As l have posted in another thread about the 911, l chatted with a friend in Mateminco (the makers of the Astrolux MF series) and he confirms that they made it at the request of a businessman who has an Amazon store. He purposely lost money on the the first few deals in exchange for maximum exposure of his store.
The old version was quite different indeed. I have one. It can run on 3xAAA or an 18650. It’s actually a pretty decent light for $10 that I paid for it, but $10 will also get you a Convoy s2+ which is even better.
(Friday 3/16/18) The Zanflare F1 is on Lightning Deal right now for $18.99 for CW or NW version, with free shipping for prime members in US. I don’t know about other countries. It ends at 2:30 am EST.
Sorry, unfortunately it looks like the deal has already expired. I posted right after I found out about the deal and bought one. They must have sold out quickly.
Geez - if I only had a use for that many AAs. I just bought 4x Eneloop Pro cells.
Also - LOL at the $47 Astrolux MF01 clone - it’s now over $100! I just wonder what kind of moron is buying these at the higher cost to keep driving up the price.
1. It isn’t a knockoff. Same light, same manufacturer, different branding.
2. $77.99 for the MF01 is a sale price (through 4/4).
3. For $77.99, you get it shipped from China in ~2 weeks, rather than the US in 2 days.