More lights running on AA batteries - especially coming from Olight, lol.
Also less cold white emitters. Neutral white should be the standard option.
More lights running on AA batteries - especially coming from Olight, lol.
Also less cold white emitters. Neutral white should be the standard option.
For me, same as ever:
And Muggle-compatible battery options, because I give away a lot of my experiments.
Better UIs and customizable UIs.
And lower prices
I’d like to see lower power and plastic. Seriously.
Part of increasing lumens/watt numbers in emitters is that workable high levels can now be achieved with less heat.
Fiber-reinforced polymer is an incredibly light and durable material, just lacking in positive thermal properties.
Pelican/streamlight have made durable polymer lights for a while, especially in the specialty industrial lines. Give me an honest glass-reinforced nylon convoy s2 / s12 size light with emitter options and 500 lumens. And a corresponding lightweight headlamp.
Efficient drivers
No blinkies
Less Androol
More mechanical switch lights, side or tail.
One of my most favorite lights ever is a Convoy BD06 that was given to me as a gift. It wasn’t perfect but I eventually got it that way. Stock it wasn’t that great but, with a bit of work it’s now bullet proof. Make a light like that. Make it right the first time and never leave anything on the table.
Better QA/QC.
Not shipping lights until they’ve completed development, nor expecting paying customers to find bugs for you.
More and better throwy floody combo lights,.
I love how contradictory the “wants” are in this thread
A minimum standard for quality control.
Getting a quad with one LED defective should not be acceptable.
A manufacturer offering you a discount or swap on BLF for publicity should not be considered compensation for bad quality control.
Really guys, let’s make it clear that we are willing to pay extra to get something that works.
More colours from Maglite or even from Streamlight too.
+1
I’d like to see that…but corners must be cut when building a product to a price point. Budget lights have gotten a lot better, but a budget light is budget for a reason.
2 switch like sofirn - forward clicky tail switch with momentary on.
No charge port / power bank or on board charging (more simple and more reliable)
Use of generic batteries
Efficient boost/buck drivers with a proper moonlight! I keep coming back to the blf a6 driver just because it has good max output and a very low moonlight. Even lots of linear drivers from convoy etc still have a lowest mode of several lumens. I built an s21a with a kaidomain p4000 buck driver and a 519a and it works well, but the lowest mode is slightly too high and it has some questionable mode memory.
I would like to see a flashlight with 3 or 4 switches to press. Each with it’s own version of Anduril. Anduril 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 and maybe Turbo Anduril or a Warp Factor 1 switch
Not so much for me as I am a muggle who is happy with low, medium, high and off, but for the manic button pressers who think a lightning strike mode may someday save the planet.
A 16340 version of the Wurkkos TS10!
A 16340 version of the Olight Warrior Mini!
I think 18350s are a lot better for a very marginal size increase
Interesting but not unexpected requests.
More Budget Lights - Fireflies
More Buck/Boost Drivers becoming the norm (even in LEP’s) - Fireflies
21700 SFT40 Thrower (with Buck Driver) - Fireflies
Buck Driver with Turbo - Fireflies
Buck Driver with Proper moonlight - Fireflies
Multi emitter TIR Buck Driven lights - Fireflies
Fireflies is obviously my favorite, for tons of great reasons.