They put them into the lights, too. A very professional job. Unfortunately they wouldn’t do my Nitecore HA11 (AA powered) or any of my 18650 lights. They said they were trying to focus on their core competency. I had never heard of a service like this before! Highly recommended.
How do you like the E3A?
I’ve got one of Hanks KC1’s and was thinking at getting some E3As.
I like the E3A a lot. It’s the smallest 1AAA light that I know of, and the led tint and beam are nice. Unfortunately, mine went poof a while back: https://lemmy.ml/post/22807017
I have not gotten around to making more serious efforts to examine it and haven’t replaced it yet either, but someday. The KC1, meh, it doesn’t excite me that much due to its larger size. The 10440 battery format isn’t so appealing either, imho.
I’ve sometimes thought of getting one of the tiny 10180 lights with a built-in USB charge port. I do also have a few other 1AAA lights kicking around so maybe I’ll dig one out and start using it. The format seems less important now than it once was though.
Added: note that for whatever reason, the E3A in slate blue has a harder anodized finish than the other colors. So I got that one. You might consider doing the same. It was about $1 more, no big deal.
I’ve been keeping the KC1 attached to a Victorinox Classic SD Alox for when I really want to minimize - but with an eneloop AAA.
Though I’ve had some issues with keeping the O-Ring off of the threads (seems the little groove?, for the O-Ring to seat into isn’t deep enough), and been wondering about the E3A (Bonus points that it’s so much smaller).
They seem to have changed their colour names a bit - I assume the Slate Blue you are referring to is the current “Dark Blue”?
I haven’t had trouble with the E3A O-ring but for such a minimal setup I’d consider a coin or button cell light, or maybe a 10180 light. Those can be much smaller than an E3A.
I guess see what the E3A page says about the finish these days.