Can anyone step up for an AA/2AA only BLF budget flashlight?

My little input: I support the idea of not asking all tools to do the exact same function, if an AA BLF light has to be made I would find appropriate to make something a bit different that would stand out. We can already buy at quite good prices premium quality AA lights that do huge lumen numbers on AA and 14500, what about considering a different single AA host architecture than the usual tube?

Something like this:

This one appears to be out of production ;)!

I would go for a light that style for sure. Especially if there was a head band option with it.

I agree it would be nice to see a GB take a step sideways(pun intended).

Here are a couple I have seen like that.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Supply-Genuine-UltraFire-H2-flashlight/1474052819.html

Here are some, but some have no band with them.
http://www.aliexpress.com/promotion/promotion_trustfire-z2-promotion.html



I greatly prefer the look of the Ultrafire one vs the Trustfire.

Or this:

I have the CR123a powered Z1, and its main fault is driver inefficiency in high mode.
This doesn’t come with a head band, but the clip can be used to shine it forward from a pocket or belt.

Definitely interested in these if you decide to produce them!

Im not impressed by its looks design wise - talking about Z1/Z2 here ;)!

I like smooth curves, but it is fairly cheap.

I dont like that crap looking reflector protrusion ;)!

Spark done away with much better design in their reflector-capable lights where you can buy reflector and scew it in :)!

Consider that the trust fire is dirt cheap.

Also (crazy huh) if this design was mixed with Reys Ti light we could have the creation of the first Daleks’ :wink:

I can see it now when we put a bettery in they say ILLUMINATE! , ILLUMINATE!! :slight_smile:

I would like a AA version of the x5 in the limited edition version Blf group buy ally not copper

Oops already covers in post 152

So there at least two people want one!

Yeah, a tiny little memory chip and micro-speaker …

Is the AA powered X5 available to buy on its own?

Not yet. As I understand it, it’s a new design created entirely for that X6v2/X5 group buy and it supposed to go away afterwards, at least as far as blf is concerned. But if the X5 proves popular I wouldn’t be surprised to see it live on after the buy, although probably with cheapened guts.

And the X5 is not AA powered, it is 14500 powered.

And the X5 is not AA powered, it runs on 14500’s.

Does anyone still have this BLF edition light?

The interesting point is that the driver uses a PAM2803 boost converter and is controlled by ATtiny13A. It can be driven by AA or 14500.

A picture of the driver can be found in post 88 in this thread.

Bumping this a bit…. Each time I see a group buy I cannot help but wonder when will a great Aa/AAs BLF flashlight + driver come to life ….

Here’s a 1-2 AA Boost Driver at IOS.