Maratac AAA Mini review

[Nice65]

MARATAC AAA

Specifications

Length 2.7", Diameter 0.5"
Body: 300 series stainless steel with non-glare bead blast finish
LED: Cree XR-E Q5
Reflector: Aluminium alloy
Lens: Anti-reflective coated glass
Reverse polarity protection
3 levels of brightness: 1.5 lumens (50 hrs), 18 lumens (4 hours), 62 lumens (48 minutes)



This is a superb little light, I'm very impressed with it. It always comes on at medium brightness which easily provides enough light for most tasks. Should your eyes be very adjusted to darkness then a quick one-handed twist on/off and it's in low mode. Another on/off twist and it's in high mode. Logical and dead simple. The aggressive knurling facilitates this so it isn't fiddly at all.

The torch comes with a pocket clip and a lanyard loop, both are very secure. As this torch is so tiny both of these help with grip in the hand, you don't feel as if you could drop it.

Tiny, very bright and very simple. The 3 light levels have been chosen sensibly, each having a definite use. This is a little toughie that I'll have no qualms pocketing with keys and coins. Highly recommended EDC.

 

[helixpteron]

Interesting bit of kit, thanks for the review.

Can you post the supplier and cost please.

 

[SteveUK]

Nice review, can I ask where you got it from ?

 

[Logit]

Nice review, can I ask where you got it from ?

http://www.endtimesreport.com/survival_shop.html

 

[QDanT]

like customs or parcel farce charges and did it take long ?
cheers Danny

 

[SRC]

I have the Itp version in Stainless steel.

It's a great tiny torch! It goes Med/Low/High by twisting the top of the light. I got mine from Flashaholics as I couldn't be bothered to wait for it to arrive from the USA.

http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/olight/itp-a3-eos-stainless-steel.html

or in another metal

http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/olight/itp-a3-eos.html

The Maratac one is available from Countrycomm .( http://countycomm.com ) who won't ship out out of Mainland USA. It's a real shame as some of the stuff they sell is rather cool and cheap. The guy at Endtimesreport ( http://www.endtimesreport.com/survival_shop.html ) sells a small selection of the Countrycomm stuff including the Maratac torch and will ship to the UK

 

[GearUpEurope.com]

It's a great tiny torch!

I recently replaced my Fenix E01 with this light. I thought that the Fenix was a great keychain light. But I fell in love with the iTP A3 right away. I still find it hard to believe how such a tiny torch can put out 80 lumens.

The only downside is that if you like using the 80 lumens high mode, you'll need to stock up on AAA batteries.

 

[Tony]

I think rechargeables are the way to go with that one

 

[korvin karbon]

I think rechargeables are the way to go with that one

not for me, all my equipment at work uses AAA, so at present i have a few thousand handy

 

[Nice65]

Interesting bit of kit, thanks for the review.

Can you post the supplier and cost please.

Nice review, can I ask where you got it from ?

Sorry guys, I haven't been following up my posts! Logit below has provided the link to the excellent and helpful Miles at EndTimes Survival shop.

http://www.endtimesreport.com/survival_shop.html

Good one, thanks for that. My preference is for the Maratac version of this torch, the aggressive knurling makes it easy to operate, and it just looks great in bead-blasted stainless steel.

As I can't suggest any ways to avoid tax on a public forum I can tell you that VAT is paid on anything over about £18 (I need to check this figure) entering the UK from outside Europe, and customs then charge an admin fee of £8 for doing the maths and providing a sticker to say so! The value of the item is on the shipping label that is filled out by the vendor, so......well I'll leave the rest up to you.

I didn't get charged anything to have the Maratac shipped (and it was sent at it's value) and it works out the same price as buying the iTP version from within the UK.