Yep. So please, no Nitecore.
The other 2xAA light thread got me thinking. Any chance Jaxman would be interested in working together with BLF on a light? The M2 is pretty well received and he is definitely ‘one of us’.
I love the M2, put one of the drivers in a P60 pill as well. It works well off of 1 AA cell also. I wish it had a third mode, something much lower.
We might look at this project. This would be a budget light so there would need to be some volume of sales to help hold down costs. Lets put together a reasonable wish list. This has been talked about forever. Let’s do it! 
TL
I do wish this would happen… Thanks for the support!
I would agree to keep costs low on this. There are plenty of fancy AA lights out there.
Bare bones, reliable and cheap.
@texaslumens Do you ship from China? Because if it is US based, going to be very expensive for me. Cheers
If my vote counted I would vote for AA/14500 or AA/123A lithium combo.
I would be interested in this light too. 2xAA, a neutral white tint and basic UI. It also has to be reliable.
I think this lumintop is nice:
https://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_400654.html?lkid=11612980
13 dollar with code IYP365
That’s an AAA torch. The topic is AA lights.
As far as form factor goes, the ‘perfect’ 2xAA light for me would look a lot like a 4Sevens Mini AA2/M2A with a tail clicky.
Sorry, totally f*cked up there :person_facepalming:
Now called the WH2AA-B
There was also an Eveready with this form factor.
Very good backup lights when I was doing a lot of cave crawling.
Driver designers take note — This kind of thumb-pushed side switch can move both forward and backward from the neutral point.
Or go in 4 directions as on many cell or wireless phones.
That would allow more possible signal combinations.
I’d live to see a modern version along these lines.
forgiven!
I loved mine as a kid. This has some really interesting possibilities! Create a nice aluminum body with a quality metal slide switch. I think I might go play in the CAD…
Oboy!
I had these as well. Horrible beam profile if I rememberz !
I guess a XPG-? with a OP reflector might work.
I agree; I have a couple of Mini AA2s and if I could swap in some Nichia 219Cs I’d be a happy camper. Unfortunately they’ve defeated my best efforts to open them.
The next best things are the old Fenix L2P / L1P hosts from a decade ago. I’ve opened them easily with low heat, and swapped in EOS Lamp drivers and modern emitters. Slightly heavier, but almost as nice as the 4Sevens Mini. There’s no reason these utterly simple hosts couldn’t be duplicated for a fraction of their ‘Big Name’ prices.
I vote for a singel AA…dont likte long flashlight like 2 AA. And make it first AA and not 14500 battery… already have to many different battery types.