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jabe1 said:
Flashaholics have been hoping for a AA version of the E01 for years. The closest I've found is an Arc P with a AA body, or, even better, I have a Peak Kilimanjaro SS with a single led.
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I have this, which is an E01 head in a cheap $2 AA body. Not tough though, dropped a few times and the head is only pressed in so it pops out all the time.
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defloyd77 said:
It may be easy to tell which iteration is which by the packaging. When they updated the lumen output for the 2nd iteration, it was still advertised as having that 21 hour runtime IIRC.
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Hmm, I still have the box from August 2013 and that does mention the 21 hour run time but does not mention output anywhere, but this was the one modded my Vinh. Not sure what generation it is. The very first one I got came in a blister pack. I think you are on to something there.
 
Mr Floppy said:
Hmm, I still have the box from August 2013 and that does mention the 21 hour run time but does not mention output anywhere, but this was the one modded my Vinh. Not sure what generation it is. The very first one I got came in a blister pack. I think you are on to something there.
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I don't know when you got your first E01 or when they went from boxes to blister packs, but the E01 was first released in a box when they came out in 2008.

EDIT: There was at least 2 different box styles from what I'm seeing online, my original had a planet in the background that took up much of the front of the box, the other one has E01 in silver colors and also shows the different colors the E01 is available in.
 
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defloyd77 said:
I don't know when you got your first E01 or when they went from boxes to blister packs, but the E01 was first released in a box when they came out in 2008.
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September 1 2008. It was a blister pack and it came with a battery too. Can't read the serial number on the head anymore, AU1227xx. The later ones I got came in boxes and have spare O-rings. Still on the original O-rings though. Could be different for different regions
 
Mr Floppy said:
September 1 2008. It was a blister pack and it came with a battery too. Can't read the serial number on the head anymore, AU1227xx. The later ones I got came in boxes and have spare O-rings. Still on the original O-rings though. Could be different for different regions
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I guess it must be different for different regions, I got mine May 20th 2008 in a box with a battery and spare o-ring. Seeing as yours starts with AU and mine starts with US, they were obviously doing serials by country, so them doing different packaging doesn't seem farfetched.
 
Just received mine. Brighter, but still a purplish hot spot. those of you who got a nice cream color won the tint lotto.
 
jabe1 said:
Just received mine. Brighter, but still a purplish hot spot. those of you who got a nice cream color won the tint lotto.
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+3. I purchased 3. Planning to use one and gift the other two. All three are brighter, but all have purplish hot spots. :sigh:
 
Maybe some are whiter than others, mine has some purple tint in the hotspot but not near as bad as older versions.
 
I'll have mine on Monday, first thing one will get is the steel wool treatment if the purple hotspot is there. Then runtime and torture testing!!! :)
 
FWIW, I bought 30 (thirty) E01s in late November 2014. They all arrived in blister packaging and rated at 13 lumens for 21 hours (10+11). Their hotspots were blue, purple and white - all at random.
 
Mine came today. All in the 'new' blister pack as Grijon mentions. All have the ugly purple hot spot with blue and white out near the edge of the beam. New one measured 14 lumen in my sphere - one of my old ones measured 8 lumen. Definitely time for some steel wool treatment!
 
Grijon- Thank you for making the 10+ I have here seem not so over-the-top... :) All of mine are old stock, came in cardboard boxes a few years ago. Thanks for the sphere test, Dan, can't wait to hear about the results of the steel wool! Hoping it helps as much as it did on the old ones...
 
Steel wool to diffuse the beam?

I had a E01 back in 2009, a pocket rider - purchased from Fenix Store, Okla

Tried to twist on 1 day - nuttin. Head would not turn no matter how hard I tried.
Ultimately had to use 2 vise grips to get light apart - *uracell alky inside.
Head violently hissed at me like popping cap off a fresh 2 liter soda.
Alky was dry, but had leaked gas inside the tube causing great pressure.
No more function on a new cell.
I returned the light for inspection, it was replaced under warranty - they sent me a brand new LD01.

*I just ordered 2 olive units a few days ago.
 
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:poof:Well. Kinda disappointed, but at least it is not green in tint. Useable beam. One spare, one in a bag, and one will be key chained. Since one of my new E01 has been on for 40 minutes I will do a run time test on it. It is currently running on the battery that was included on the package. Started at 8:20.


Left beam is the new E01. Right beam is a nichia 219B

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Great thread here !

lovecpf


On March 1st, 2014, I received (from Amazon)
a Blue Fenix E01, which was now carrying a 13 Lumen Rating on the box !
( serial # S/N F4WELC00xxx )

Tested it, against my Previous E01 models,
and this new model was more than 1 f/stop Brighter !
( on my Sekonic L-308 DC handheld meter )

Still had that charming blueish tint, however !
:kiss:

My reaction was:
Guess they've modified the electronic circuit a bit
in order to provide the increased Lumens !
:thinking:


Never thought a new type of LED might be the cause.

Never really gave this any more thought,
until i began reading THIS fine thread here on CPF !


Have two new specimens on order, just to see . . . .
:cool:


I would REALLY like to know:

Has the electronics circuit changed ? ? ?


How does the E05 (2014) on Low,
compare to runtime of this New E01 ? ? ?


Thank you to EVERYONE for your comments here !

:thumbsup:
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aww crap, I probably get a blue/purple tint as well... Should of not pulled the trigger so quickly...

I just don't understand why a crappy light from eBay using the 5mm has white tint but the supposedly a really good and efficient Nichia GS put out nasty purple?
 
jonnyfgroove said:
Hmm, if the tint is still purple I'll just stick with my good old 2008 model. Brighter purple with less runtime doesn't do anything for me. :shrug:
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Of course it's gonna look purple next to a Nichia 219B, it is a 5mm emitter. Like the old Arc AAA, the strong build quality and ease of use are the appeal of the E01. If you are looking for a perfect tint then this is not the light for you.
 
LightWalker said:
Of course it's gonna look purple next to a Nichia 219B, it is a 5mm emitter. Like the old Arc AAA, the strong build quality and ease of use are the appeal of the E01. If you are looking for a perfect tint then this is not the light for you.
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Lol, thanks for the info. I was going to buy my very first one until I read your post. :rolleyes:
 
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