It would be great to see a AAA/10440 or AA/14500 truly pocketable BLF light with a good U/I and high cri LED. Preferably (tail) e-switch with lighted switch or very low drain moon mode to be used as night beacon.
Being able to blast in DD on Li-ion and be versatile to use on alkalines when not in a situation to get a recharge (but lower output) would be the bees knees. With Narsil or something alike would make it a priceless light to me, and I think for a lot of people.
I modded a Thrunite Ti head with MTN-12DD driver with guppydrv and XPL HI allmost 2 years ago and legoed it to the tailsection of a bare aluminium Lumintop Tool. For a 10440 it’s relatively long and it could do without the hard “click” from the button, but love it a 1000 times over a twisty.
It gets by far the most use of all my lights. Capacity is rarely an issue for daily (fairly short) use. It gets charged at least every week, but small size with big power always comes at a prize. I rarely depleted it though, 14500 would be more than enough for its use.
It is unnoticeable in a (skinny) jeans or a suit trousers pocket, length here is less of an issue than width. I wear it every day and therefore use it multiple times a day.
It’s great, but via BLF we could come up with something even better. How nice to have a light like this available to everybody!
A DQG sized AA light would be comparable in size with more capacity. Any thicker and I won’t EDC it in my pants and therefore hardly use it. I have a very nice modded 18650 DQG, but it gets way less use, since its too thick to carry in my pocket on most occasions.
The BLF-348 is nice, but I stopped using “dumb” flashlights without batt. check, programmable modes etc. IMHO the simple three or one mode flashlights are obsolete.
I do agree with TK that there is a void to fill in the small section. I by far use my 10440 lights the most. And in direct drive it is still very bright, especially for its size.
With the BLF A6, Q8 and GT there is a lot of throw and lumens in nice builds with good U/I out there.
I would love to see this in a truly pocketable BLF version!