Hey Dale
I know you mod lights and im impress with your work. I also can mod too but no way near you but I do respect your skills. I hate modding because it takes time to get the parts also the cost adds up further as well as thing can go wrong during the modding. However this is not about the modding discussion rather a product offering on the market.
Like i said earlier, I honestly like the light design but it hasnt got me to a point to click the buy button. At this stage itās just a pretty brass tube thatās all.
lets look other light manufactors why they are doing well and have unique features.
zebralight SC5AA with same batery configuration as Reylight AA- can pump 535Lumens on burst mode with good modes spacing as well as supper moon mode 0.1 Lm constaly running 4 months. No other lights can do this and they are unique whereas ReyLight offering 170lumens on burst (not so wow) and any cheap lights can do this too.
Imalent lights- offer cool and innovated features such as touchscreen like no other flashlights can deliver or copy. They do have issues but heading into a good direction and maybe one day they will have it running perfect once they work out the bugs.
Foursevens flashlights - offering cool and crazy features like bluetooth control and others. They do have issues but they are unique and innovating the technolgy. Perhaps it will be perfect oneday once they resolve bug issues.
The bottom line is consumer want to spend their money with good features, good design in comparison with other flashlights offering in the market. If you donāt think like consumers or deliver what they want then itās going to be a tough road of business.
The reality is that I have been observing both lights from bangood when they released to the market ( S41S and Reylights AA) for similar price and it speaks for itself.
ReyLight Brass 219CT - 1 preorder
Astrolux S41S- 74 preorders and i still havent order my lights yet. This number will continue to grow and you can watch it later
Edit: I wont be further discussing on this topic as it will open up a can of worms. I dont mean to put negative things to the post rather contributing my view . The manufacturer can choose to listen to customers or refuse and itās their choice of a dry business road.