What do you think of that?
I'm not going to describe it, you've got to see it:
http://dx.com/p/mini-retro-3-3528-led-6-7lm-1-mode-white-light-flashlight-silver-2-x-aa-171966
Since it's so cheap I just ordered one, I thought it looked kinda cool..
Cool! 
I'm gonna say ultra cool junk.
If that was built a little beefier, that’d make SUCH a cool little host. But it looks like paper thin walls and cheap construction (hence the price). Neat find though! For $3.50 maybe it is worth a quick peek.
I'm guess that one isn't retro at all, they used the original 50 years old manufacturing machines and adapted just one or two things to fit in a few leds instead of the incan bulb 
. I doubt it has any heat sinking though.
Any chance it turns out to be a p60 host? 
I added it to my order, so we’ll find out soon :party:
As it is it probably spanks the heck out of an incan ..beats it with a flickering purple ugly stick...
Comes cross -threaded straight from the factory
junk
but might be worth buying just to rob the reflector!
I like the design and format. But, for the sake of run-time, I would have preferred 3*5mm LEDs rather than their use of a no-brand LED. However, as a loaner light, I’d say it can do that job pretty well.
Notice that in the description is says 6-7 lm? Also says 300mA current. Seems like with 300 mA current it should put out at least 40 lumens. Something’s not right with the specs.
Seriously. 6-7 lumens for 2-4 hours out of 2XAA?
That seems like the ideal description!
I’ve been looking at classic lights on eBay, my thought being to do a similar build to jayrob.
I like that light, its probably junk but it’d be nice to find a good version with an xp-g2.
I guess we shouldn't believe the part withe the 300 mA current. If it really uses 3528 LEDs like it's stated in the description, these are rated for 20 mA max.
The flashlight probably uses a simple boost driver with the LEDs in series, I expect something like ~100mA current draw from the batteries...
Looks fun, as other mentioned, probably no heat sinking since it doesnt need one.
But would be cool seeing someone actually making cheap and quick mod on this one to turn it into something worthy :D!
you know, it may not be the quality host he usually uses… but this looks right up justins ally. 3 up nichia, and 2xAA
and you know he can make a heatsink
My order is stuck at "payment confirmed" for a few days now and I just discovered that the flashlight is now listed as "temporarily sold out"...
Let's see how this turns out!
Wow, how can it use 3 LEDs and only produce 7 lumens?!? Im sure the tint is a horribly blue like most cheapo 5mm LEDs.
Cant belive they didn’t use a warm white XR-E or something. They wouldnt have to drive it hard at all and an old emitter would be dirt cheap. It could even be direct drive with 2 alkaline AAs (3.0v) with an XP-G.
That would at least make the beam useful (50-100 lumens) and authentic looking yellowish color.
The 3528 LED is a small SMD part, not like the power LEDs we are used to. They are extremely cheap and probably thousands of them are produced every minute. They take 20 mA each and 7 lumens from three of them sounds about right. The ones I know have a pure white tint, cold, but not blueish.
I suppose you don't get a Cree LED light including 2 AA batteries for $3.50. I bought it mainly for the coolness factor and I still hope they manage to ship it.