Yep:
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_131992.html
It’s apparently with the warm white XP-E.
I think the purpose of this GB is to guarantee production of more - not to get a good price. They are currently sold out and the manufacturer may not be interested in making more unless there is a guaranteed demand.
I think it is a great idea after looking up what it is. I’d buy a bunch of them.
For those like me who do not know what they are…. here ya’ go. BLF-348 Search link
AA plz!
I’d buy a few more. The only change I’d want is a keychain hole. There are plenty of other multi-mode lights and the clean simplicity with good CRI is what makes this one so appealing 
Phil
Interesting, I thought they were still available last I checked (well the singfire version anyways).
If a new production run was done I would like to see some new LED’s offered, such as 219C’s and XP-G3’s.
I missed the chance to buy one for $5.50 and I'm now slowly looking to buy a few for christmas gifts, to make sure they arrive on time. Yes from me.
If this light can go out of stock for the 3rd consecutive GB and still has high demand, why not just go balls to the wall mass production of 10k+ units and drive the price down to under $5, meanwhile get companies to buy them in bulk with company engraving for internal door gifts and lucky draws to make it more viable.
This really makes perfect sense. Why not just blow the doors off and PRODUCE this thing? :money_mouth_face:
I’d love to pick up one or more of these. I really like the Nichia tint and CRI, and a small edc that doesn’t chew holes in my clothing would be awesome. I like single mode personally, and I’ll second the interest in a AA version as well.
Yep, seconded.
While it won’t be nearly as small as a ’348 or even an AA version of same, what was on my to-do list was a modded minimag (2×AA) with 800mA boost driver and ’219 emitter. An aspheric is some great flood, but the limited output of the ’219 spread across that big of an area leaves intensity very wanting, so a nice TIR would fit the bill instead.
While minimag shorties are kinda funny-looking (they definitely looked “chopped off” given the location of the knurling), a smaller version of that would be ideal. An AA version of the ’348 sounded perfect to me. Twisty or clicky, don’t care.
So hey, if anyone’s going to come out with a 1×AA 1-mode ’219 flashlight, definitely let me know! Christmas is a-coming!
For everyone who wants it with moonlight, keyring hole, and different modes, its already been made. Astrolux A01 Nichia 219B 102LM AAA Mini wasserdichter Schlüsselanhänger EDC LE Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice
It used to be in a different price range, but presently it’s only USD 8:- (60% off), so it certainly could be an option.
Nah, IMHO the A01 is a totally different light (I own both), MUCH warmer tint LED, Twisty head mode selector (I HATE that!).
The neutral rosy tint of the original BLF 348 Nichia LED is just PERFECT, it´s the best light I own in terms of CRI and color, even among all the Nichia lights I have. The Astrolux S41 Nichia comes close, but not 100%, and the A01 LEd is just too warm for my taste, it´s almost yellow…
I´d take another original BLF 348 when it gets EXACTLY the same LED again. But the light would be perfect for me with the following changes:
- a little more grippable surface (the stainless steel body is just too slippy)
- 2 Mode driver (switch): keep the nice reverse clicky switch, but add one 10% mode selectable by short click
K.
But that would ruin the design though…
I like it because it’s just a pretty piece of stainless steel pipe.
(I prefer them without the brand on them).
Yes, that would be nice.
I looked up the specs, I didn’t know it had 5000k. I love my 4500k, but that is a significant difference. I’ll take the modes over this though, if it had the modes I’d love it just as much or more!
Must say though, as a gift to ‘normal people’ (lol) just one mode is perhaps better, because they want light to see something and it’s either on or off, simple and functional.
If this A01 was a 1-mode critter (twisty, after all!), I’d buy the whole rainbow of ’em. Yeah, even for an AAA light. 
I love the sealed-back design. Aside from the front glass, that’s only 1 weak point now, and that’s where the head screws onto the tube. One less point of water ingress…
For a keychain light? Absolutely!
For EDC, sure, get a jack-of-all-trades (and master of none) flashlight what all kinds of modes, no worries. For a simple keychain light? On/off is usually plenty. If you want moonlight in the middle of the night, by the time you flip through all the other modes, you’re already night-blind.
I have so many “special-purpose” lights that are 1-mode only. The most high-rel lights are 1-mode only. 7135-based lights have parallellism in their favor (no µC to go mental on you), and simple resistored-DD lights are even simpler at the expense of current-regulation (ie, light drops off as the cell is discharged).
I only use “modes” when I’ve got other lights to back me up. That light I can afford to be a JOAT as far as brightness, but the beam is still the exact same across all modes.
That’s why for most “normal people”, I’ll recommend a zoomie, even though I generally dislike ’em (except if the moveble head were welded into a permaflood position). But for muggles, yeah, zoomies give ’em that range from flood to batsignal, dim to bright.
But for those who can’t handle even that, who view those with disdain, who want a simple on/off just like their plastic-tube glass-bulb 2×D drugstore special, hey, give ’em what they want.
I know someone who doesn’t seem to remember that lights can have modes, and who’ll leave the light on whatever mode it was last in, and doesn’t/can’t figure that it can be changed brighter/dimmer. People like that, they’ll be disgruntled that the damned light is so dim and good for $#$#&! (Nevermind that it’s stuck in moonlight mode.)
Let’s face it. We’re not normal people.
The grey one’s not bad but the other colors don’t do anything for me. It also just doesn’t have the same sexiness that the BLF 348 has. But it does have the modes and the lanyard hole. The other drawback for me is that it is a twisty, I prefer a clicky, forward if possible.
BTW: For those of you Cu freaks, they do have a copper version as well.