Emisar D3AA 4500K Flashlight Evaluate

The Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight presents heat output with the dedome choice, a well-known person interface (in Andúril) and might run 14500 and 1.5V cells! Learn on!

Official Specs and Options

Right here’s a hyperlink to the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight product web page.

Variations

There are a bunch of choices right here!

First is aluminum, which is available in pink, black (seen right here), darkish grey, and cyan. Additionally obtainable is titanium, which has a copper engine part. Lastly, there’s even a particular completed model of titanium:  Uncooked Ore, Clouds, Crinkle, Cyclone, and Oil Slick.

You will get a flat or raised change bezel. You will get many alternative change backlight colours (together with RGB, seen right here.)

There are additionally many emitter choices (I depend 22 – however Hank of Emisar would possibly even do one thing customized in case you ask!) This an off-the-shelf choice, of Nichia 519a 4500K dedome.

Worth

As pictured on this put up, the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight prices $45.30. Dedoming provides $7.5o to the bottom value of 35.81. A magnet tailcap provides $4.99. There are a lot of different issues you may add, too!

What’s Included

• Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight 
• Lanyard
• Spare o-rings (2)

Word: the battery just isn’t included.

Bundle and Handbook

There isn’t any handbook.

Construct High quality and Disassembly

The Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight very a lot looks like a small model of the venerable Emisar D4V2. I believe proportionally it’s barely completely different, however nonetheless – the look is there. Construct high quality is nice and the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight looks like greater than only a $35 mild.

The physique is loads grippy. The anodizing isn’t “chalky” however leans that approach – the anno itself offers an enormous of grip, and the knurling finishes that out.

Each the pinnacle and tail can come off the cell tube. The cell tube isn’t reversible although, and there are not any different cell tube choices for the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight.

Beneath you may see the tailcap – that is the magnetic tailcap choice and the magnet just isn’t (simply) detachable. It doesn’t look like held in by the spring, as is so usually the case. At left you may see the driving force, which Emisar describes as a “high-efficiency increase driver.”

The tailcap has some branding. For the report, it says “Excessive Energy Illumination | Emisar | D3AA.”

The tailcap has some very helpful reeding, which aids in elimination for cell swaps.

Measurement and Comps

Dimensions: 78.3mm (size) x 24mm (head) x 19mm (physique)
Weight: 38.5g (with out magnet)

If the flashlight will headstand, I’ll present it right here. If the flashlight will tailstand, I’ll additionally present that right here too!

Right here’s the take a look at mild with the venerable Convoy S2+. The model beneath is a customized laser-engraved Convoy S2+ host by GadgetConnections.com. I did a full put up on an engraved orange host proper right here! Or go straight to GadgetConnections.com to purchase your Convoy S2+ now!

Within the picture above, chances are you’ll word that the SRM (commonplace reference materials) flashlight for comparability has modified! I used a TorchLAB BOSS 35 for ages. Now what you may see because the 18350 SRM is the Hanko Machine Works Trident. Whereas I’ve not reviewed or examined the Gunner Grip model seen right here, I’ve examined a Hanko Machine Works Trident Whole Tesseract in brass. I like the Trident, and it’s a pleasant juxtaposition beside the cheap Convoy S2+, which I additionally love to make use of as an SRM.

Beneath you may see the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight beside an aluminum Emisar D4V2. This one could be very particular! It’s cerakoted orange and has different specs which can be very a lot to my style! However in dimension, it’s a normal 18650 D4V2, good for comparability towards this tiny D3AA.

Retention and Carry

A pocket clip is accessible, however I’ve not bought that but. I do have a tailcap magnet, although, which is loads sturdy for holding this small mild.

There’s additionally a lanyard, which attaches via this gap within the tailcap.

Energy and Runtime

The Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight on lithium-ion cells. Emisar says it’ll work with button or flat prime cells, however not protected button prime cells, most likely as a result of added safety circuit size.

The cell goes into the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight within the ordinary approach – optimistic finish towards the pinnacle.

Listed here are runtimes on the best 4 modes with a 14500 cell. I examined with a Vapcell H10 (not the F12 pictured above). It’s a button prime, however that doesn’t change efficiency. Output is pretty nice and superb round 300 lumens. I solely ever use stepped output, so I do know I can reliably get the 400 lumen stage – stage 6!

The Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight does shut off when cell voltage will get round 3V, nevertheless it switches to the secondary RGB emitters. I’m unsure how lengthy these will keep on, and if there’s low voltage safety related to these.

An incredible function of the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight is that it’ll additionally run 1.5V cells – main or rechargeable! I’ve examined a bit with this Ikea LADDA NiMH.

Curiously, stage 6, 7, and eight appear to all have the identical output (confirmed visually and with the lumen tube). That may very well be as a result of NiMH limitations (although this cell has not more than 3 cost cycles – it’s new), or simply how the sunshine works. Both is okay with me, as a result of, once more, 350 lumens or so could be very helpful!

The Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight appears to additionally shut off with low voltage safety when utilizing a NiMH cell too, at round 1V.

Modes and Currents

Pulse Width Modulation

This “high-efficiency increase driver” doesn’t use PWM on any mode with both sort of cell. That’s wonderful!!

Right here you may see a “baseline” – a chart with virtually no mild hitting the sensor.

Then there’s the Ultrafire WF-602C flashlight, which has a few of the worst PWM I’ve seen. It’s so dangerous that I used a put up about it to clarify PWM! Listed here are a number of timescales (10ms, 5ms, 2ms, 1ms, 0.5ms, 0.2ms) to make evaluating this “worst” PWM mild to the take a look at mild simpler. That put up additionally explains why I didn’t take a look at the WF-602C on the ordinary 50us scale.

Consumer Interface and Operation

There’s one change on the D3AA. It’s a facet e-switch, with 4 white indicating LEDs. It’s quiet however very clicky, and the rubber cowl is sweet and grippy. Many backlight colours can be found!

This mild ships with Andúril 2 by ToyKeeper. Andúril is a particularly versatile person interface!

Andúril2 is nice, and I believe it’s an enchancment over the primary iteration(s). There are some issues some customers won’t love about it, however I believe general it’s far more approachable. I’ll word although that the nomenclature could be a bit complicated – the sunshine (all lights with Andúril2) ships in Easy UI. This isn’t Muggle Mode. It’s possible you’ll assume “Effectively duh” and by now you’ve already seen the blistering runtime on turbo of Easy, so that you get it. However simply bear in mind, don’t hand this mild to the uninitiated considering they gained’t set their hand on hearth whereas utilizing Easy UI. Right here is the place I’d inform you change to muggle mode. There isn’t any muggle mode.

A more moderen and up-to-date model might be seen right here:

https://github.com/ToyKeeper/anduril/blob/trunk/docs/anduril-manual.md

Because the handbook (linked above) has modified, I have to undergo all of it once more to substantiate that this desk is the “most proper.” Lights ship with revisions on a regular basis anyway, so that you would possibly even get an up to date model from what I’ve.

The desk beneath is direct and in full from ToyKeeper. All actions might not apply to all lights, together with the one on this evaluation. The desk is the model from 20241229. It’s a bit completely different from my ordinary person interface desk structure, however I’m preserving all the information from GitHub right here.

This can be a desk of all button mappings in Anduril, in a single place:

Multi-channel Lights

Lockout Mode

Strobe Group Modes

Blinky Modes

Momentary Mode

Tactical Mode

Config Menus

LED and Beam

There are three emitters within the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight – it’s a triple! These are Nichia 519a 4500K emitters (improbable) however they’re additionally dedomed (improbable) which makes them hotter than the claimed 4500K (improbable.) I like all of the issues about this distinction!

There are additionally secondary emitters in there.

LED Colour Report (CRI and CCT)

Output (in CCT) ranges from round 3400K to 3600K with the 14500 and stays proper at 3500K with a 1.5V cell. CRI could be very excessive, at over 95 throughout the board. NO complaints right here, and rather a lot to like.

Beamshots

These beamshots are at all times with the next settings:  f8, ISO100, 0.3s shutter, and handbook 5000K publicity. These images are taken at ground stage and the beam hits the ceiling round 9 ft away.

Beneath you may word within the backside row how the best three modes with AA are the identical.

Tint vs BLF-348 (KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b model) (affiliate hyperlink)

I hold the take a look at flashlight on the left, and the BLF-348 reference flashlight on the proper. These images are taken round 18 inches from the door.

I evaluate the whole lot to the KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b BLF-348 as a result of it’s cheap and has the perfect tint!

Abstract and Conclusion

I like the Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight – far more than I assumed I’d. I exploit a D4V2 day by day and adore it, so it ought to come as no shock that the D3AA could be nice too. However I nonetheless resisted for the longest time. There are so many choices although, that it may be complicated to select. At $35 or so, at the least the burden of “selecting mistaken” just isn’t TOO painful. This Emisar D3AA 4500K flashlight is an excellent choice, too and I notably just like the dedomed choice. That the sunshine will run 1.5V cells too is a superb bonus.

The Huge Desk

^ Measurement disclaimer:  Testing flashlights is my interest. I exploit hobbyist-level gear for testing, together with some I made myself. Attempt to not get buried within the particulars of producer specs versus measurements recorded right here; A certain quantity of distinction (say, 10 or 15%) is completely cheap.

What I like

• Small dimension
• Many emitter choices
• Dedome choice
• Can run 1.5V and 4.2V cells each
• No PWM
• Acquainted person interface

What I don’t like

Notes