I recall once Illumination Supply wanted information on the AA format. I made a doc for it and posted it here. Unfortunately, the project never came through…
Here are the results of it. Is there anyone who can make a BLF AA custom driver budget flashlight? At over 190 responses, it should prove a good starting point!
I like AA lights and carry one as my EDC I also have the Archer 2 x AA light which is a beast of a torch considering it uses standard AA’s. When people play with or customize lights though they really do seem to stick to 18650 powered devices which is understandable as that is where the power is but it is a shame for us fans of day to day users.
Imagine how many remote’s you would have to search before you found a well charged battery, as I’m sure they come with partially discharged cells from new. You’ll be eaten first
Recently i received some single AA lights from GB.
When you want/need a small AA based light, i.e. for travelling, then a single AA is the Bees Knees.
I am off to visit China in a couple of weeks, and will take a trusty Convoy C8 and a few of these small AA driven lights
I would be really interested in a BLF AA flashlight.
I have various flashlight builds, but they are all 16340, 18650 or 26650…
But when going abroad, I usually take my Thorfire TG05, modded with an XP-E2 R4 3C, and the pretty rare LD-30 driver… I don’t really like taking Lithium into the skies, even inside a flashlight…
The TG05 has great performance on max with the LD-30 driver… but I think something must have happened to the driver when I sanded it down to 16mm to fit it. Instead of the expected MOON~~MEDIUM>HIGH, I get MOONHIGH~~>BRIEFFLASHTHENMOONAGAIN…
I still use it a lot, but just as a 2-mode light, as the moon is really low, and the high is really high… But I wanted my medium 30-ish lumen mode too…
A BLF Flashlight+BLF driver would be great for my trips abroad, and also as others mention, a great zombie apocalypse emergency light. Keeping it in the car glove box would be the perfect place for it…
Ah nice to see that thread catching some interest. An AA/2AA (or with extension) BLF flashlight with custom driver would rock really.
Not sure how hard is it to pull it off for the driver part. Maybe TK would know?
That would really really be awesome! Getting a host, choosing an emitter, getting an awesome driver like the BLF-A6 and a budget price!
Ah nice to see that thread catching some interest. An AA/2AA (or with extension) BLF flashlight with custom driver would rock really.
Not sure how hard is it to pull it off for the driver part. Maybe TK would know?
That would really really be awesome! Getting a host, choosing an emitter, getting an awesome driver like the BLF-A6 and a budget price!
Problem is that there is no BLF AA boost driver yet, there have been talk about a BLF AA boost driver since 2011 but it is still not there. The latest talk is about an Attiny based one with BLF firmware. For a compact AA light you need a 15mm diameter driver.