I made this shorty a while ago (where did they get the inspiration for the 1504, I wonder ) and love it! I'm in for one extra :-)
Perhaps a picture in the OP will clarify what flashlight this is about?
As for the driver, it will totally not harm this light if it delivers more than 3A, 5A would be grand! Since this group buy will be hosted by Banggood, why not ask for wight's 17DD+7135 driver that is being developed for the EE A6 group buy? (ask wight+Toykeeper as well of course).
For modding it does not matter to me if the light has or has not a driver and led, so I might as well want a complete working flashlight and go from there :-)
I wonder what the chances are for a lens in this flashlight that has an AR-coating that apart from looking good indeed does have a higher light transmission than plain glass, and also does not wear off easily. (for that matter, I wonder what the merits are of the AR-coating on the Jax Z1 flashlight. It does look very cool though, that is worth something )
In other words, it is not a dealbreaker for me if the AR-coating is not going to make it in this light
I want to want one, but I don’t want one. I like the idea of a shorty with a big aspheric lens, but I just don’t like the look of this one enough. If someone would machine off that huge cog/ring it would be much better, IMHO. I’ll stay subscribed, though, in case I change my mind.
Edit: I really like the tail-cap, but the rest of the body would look better smooth.
You may be in luck if you’re OK with the look of raw aluminum. I plan to significantly reduce or remove the nubs on some of the ones I end up with. I think reduced may be better than removed depending on how stiff the twist to zoom is.
I hope they can modify the pill and make it to accept 20mm driver and at the same time making the driver compartment deeper a little to accept tall driver. This way people can still use these popular 17mm drivers by simply adding the 17mm to 20mm brass ring, or they can use some other 20mm drivers. As a result there will be more driver options for us modders.