You can actually buy it for only slightly more on the EU warehouse right now, and then there should be no risk of issues with customs, and hopefully faster delivery as well. So, if they haven’t shipped it from China yet, you could probably cancel the order from china and get it here instead:
You need to turn the flashlight on. Then tap/half click the tailcap switch 15+ times. You’ll then enter config mode as per the image below. Once ini config mode you’ll see 2 blinks in one lot and then a second time. After the second lot of 2 blinks turn off the flashlight. On restarting you should have activated memory mode.
Thanks for pointing this out. Just checked Toykeepers details on the firmware and it’s described as per below. So probably yes to 16 taps. I’ll update the post to suggest 15+
- Short tap rapidly a bunch of times (15+ taps, or until the light stops turning on) to enter soft config mode.
Yes, put it in mode memory = ON mode.
turn it on and put it in TURBO mode.
shut it off
when you turn it back on it should come on in the last memorized mode, which would be TURBO.
TURBO gets hot real quick so be careful.
I just recvd mine yesterday after a 37 day wait from banggood.
played with it last nite, really nice flood beam.
I really like that you can go backwards in output modes with a long press of the switch.
I did get the short tube for the other battery type, it was in a separate bubblewrap container,
not in the box with the torch.
for the programming modes I short pressed the switch 16 times
the torch will then blink twice and pause then blink twice again.
after the FIRST SET of 2-blinks shut off the torch to choose between mode
GROUP-1 which is,
moon
low
med1
med2
high1
high2
turbo.
(mine came delivered in mode group 1)
or mode GROUP-2 which is,
low
med
high
turbo.
after the SECOND SET of 2 blinks, shut off the torch to choose between,
MODE MEMORY OFF (mine came delivered in memory off mode)
or
MODE MEMORY ON.
I had to re-enter mode programming(re-do the 16 short presses).
after changing each mode.
Hope this helps someone.
Rolz, as you have both A6 and S1 - could you please check if the tubes are interchangeable or the threads are different in both lights? I’ve read conflicting reports but many people were sent 18350 tubes with wrong threads so this may account for the mess.
One thing to try is to reverse the short tube. I learned the hard way that the knurling on the body tube must face towards the HEAD of the flashlight. This is true for both the 18350 and 18650 tubes.
Received my Astrolux S1 a few days ago and am impressed despite driver issues.
Using a brand new, freshly charged Samsung 30Q the first three modes are identical. Seems they are all Med1, so no Moonlight or Low. Med2 through Turbo seem fine (or “scary”, depending on how you look at it).
Reversing through the UI gives same incorrect modes, in reverse.
Two more anomalies:
- Hidden modes work apart from Batt Check which does not flash despite cheap DMM showing 30Q at 4.17V
I can’t get into Config Mode despite numerous attempts at 15+ taps, although somewhere along the way I seem to have enabled Mode Memory without any blinking sign that I’d entered Config Mode. User incompetence or broken driver?
The BLF A6 troubleshooting thread reveals a few others with somewhat similar issues so I’m assuming it’s a badly soldered or defective 7135. I’m reluctant to try to open it up and fix this myself so I’m waiting to hear if Banggood will send a new head.
If further confusion were needed it arrives in the form of a $4.95 partial refund BG issued prior to shipping to compensate for an odd error that pushed up the price by that amount after I added it to the shopping cart during a recent flash sale. The order details under My Account show it as simply “Refunded” so I may have an extra hurdle there.
A long time lurker I followed the BLF A6 development from the very beginning, signed up for the GB but held back for QA issues to settle. Finally pulling the trigger has taken me long enough to disqualify me as any kind of serious flashlight enthusiast, no matter what friends may think
Wait a while longer, fingers crossed.
Update 7th June: Banggood CS responds but suggests that it could be faulty switch. I waste a minute testing with knife blade and reply that it is most definitely a faulty driver.
Update 8th June: Banggood CS agrees to send a new head
Just got mine yesterday and I am pretty impressed with this light. Only thing that i think is missing from this is the Moonlight mode on the 4 mode option, both 7 and 4 modes should have a Moon included. But i’m good, it’s not really a complaint.