ALIVE: Astrolux S42 groupbuy: US$ 25.95

i think,the flashlight world reached really maximum.who knows.so,maybe another good point for better sales will be adding the usb rech.ports…
but i dont trust to the cheap ones yet…

So Banggood told me to make sure everything was tight and to use only flat top u/p cells. I’ve bought some more (getting pricey this bargain torch……) and it still doesn’t work. I can smell a PP dispute if they don’t get their act in gear. Wish I’d got a D4….

Has anyone done a post mortem autopsy “lessons learned” on this deal, looking into how it slipped into the disaster category?

It’d be a fascinating study to compare this, the BLF348, and the Cometa to the successful flashlight-design-and-build stories.

What kind of things go wrong, where, when, with whom?

Er, what happened with the BLF-348? Wasn’t that one so successful that it came back for three group buys?

I saw mention that the 3rd batch of the BLF348 has come with cheaper (greener) emitters and poor threads, but that’s hearsay.

I tried to use the S42 last night and ran into about every possible trap the UI offers. I forgot you had to be on the second mode from moon to long press for off and blasted myself with turbo. I managed to switch mode groups with a double click. And i also found myself in disco hell while trying to turn off from turbo… Too many ways to go wrong. This light is a disaster and i don’t think i’ll ever try to use it again. :person_facepalming: :frowning:

I have a Emisar D4 on the way: :partying_face:

+1……………

I did that at work, thank goodness I was alone (I checked LOL). That and a few other of my personal work requirements takes the S42 down a notch.

The problem is S42 has 90cri version of 219c but D4 has 83cri version of 219c if I am not wrong.

Yes thats right the S42 was tested with CRI 90.
On paper the lamp is nice but when I want to use it it’s like a blunt knife it doesn’t cut anything. The UI is wrong and nerve-racking slow.
A long press to off is 2 seconds.

I carried it two days and it started in turbo in my pocket.
One way to avoid this is to set it to 4 modes. And then lock out.

And on the shelf the high CRI is pretty useless.

Not sure about that… Do you have a link to a review or test?

Thanks!
That’s the best news i hear about this light since it was launched…

Well at least I will get something out of my S42 that’s useful! Thanks for the info.

Received the replacement tube today, now I can at least fit batteries to the light. But, as many others have reported, the light still suffers from quite a few other shortcomings. At least BangGood probably have learned that QA/QC is important. Also sending preproduction samples to experts (from BLF) is a good way to avoid disaster.

Emisar D4 is what this light could have been…

QC like “lets stuff a battery in that thing”? :smiling_imp:

We are not asking for much… :wink:

This post is hilarious to me because I ran into the exact same scenario!

Luckily the situation wasn’t life threatening.

Luckily for me, mine just didn’t work and I got refunded. I may at some point take the thing to bits to see why it won’t switch on. Or I may use it as a paperweight.

Since i received a couple D4 (Nichia and XPL) i almost forgot about this S42 fiasco. It’s sitting somewhere behind a number of other lights on a shelf… Whenever i need a light i just DONT pick this one!