30 minutes is not bad at all, I’m a bit impressed even by that: I measured 95 lumen, that should be about 500mA through the led and over 1.5A from the battery. The boost circuitry does not eat too much energy it seems.
Btw, a runtime prediction for the low mode: I measured 2.7 lumen for my BLF version, and it eats 29.6 mA from the battery, if the output is steady that makes for 25 hours on a AAA Eneloop.
I would prefer anodized in a different color. That way the few people who couldnt buy get it and the people who got the blf edition get the new version too.
My non-anodized one is expected to arrive on Friday (woohoo!), and I’m sure I’ll enjoy it just fine. But I’m not opposed to it being anodized. Either way.