The most useful thing to do with this is to stick it so that you can see what you're doing - in this case, blind the person at the sink over to the right. The magnet in my QMini will hold it on very thin sheet metal, upside down and at odd angles. Here's how I did it; you'll have to be creative with other lights. Things going for the QMini are the tiny size and flat, thin back with no clicky switch.


Here's the parts: Flashlight head, battery, spring (fish it out with a paperclip, hooked on the end), magnet, body. The hardest part is to find the right magnet. It needs to be powerful (rare-earth or something) and fit under the spring. The spring needs to make contact with the battery, have room to compress (or you split the battery open), and still touch the bottom. It's fidgety; check Radio Shack.


I use a steel surface to help. Throw the magnet in, position it, and it will stay put once you place it on the steel.


Next goes the spring. Most flashlight springs are held in by friction. Push it in and it will slide. If you have a pointy-cone spring it may try to flip. Get it seated at the bottom or the battery won't go in right.


Battery next, don't force it or you can damage the spring. I place it, then press down once and the battery and spring are in place correctly. Hmm, focus failure.


A slight annoyance is that when I replace the battery, the magnet comes out if I didn't stick the flashlight to something first.



Sticks in odd places.

Note: NiMH batteries (and some other types) have enough metal in them to stick -to- a magnet. So if you carry a magnet you can stick that to a wall, and stick the light's batteries to the magnet.

That kicks ass. Does it mess with the spring or the battery at all?

Well, that's the trick - getting the right magnet. Mine sits under the spring out of the way of its compression (No crushed batteries).

Quark MiNi AA. My magnet is a rare-earth something-or-other, very powerful.

1 cm diameter. 3.2mm thick.

.4 inches. 1/8 inch thick.

If my Mini doesn't wind up on my keychain in place of my LD01 I might do this. Otherwise, I'm not sure I want a small powerful magnet by my car keys in my pocket.

Posted by Colorblinded If my Mini doesn't wind up on my keychain in place of my LD01 I might do this. Otherwise, I'm not sure I want a small powerful magnet by my car keys in my pocket.

I have my MiNi on a lanyard in my other pocket - I agree that a magnet there would be annoying.

Worst case scenario: it deprograms my car key & remote.
Best case: it just keeps sticking to them.

Posted by Colorblinded Worst case scenario: it deprograms my car key & remote. Best case: it just keeps sticking to them.

Those don't use magnetic storage.

Yeah, it was a joke :p

That said a strong enough magnetic field could damage them.