Lumintop/ mass drop brass AAA after 1 year.

Hickory n steel

Hickory n steel

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This flashlight has been in my pocket for exactly 1 year, and I have liked it more than any other flashlight I've carried to date.

Day 1
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Day 365
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It has aged very well, a few dings dents and scratches here and there but still going strong.

If there's anything I'd change about it, I'd delete the medium mode and I'd like a deeper carry clip.
Beyond that I have fewer complaints about it than I have about any other flashlight.
 
Lately I’ve been going with a Fenix HM50R v2, which I like for being rechargeable, right angle, and relatively long runtime. It’s not as narrow as the Lumintop AAA though.
 
tiguy7 said:
If you can find another clip, you can attach the light to the brim of your baseball cap occasionally. I like the Titanium version because it’s lighter. View attachment 2028374
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I'm not sure I'd want the added bulk of the extra clip, but it is a solid idea.
I just put the light in my mouth, and since brass is antimicrobial I'm not worried about germs ( not that I really worry anyways when it comes to my flashlight )

As far as titanium goes, It's just not something that has ever appealed to me and I'll probably never understand the hype.
This flashlight isn't heavy by any stretch, but it weighs enough that I notice when it's not clipped to my pocket where it belongs so I wouldn't want it in any other material.
 
I’m not an expert but you might be risking lead poisoning if you put brass in your mouth a lot— something to look into, anyway
 
barleywino said:
I’m not an expert but you might be risking lead poisoning if you put brass in your mouth a lot— something to look into, anyway
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Brass is an alloy comprised of copper and zinc,so it doesn't contain any lead at all.
Hence no risk of lead poisoning in the slightest.
 
manclad said:
Brass is an alloy comprised of copper and zinc,so it doesn't contain any lead at all.
Hence no risk of lead poisoning in the slightest.
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Apparently lead is commonly added to brass to aid in machining threaded objects (like flashlights?)
www.nbcnews.com

Lead dangers still lurk in unexpected places

Lead exposure may sound like an old-fashioned health threat. But getting a dangerous dose is more common today than you realize — thanks to sources you'd never expect.
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blogs.edf.org

Lead from new “lead-free” brass faucets? An update on progress - EDF Health

Tom Neltner, J.D. is the Chemicals Policy Director and Lindsay McCormick is a Program Manager. [Update: On 10/23/19, the NSF committee responsible for revising NSF 61 tentatively agreed to tighten the limits on lead leaching from new faucets and drinking fountains. The committee will move...
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www.deniswick.com

Our new warning label – what it means: learn about lead in brass

Denis Wick Products is now adding a warning label to all its mouthpieces in order to confirm with the Californian Proposition 65 regulations
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I got a couple of those in cooper and brass. the push switch has failed in most of them.
 
jbmonkey said:
they weren't. rarely carried or used. maybe that's why they failed...lack of use?
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Are you sure they had actually failed then?
The manual that came with mine says something about letting the capacitor in the switch charge before trying to turn it on.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Are you sure they had actually failed then?
The manual that came with mine says something about letting the capacitor in the switch charge before trying to turn it on.
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oh yeah they failed. I did everything. just cheap part failed. doesn't mean yours will. just 2 of 3 I have failed.

the failure is won't turn on without multiple banging and pushes. battery is good. then won't switch the different modes. just stays in one mode. then won't turn off.
 
jbmonkey said:
oh yeah they failed. I did everything. just cheap part failed. doesn't mean yours will. just 2 of 3 I have failed.

the failure is won't turn on without multiple banging and pushes. battery is good. then won't switch the different modes. just stays in one mode. then won't turn off.
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Well that's a shame.
Hopefully mine lasts.
 
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