Talk about future projects and donation topic

Sorry Miller, I’m also on a phone, is called the MicroView. Is on sparkfun

May be not as popular as it used to be…. BLF standard P60 host with screw in pill.

Screw in pill for the P60.

Yeah, sure does look interesting... Sparkfun is a great source for stuff and ideas as well.

By any chance, do you happen to have one? I would be interested in beamshots…

As to working well…

I don’t have the polymer optics one. Does it work well? The way they de-focus it make the beam ugly, plain and simple. It may have nice benefits, but I agree it’s not working well, though I think that for some users it may actually be fine.
What if there was no rotation? The hotspot in the middle would disappear. As to other changes to the beam shape, I am unable to predict. So as far as I’m concerned, it may or may not work well.

Does the led-lenser work well?
You say they make great lenses, I believe you. So it should have a nice beam shape regardless of whether it’s zoomed in or out.
But they lose a huge part of frontal area and therefore just can’t be even semi-efficient when it comes to throw/size.
And personally, I don’t agree that something very inefficient is “working well”. Though I certainly think there are people with different priorities.

Hey, it’s not just new people who missed this thread (which was just mentioned in the Q8 thread)

I had no idea it was here all this time. I’ll chip in, with pleasure, and catch up eventually.

Yes MRsDNF, I’m well aware you made some of those P60 with screw in pill in some of your projects :wink: (I think that one in picture is taken from your customized P60 that belong to djozz now).
Iirc, last one that looks going to materialized is this project (he’s going to use screw in pill too, but sinner looks like already drop this project.

Looks like its dropped as it was 3.5 years ago.
I was going to get the above light built in quantity and sell as a host but it was going to cost to much and I didn’t think I’d sell any.

You know you did good if people know what happened to the light you made :smiley:

My thinking about this, if can have standard thread for hosts and pill and become popular enough, may be can become justification for more people to get one or two customized host that suitable for their liking.
I’m not saying current P60 without threading pill can’t handle heat good enough (I’m kind of on the side that believe as long as dtp mcpcb with good enough pill is enough as general), but with threading pill other than better heat transfer that may or may not affecting led durability and efficiency, it will give more solid feeling.

More than one time, I’m thinking you and other that have skill to make nice host and sophisticated modding, really is more suitable in “other” forum, but BLF still need you all to lighten up this forum :beer:

I would LOVE to see a BLF version of the Olight SMini. I really want a small EDC running whatever LED I want and a UI like Crescendo or Narsil. In fact, I’ve been looking for suitable hosts for something similar for the past week, and the best I can find are significantly larger, with outdated electronics, and cost almost as much as the D4. I’ve basically resigned myself to the fact that the D4 with the shorty tube is going to be tough to beat.

But something like the S Mini that I can flash and swap LED’s on has me extremely interested.

This is basically the same size, just a few mm longer.
https://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_361933.html

The M3 is the old model. The newest version is the U16. It’s basically the same, but with usb recharging added. Was recently on sale for $20.
https://m.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_642833.html

There is also a clone of the OTR light even cheaper! It has a terrible UI, but had a regular price of $15. That might make for a suitable host. I had only seen it on Aliexpress, but now it shows the product is no longer available.

Someone here, I think it was Tom E, took an M3 and piggy backed a new driver on it and had it running Narsil. It was very cool.

I’ll have to watch for sales then.
Price is too close to the D4 to make it worth getting the clone and waiting for the shipping.

But one of those running Narsil or Crescendo is the idea :slight_smile:

Although I don’t see any usb charging on the U16.

And I just found a review that says the M3 has an LED indicator under the switch! Anyobe know of the U16 has that as well?

The usb port is on the opposite side of the switch.

The U16 should have everthing the M3 has including the red led under the switch. It’s a bit hard to see though, since the switch cover is white. I could just barely see the red light when my battery was low.

A blue one and a red one :

https://youtu.be/UlfTWDxI3uo?t=4m1s

Here is the M3 running Narsil.

I guess they have it back again, but the priced has doubled :open_mouth:
I had that light under sight, but, as you said, the UI is not that great and I have no means to reflash it, so I ended up buying a Olight S1R Baton.

Here’s the link for the Jaxmanve light (OTR clone). Also, I guess that in this store, they pick up some common models of lights and mod them to sell, that’s why this is almost an M3 with a different LED (and driver).
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-flashlight-USB-charging-EDC-ultra-small-hand-light-portable-16340-miniature-pocket-side-by-flashlight/32821588455.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.ubvGMw&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10152_10065_10151_10068_10344_10342_10343_10340_10341_10304_10307_10301_10060_10155_10154_10056_10055_10054_5370016_10059_10534_10533_10532_100031_10099_10338_10339_5580016_10103_10102_10052_10053_10142_10107_10050_10051_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10177_5590016_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_143_10312_10314_10078_10079_10073,searchweb201603_19,ppcSwitch_5&btsid=75fa6ced-74ee-4cbe-8a84-2c66192d2355&algo_expid=012d0a7e-8f62-4ba6-88e1-0f360939aac1-0&algo_pvid=012d0a7e-8f62-4ba6-88e1-0f360939aac1

And here’s the link for the On The Road store on AliExpress. I guess that right now, with Gearbest coupons, it is worth to buy a OTR at GB and not here, but they have different models too, such as the OTR M1, with tail click that I never saw on GB at sale.
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/ON-THE-ROAD-M1-Mini-LED-Flashlight-for-camping-hiking-high-power-outdoor-torch/3081046_32824084847.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.7cb675faK7cBX1

BTW, in a future project, I would love to have a BLF light with these characteristics, small, pocketable, taking 16430 and 18350 batteries, a good driver, with a decent driver (Narsil or Anduril; don’t own any with these, but I love the concept of a “progressive driver”).

Yeah, it’s $26 now. The U16 is only $8 more. So I guess it’s a pricey host. :frowning:

Maybe BLF could work with Jaxmanve or On The Road to build a version of this light with a better driver that used Narsil? It’s a good idea.

Thanks for the M1 link, I’ve never seen that one.

Yup, it is not so budget as it was! The price literally doubled in some weeks! :person_facepalming:

I’m not sure about it, but seeing these lights, the are probably getting the hosts in the same place. Even the photos in the specs are very similar. However, Jaxmnve seems to be a “Store”, and OTR a “company”, with all that implies.

So, probably working with OTR could be more fruitful as they are a more recognized seller/manufacturer.
I’d love to have a light with that firmware on my hands!! It would be simply great!!

About the M1, the characteristics are the same of M3 (of what I recall) except that it is a tailclickie! The host seems taller because of the click itself, but its also a small light.

These two lights with such firmware… :heart_eyes: