sure if you can buy it, it came with my Olight order from their July sale, just arrived today ;)

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I pulled an old Maglite out of a box not long ago, dropped a couple AAs in and it has that same loosen on, tighten off action.
Brought back some memories.
 
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Teeny Tiny, little Olight of mine, handy I think it will be ;)
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Just received mine today.
My grandmother's favorite flashlight and one of her all time favorite gifts is the i3e eos I bought her which has started acting up lately. ( might be the cheap off brand battery she's currently using)
I found they still had a few on their site for $8 so I ordered her a new one and the little guy was free.

It's not a lot of light, but it is useful, and I'm probably gonna put mine on a bead chain to wear around my neck.

This thing fixes my biggest complaint with olight,loosen for on and tighten for off is the way it should be.
That's the very reason I clung on to my LED AAA maglites for so long, the solitaire and AAA led minimag.


I hope this x9r cell will show olight the error of their ways.

Heres the cr345 battery it uses.
 
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The 3 I've read can be improved upon by getting a rechargeable battery, I ordered some of them, due this week, and will report back, but it's a nice size light too.

3.7V 10440 Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery 350mAh ICR10440​


My little one I have on a 325paracord with some snake knots and that's handy with that on there, basically lengthens the handle for you some what ;)

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I saw some grumbling on other forums about the size and light out put . Everything was posted in the specs . With the $10 coupon I got a little light I wanted this light shipping included for a total of $11.xx
 
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I saw some grumbling on other forums about the size and light out put . Everything was posted in the specs . With the $10 coupon I got a little light I wanted this light shipping included for a total of $11.xx
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I had no coupon but the little one was free, so my total for the i3e and x9r cell was $13.
I payed more for the first i3e a couple years ago.
I have a littl nitefox e1 which is similar in size but a few lumins brighter, it cost a little more it uses 3-4 little button cells and overall quality is not as good.
Not having a lense or reflector in front of the bulb lower quality bulb, the light it puts out is of poor quality.
 
This Matchbox Instruments HF-R can be set upimage.jpeg

many different ways. The batteries are rechargeable.The output ranges from 4 to 600 lumens. The smallest configuration is shown next to a standard AAA light.image.jpeg
 
Gary W. Graley said:
The 3 I've read can be improved upon by getting a rechargeable battery, I ordered some of them, due this week, and will report back, but it's a nice size light too.

3.7V 10440 Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery 35mAh ICR10440​


My little one I have on a 325paracord with some snake knots and that's handy with that on there, basically lengthens the handle for you some what ;)

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35mAh seems extremely low for a 10440. 350mAh sounds more like it. Be very careful using a 10440 in your i3E EOS. Apparently it won't simply go poof with smoke like some AAA lights might, but it's not designed for it. You'll get over 300 lumens, but it'll heat up extremely quickly and since the light isn't designed for it (no thermal protection), you could fry it.

There are lights out there designed for 10440 use, but I've only found ones that are essentially pocket flashlights (with side-switch or tail buttons) rather than keychain style with twisty heads.
 
I have an I3E that I carry in my pocket as a backup light mine was a give away light I have one of the little EOS rechargeable somewhere, a I5T and a Warrior X pro . I have an I3T and that little light inbound
 
Yikes thanks for the advice!
I’ll have to be careful with that!
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Just checked and it was a typo on that it is 350mah
Lol but now I’m concerned!
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plumberroy said:
I have an I3E that I carry in my pocket as a backup light mine was a give away light I have one of the little EOS rechargeable somewhere, a I5T and a Warrior X pro . I have an I3T and that little light inbound
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The I1R2 is great, and I got about a good year out of it but it just wasn't working out for my needs.

I was using it as a normal everyday flashlight, and in that role is never was that great of a choice.
It worked okay carried around my neck before the bead chain I had broke, but I was too lazy to replace it and couldn't really find another good carry method for it that worked for me.
I was gonna get a suspension clip, but decided I might as well get something a little bigger with a pocket clip for everyday yet first in the leatherman pouch side pocket for use at work.


