GBGB: 4th batch of BLF-348 (Classy and Small 1xAAA Stainless Steel light, with Nichia NVSW219B-V1 R9050) - Coupon published!

I ordered two BLF-348, one with the BLF lettering and one without but Gearbest forgot to ship me the BLF one but stated in their order that both shipped together :rage: . The tint sucks for a Nichia 219B. It is more like the many 219C 5000k I have, which is NOT rosy at all. Even the Astrolux A01 with the 5000k 219B makes this look green. Given the long tube, how do you take out the board to swap the emitter?

BTW, Gearbest lowered the price by more than $2-$3 since I bought mine. I guess people didn’t like the tint on this one.

By opening the bezel. (yes, there is one)

When the bezel is opened, a lot of stuff drops out. See this pic borrowed from JM:

ouch… does that happen often? I wanted to buy one, but only if the tint is good. How does it compare to a Nitecore TIP CRI for example? They should have the same led I think

Can I determine if a flashlight has B or C by looking its led? I would guess those look somehow physically different?

Mine arrived today. There is 219c. I think all lights now have newer version - C

Did I miss a group buy, or did Gearbest find some more stock or returns?

It was over like 2yrs ago, people came in still trying to order, etc., then it turned into, “Well, if there’s ever another GB, I’ll take 2 more…” and such.

And so it continues.

So yah, put in another order in case there’s ever another GB. Can’t hurt. :smiley:

bad news :s other people who will receive the flashlight, please let us know :slight_smile:

Most successful group buy(s) ever, I think!

Winning combo of cheap price, classy look, and nice LED (if you got a good one, which most were). Quality was kind of meh, but still decent for the price.

I’ve stashed a bunch in convenient places around the house. They probably get used more than any other light. Just the right amount of light and flood for in-house use.

Nobody will read 300 posts on 10 pages, check for orders and transfer them to a new GB thread. And after two years most orders aren’t stable anymore or users aren’t active any longer.

Always with the negative waves…

I don't hope so! I know there have been produced at leat 5000 copies of the BLF-348 with Nichia chip yet. If user _the_ is still active here, maybe he'd like to run a 5th batch?

Aren’t Gearbest still making them anyway?

People have bought the currently available version, and they’re saying it has a Nichia 219C in it:

If that’s the case, then Gearbest must have commissioned a new batch on their own, because all of the BLF group buy versions used the Nichia 219B.

I was on the Gearbest side yesterday, and they were selling BLF348s with the 219C emitter, so they must have just decided to keep a good thing going.

I’d still be interested, except the 219Cs they are using are 80+ CRI. I know I’m being picky, but I want that last 10. To paraphrase from Men of Honor, ‘G&#@J*Ht Gearbest, I want my 10!’ [Probably best scene in the whole movie!]

The last batch I got from GB less than a month ago was 219C & CRI90.

Is there any difference between the plain and BLF edition that GB is selling now?
Is the BLF a slightly better version of the LED, or is it just the engraving on it? :laughing:

No difference other than engraving.

so is there any place where you can still buy the 219b version? I read that killzoneflashlights had some made, but they already sold out.

They up again ! engraved / not engraved