It was surprisingly smooth with Manafont and Mrlite. Both the Manafont and Mrlite employees that I dealt with all spoke excellent English, and they frequently communicated with me. Both companies were available via live chat, and they were honest about what is feasible for the price. Really fun companies actually.
Thanks to everyone who is supporting this custom mod. Again, I want to reiterate that I am not making money on sales of this light (I just charge monthly for the ad banner for Manafont or any other company that wants one), but I do hope that they can quickly sell the first batch they ordered. If the sales of this first custom mod go well, there will surely be others down the road. In fact Mrlite is about to announce a new model within a few weeks that I think would also be a great candidate for customization. If anybody would like to try their hand at organizing a custom BLF project, feel free to do so. Maybe some of you who are more experienced in 18650 or CR123 lights might like to work up some dream specifications and contact Mrlite and/or Manafont.
The reasons i ordered one were ( in no particular order):
- nice aesthetics
- HA, size, switch design, emitter type
- to support BLF ideology
- respectable vendor
- price for what you get
- modes! and nice 5000k color temperature
- no disco modes
Currently it's one of the best AA/14500 flashlights available if spec's are accurate. The light could easily be more expensive for what provides. But psssst! i never said that!
;-) It probably will be a bit more expensive after the first batch sells out. But even so, I would give it a 4 or 5 star rating for features vs. price if they can keep it under $20.
Paypal Sent! I love the idea of a customized light for BLF and the super low should be good. I wish it had memory, but I agree that it is hard to get memory to work correctly.
Which is essentially THIS one for 2.29 $, too bad that it is soldout . If Manafont or Lightake reads this... bring us affordable paracord lanyards, please...
Finally a multi-mode AA light without annoying strobe- and/or STTTS-mode!
Ordered just one in black and am already thinking about the silver one.
This will be my second multi-mode AA light without blinking feature with the Fenix L1T being the first one (early Luxeon III version, not really used anymore)
I hate to be the only naysayer, but always starting on low mean always clicking through everything to get to high, and with pwm, it doesn't mean it will work in low mode on low battery (pwm's low current rating is only average, instantaneous draw is still 1-2A)
Otherwise the light looks perfect, and I'll buy one, but how are we supposed to get these for anyone else? The light comes on 1 lumen and they think it's broken and then it's a pain to turn on/off. 3-4-1-2 sequence makes a lot more sense for a general purpose light.
Well, you could always order the custom mode J4 (at LT) and have it the way you or the gift receivers like it. Does Manafont also offer the reprogramming service?