It's still a great light and it currently sits on my nightstand getting frequent use at home, but I'm not sure if I'll ever carry it again.
 
i1r2 eos
Nitefox e1
X9r cell


I think the nitefox e1 might be a copy of something else, the light pictured on the right sure looks like a thrunite copy.


It's not that great and the quality of this new olight is certainly better, but it has at least 5 lumins or a little more, uses 3 common little lr44 button cells, and for $10 it comes with a total of 9 batteries.
The cheap cool white LED and lense free design gives the kind of light youd expect but it could be worse.
 
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These are my small keychain lights. Sofirn SC01, Nitecore TIKI UV, and Rovyvon Aurora A5x (the Olight i3 is just there for size reference).


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The Nitecore TIKI has a 365nm UV main beam and 2 high CRI side lights. The regular TIKI models come in various configurations with different side light combos and GitD bodies. I had an older TIKI, which was replaced by a Rovyvon. I lost the TIKI one day, and weeks later saw a neighbor had found it. I mentioned it to him, and he gave it back to me, but after a moment's thought, I gave it back to him, and showed him how to use the various features (he was only using the momentary turbo). My one beef with the TIKI is that it uses PWM dimming on the lower levels. At least my old one did. I assume the new ones do as well, as my new (and by "new" I mean that they only came out with it last month) TIKI UV still uses PWM on the low level. Not a big deal, since I primarily only use the momentary high, but it was certainly annoying on the regular TIKI for low level light usage. Still, it packs a lot of light and a lot of features in a small package for only ~$20.

The Rovyvon is more expensive than the Tiki (Nitecore and Rovyvon are part of the same company, as well as Jetbeam), but I believe the extra cost is well worth it. Slightly bigger, but still small, the 650 lumens absolutely trounces pretty much any light available at this size. This one is the A5x, with green GitD body (A7 glows blue), 2 high CRI side lights (2 levels), and a UV light that's pretty much useless as a UV light and really only serves to charge the glowing body. I also have an A8x, with high CRI 450 lumen front light, a high CRI side flood light, red side light, and 365nm UV light - since the body is clear rather than translucent, the UV is actually useful for counterfeit detection and the like. 450 lumens obviously isn't as bright as 650, but it's still a ton of light from a small package, and the high CRI is more pleasant than the cold white of the brighter version. The Rovyvon Auroras - the new ones at least - also have zero PWM flicker at low levels. The website says that they do use PWM (improved on new models), but it's absolutely unnoticeable.

The Sofirn SC01 is a real dandy. Stainless steel body and uses a tiny 80mAh 10180 battery. There's a number of similar 10180 battery lights out there; MecArmy X2S, Olight i1R, Trustfire MINI2, Lumintop Pico (possibly the Fenix E02R - it's similar but I don't know if it uses a 10180 battery). The Sofirn SC01 is the brightest, with 330 lumens, plus a 10 lumen low. The 330 lumens from a 80mAh battery obviously trades runtime for brightness (assume ~10 minutes or less), so it's better to think of it as a 10 lumen light with a 330 lumen emergency turbo. I don't know what runtime is on low, but I expect it's a few hours at least. The other great thing with the SC01, which also seems to be a feature common with the others above, is that unlike many twisty head keychain lights, which require you to quickly twist it off and back on to switch levels/modes, you simply twist it on for low then keep twisting it more for the high. I have a very old Muyshondt (before he started using the Muyshondt name) that has this function, and I've missed this simplicity and ease in a keychain light since. The feature that I like the most about the Sofirn, which the others I mentioned don't have, is that it has the Luminus 95 CRI SST20 4000K LED, which I find to be ideal for every day use. The tint is warm and natural and pleasant, whereas the others all use harsh cool white LEDs.

Gary W. Graley Gary W. Graley I recommend you check out the Sofirn SC01. I know you're a fan of low-cost, high value gear. It might not be as dinky as your new Olight, but it's still extremely small and much more versatile.
 
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