ALIVE: Astrolux S42 groupbuy: US$ 25.95

what a wonderful idea…

in my dreams, too

Dang.

Well, it's not so easy. I have a couple BLF A6's, so the S41/S42 tube is listed as an A6 tube. So if the A6 tubes I have are the same as what they are selling, it won't work straight up. I had to flip around the tube to get contact on the driver side, the non the tail side, I had to add a washer around the tail spring so the tube end made contact in the tail.

Now it could be there are A6 tube variants - I've had the BLF A6's since the beginning, so maybe they changed.

I finally got an16340 to work… I try’d a magnet on the negative and it wasent working out… but I managed to get my battery negative pushed in a little… then try’d the battery with no magnet now it works”don’t know why now… this light makes you work for it… all in all for the non discounted price there is other options (and discounted price)for whatever purpose you plan on this to be…

I always planned on useing this light with a 18650… it is too small to run this 2000 lm turbo … it gets way hot to quick… I was curious why so many people wanted this light useing the small battery configuration?? For what purpose with the 18350 or 16340?? the only thing would be everyday carry right? This would be horrible for that imo… if you want a small battery edc get the on the road m3 if little is what you want… the m3 has been awsome for edc for past months … and this ui is a little funky… but it’s still a cool light lol

It gets even more hot with a 18650 lol it pulls amps from a higher drain battery

But you actually have a handle with a 18650 instead of holding pretty much the head where all the heat comes from… that’s like having a stick with a fire on the end of it. Are you gunna hold the one foot fire stick or the 3 inch fire stick

Just to add to the thread.

I got my S42 from alieexpress yesterday.

- UI is terrible

- Fit and finish is pretty good, although my lens did have blemishes

- *My Efest 18350 flat top fits fine…I do have to really tighten down the tail-cap for there to be contact. My BLF A6 18650 tubes work fine with a Samsung 30Q

  • Good output, but I find the beam pattern of the BLF A6 more practical for my use

My bad. Didn’t know you meant it was too hot to hold. I thought you meant the light just get too hot in general with 18350

Yea I already felt the heat quick

I agree!!

I already don’t like my not jet arrived S42.

m(

Damn, I also have one in the mail… Serves me right for buying something without a review.
I thought it would automatically be good because the s41 was well liked, but apparently that doesn’t mean anything .

I buy chinese things with flaws for 5 years now, and still I really thought this time te risk was low that there would be great mistakes.
*it is far from the first Astrolux flashlight, they should know sizes by now and that some basic testing is needed before production
*in earlier Astrolux lights, Banggood has gone through a great many angry customers that they had to refund or send repair parts. They must not have liked that.
*before the S42 was released, the Mateminco branded version was already available for the chinese market, there must have been earlier reports of it not even basically working.
:person_facepalming:

In contrast, Intl-outdoor will be releasing their D4 flashlight at the end of this month, I do not know of course how flawless it will be, but Hank mentioned that he is EDC-ing it at the moment. That will exclude so many problems already!

They’re not the same.
The 18650 tube is the same as the Astrolux S1 tube.
Slightly taller and the threaded sections have a slightly larger diameter than the A6 tubes.

What ‘Intl-outdoor D4’ light!??

Really, Astrolux? … Really?

Double-click from off is mapped to “toggle mode group”?

The cell it’s designed for physically can’t fit?

The USB cover falls off if you look at it wrong?

The driver is press-fit with tabs to keep it from moving?

The optic breaks on attempt to open the head?

It can’t turn off from moon without going through brighter modes?

At least it doesn’t destroy itself on first use like the Cometa.

That sounds promising. I’m still looking for a compact and highly mod-friendly e-switch host.

Given how the UI sounds on paper, and its curious similarities to the BLF-A6, I hope nobody thinks I had anything to do with the S42. That would be super embarrassing.

Astrolux S42

What you thought you were getting…

What you actually got:

I believe the D4 will be very mod friendly.

Sorry I don’t know my flashlights. From which manufacturer?

Well the BangGood listing of the tube here: https://www.banggood.com/Astrolux-S41-Astrolux-S1 says "BLF A6" right in the heading and description, so you are saying it's not for the BLF A6?

I just thought the BLF A6 tube maybe changed since the beginning?