OK, your in charge…
Seriously, if you want to do something here, just start a thread.
I do think that your view of profit only being monetary is a bit narrow, but it is your view, so I am not telling you it is wrong…
If you want to monetize BLF, I would suggest checking with SB56637 as he is the administrator and this is his forum….
I wanna be the chrome trim on the tail fins. Dibs!
(snicker)
I don’t want anything to do with that or profit. I just think like the forum has rules of conduct, the projects should also have rules of conduct for the people you work with.
Forget the idea of a person, just have a few documents on hand for business dealings. 
Nice and short review, gj on it and gb. Looks like the same round spacers used in the xpl meecos I got. Maybe I’ll bite down the road, have enough A6’s n waiting for my short tubes.
Black Friday Special!
I like having the “BLF Special Edition”, but if I were to gift one, I would get the Astrolux which is the complete package.
Borg. It’s the Borg. Too late ….
I’m getting antsy waiting for the BLF version to come back in stock. The last email said supposedly 11/26, but who knows. Maybe the Astrolux will ship faster.
KuoH
It’s the same light and right now it’s going for $31.95 USD, so it’s about the same price as the BLF when you add the shorty tube.
would be great if they tossed a nice 18650 in the box! And an 18350 too.
I agree with the notion that we have to accept the fact that the work done by this forum will live on after our involvement and with no expectation of any reward other than us knowing we are a small cog in the evolution of flashlights (which to me is cool enough). Having said that if Neal wants to offer us long term discounts on lights that have been developed by the BLF then I would certainly look favourably upon that too
A flash sale for BLF members only on the Astrolux 1 would be a nice gesture too!
+1 
Thank you ReManG for the review and all of your efforts! This answered all of my questions about the Astrolux, a refined re-branded version of the BLF SE.
Personally I feel it’s good that they re-branded the A6. I would assume the BLF A6 eventually will no longer be produced, which to me makes sense, after all BLF is not a “brand name” of production flashlights, it should only be used on LIMITED RUNS of the occasional forum member/manufacture/supplier collaboration Special Edition flashlights.
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To me a BLF SE labeled flashlight is much more “special” if it is not marketed as a mass produced continuous model with the BLF label, because in my eyes that would take away much of the meaning of BLF special edition, I like to think of the SE lights as also being Limited Edition because they have the BLF SE marking.
I would assume these (righteously) are the reasons the model was re-branded and had nothing to do with preventing BLF or its members from asking for a share of profits from future sales.
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The win-win situation for both parties is they get free or low cost design development and we get our BLF specification SE flashlight (which is especially great for members here who are not “modders” to own a “hot rodded” flashlight for a budget price) :bigsmile:
So I don’t have a problem with the continuation of those same Special Edition models being mass produced, as long as they’re re-branded without the BLF SE marking. The BLF SE labeled models we hold are the one-and-only originals.
OTOH if the owner of the forum wants to create a trademarked BLF flashlight brand that’s fine too! Hopefully the BLF label will not be used by unscrupulous manufactures on flashlights that are not actual BLF SE’s.
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Another benefit resulting from this is the A6 driver being made available separately at a decent price. That and the evolution of the AstroLux S1 really shows the power of BLF to perpetuate the advancement of flashlight technology for the good of all.
Thanks Beam0 for covering all the bases. It seems I am in a minority to be suspicious of the Astrolux. And since the makers that are still online don’t seem to mind, I’m good with it too.
Has this “BLF A6 Mark 2” from Astrolux been compared to the original anywhere?
In particular what are the intervals between brightness on the driver?
Are they using the same parts on the driver, or substituting?
Side by side, it is visually pretty close on levels. I have not taken the driver out to check components, but the modes are the same. When I got the BLF A6 firmware loaded FET +7135 driver from RMM, the bike flasher was different, more of a beacon flash. The AstroLux S1 bike flasher is the same “stutter” flash as the original BLF A6, so in use it seems exactly the same as the original.
I will check the driver tonight when I get home and post some pics…
I think I recall that the later BLF A6 lights came with a cheap bad spring?
I, for one, am glad that a branding change was used for the Astrolux S1.
My reason has to do with what I have read about the BLF X6 (version 1). After the group buy for that light ended, various clones using the same name began appearing. Some of them compromised on components, however, so they were not the same light as the one sold in the group buy. That meant that the BLF X6 brand name was degraded. If you bought one used, for instance, you had to be certain that your were getting the original.
I do not know what will happen in the case of the Astrolux S1. It is possible that the high-quality components used in the original BLF A6 will remain. It is also possible that things like the copper MCPCB could eventually be swapped out for lesser components. Either way, however, the BLF A6 brand is not compromised.
I like that.
Same spring as the later batch. I actually like it better for spring bypass as it is real flexible and being made of thinner wire, compresses better after the bypass. Stock, no bypass, it is higher resistance than the first batch springs on the BLF A6…
I really like the name AstroLux, Great logo too. I think Banggood came up with a good one there, its a really cool name for a flashlight brand!
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“Hey dude, check out my new AstroLux flashlight!” 8) 8) 8)
“Hey dude, check out my new Ur-Anus-Fire flashlight!” 