Talk about future projects and donation topic

But this one would be less expensive than either of those I imagine.

> Three AAs nose to tail

You can do this by combining tubes from a SK68 clone and a “3W Police” flashlight (see the lego thread)
I’ve still got a Brinkmann 3AA tube light in the “do something with this someday” bin.

Google finds a lot of other 3AA flashlights (limiting search with /Tools/verbatim, and then choosing /Images)

I’d like to see a djozz-inspired 3AA BLF light myself.

Now this is weird. Two emitters, one spot and one flood — and an infrared beam to decide how far away the subject is to balance power to the emitters.

What will they think of next?

http://www.rayovac.com/products/lights/work-lights/whesfl4aa-detector-worklight-hands-free-auto-focus-flashlight.aspx

(I’m waiting for the flashlight design where you click the button and the light head extends little propellers and flies over to hover and illuminate your target, while you control it from the battery tube)

I don’t know if it has been mentioned before. But I would love to see a BLF head lamp.

I would too if only I’m not allowed to wear a headlamp at the risk of divorce :frowning:

It just might be impossible to make those things look cool. :person_facepalming:

Super handy though. I love my Zebralight headlamp.

Heck yea!! i’ll take 3 or 4 of those 3xAA lights…maybe mor, make great gifts too.

I’m not sure it would be cheap, I can imagine it being 30 dollar, structurally it is not unlike the Q8, 4 high power leds, and a battery tube for 3 cells (bored out for 3 cells with a rotating tailboard, my preference, or with battery carrier). One advantage: with 1A per led a DTP board is not needed.

1+ on the BLF headlamp but I’m guessing that Zebralight headlamp of yours is one of those tiny ones that don’t have big heatsink or cooling fins?
Btw there are plenty of those small ones.
The ones that doesn’t exist (what I know of) is a good big headlamp with a battery compartment at the back.

Mike C was looking for a good headlamp host in This thread.
I been searching too but I just ended up disappointed.

Quote for me in that thread.

Edit: 1+ on djozz 4 emitters 3xAAA light.

You joke, but we are not far from that. Current drone tech is there, just need work on the AI side.

Has BLF ever produced a small 10440 light? I know that I would be interested in a nice little 10440 light with a high cri led with ramping UI.

I like this idea. Is there an advantage to using a battery carrier over a drop in battery tube? I personally favor the simplicity and easier in the field battery swap of the battery tube.

Most people prefer a thicker light than a super long one.
When you need the cells in series, a battery carrier is the simplest and cheapest option compared to having a special rotating PCB and alignment pins.

The other options is to have all the cells in parallel and use a boost driver, but those are harder to make, rarer, and often less efficient than buck or DD.

I’d buy one, maybe even several. They’d make great gifts!

:+1: YES! Me too

Ehm……am I the only one longing and drooling for a BLF Q16 monster output light?

Cheers
Nico

I like the idea of the Q16, but with 4 xhp70.2 in it instead of 4 xhp35.

I put a xhp70 in a C8 sized OP reflector and really like the beam. It’s a bit throwy, but has great spill.

Puting the 70.2 in the SMO reflector of the Q8 should work well.

Currently you can get 10k lumen from the Q8 with SST40 emitters. We should aim higher than that even though we use the same 4 18650 cells. Maybe go for 5 amp each emitter at 4k lumen. That’s 20 amps at 6 volt (very doable) and 16k lumen.

That’s my kind of light, not 4 xhp35.

I would be in for sure! As long as we design in good heat management (like the Q8) so we can run on high for a while I would love to have this light. I love the 26,000 lumen from my Acebeam X45vn, but even though it was 15 degrees F. last night I had to shut it down after 2 minutes. That is a little frustrating.

Has BLF ever built a single 26650 light” My all time favorite out with the dog/trail hiking/general use light is my Supbeam K40Mvn. It has a super wide beam that transitions nicely into a very usable spill with a nice MTG2 tint.

I would love to have a nice single 26650 or double 26350 light with a beam profile like the K40m. I would not expect it to give me 3,200 lumen and 90k lux, just have a similar beam and I would be thrilled. Maybe similar in size to the Manker U21.

I am a big fan of single 26650 lights. They are a nice comfortable size to hold and carry in a pocket and the new 5500mA Shockli is getting close to two 18650’s. And when I need even more run time I carry an extra cell in a pocket. That is the great thing about a single cell light; it is so easy to quickly change cells in the field. Even in the dark! That is actually my pet peave with the K40m, battery carriers are so much more difficult to fumble with in the field.

I’ve always preferred 18650’s, but you make a convincing argument.