Code now public! BLF A6 FET+7135 Light. Short 18350 tubes and Unanodized Lights Available

[pilotdog68]

@bugsy36

@Gunga

Is this still available in non-anodized?

Yes. It can be BUT they will not be made ahead…in other words stocked. The best thing to do is PM Neal at Banggood if one wants one like that

So it won’t be an option at checkout?

[BLightSam]

@pilotdog68

You can choose whether you want 4 modes or 7 modes by pressing the button repeatedly and entering configuration mode. You turn memory on/off in config mode also.

Could you go through the steps to change memory on/off?

[bugsy36]

@pilotdog68

@bugsy36

@Gunga

Is this still available in non-anodized?

Yes. It can be BUT they will not be made ahead...in other words stocked. The best thing to do is PM Neal at Banggood if one wants one like that :)

So it won’t be an option at checkout?

Not that I am aware of as of now.

@Gunga

So, I wanted 3, I need to PM Neal? Neal at BLF?

Neal = Banggood

I will leave him a message and see what he says.

[pilotdog68]

@BLightSam

@pilotdog68

You can choose whether you want 4 modes or 7 modes by pressing the button repeatedly and entering configuration mode. You turn memory on/off in config mode also.

Could you go through the steps to change memory on/off?

Did you go to the instructions that I linked? Because if you did you would have found this:

Configuration options

Short tap rapidly a bunch of times (15+ taps, or until the light stops turning on) to enter soft config mode.

The way it works is the light will blink twice for each option, then pause for a bit before moving to the next option. Turn the light off between the two blinks to toggle that option.

The available options are:

1. Mode group: 7 modes or 4 modes:
Group 1: moon, low, med1, med2, high1, high2, turbo
Group 2: low, med, high, turbo

2. Mode memory toggle

[BLightSam]

@pilotdog68

Configuration options

Short tap rapidly a bunch of times (15+ taps, or until the light stops turning on) to enter soft config mode.

The way it works is the light will blink twice for each option, then pause for a bit before moving to the next option. Turn the light off between the two blinks to toggle that option.

The available options are:

1. Mode group: 7 modes or 4 modes:
Group 1: moon, low, med1, med2, high1, high2, turbo
Group 2: low, med, high, turbo

2. Mode memory toggle

Could you humor me and go through the steps, step by step, to change the momory mode?

[Halo]

Is the diagram more understandable?

@ToyKeeper

The final code / UI is here:
Index of /torches/blf-a6/final

Specifically, the text description and UI diagram should be helpful:

Click 15 or more times.
The light will slowly blink twice then pause (go off).
Wait until it blinks again then click the light off.
You have now toggled the memory mode on/off.

[cabfrank]

This stuff can be confusing, probably more to me than to others, but I think once we have our lights in hand, it will become intuitive, and more obvious. If not, maybe we can beg a nice person to post a short video. I think it will be easy once we do it though.

[geo1952]

Greetings,
I’m in for 2 already so here’s my tint pref.
Thanks much!
Again!!
217. Geo1952@gmail.com NW 3D
321. Geo1952@gmail.com CW 1A

geo1952

[BLightSam]

@Halo…

Click 15 or more times.
The light will slowly blink twice then pause (go off).

Wait until it blinks again then click the light off.

You have now toggled the memory mode on/off.

Bolded part is not obvious.

[EDIT]
Switch better be good/robust/reliable.

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

Sam, when you turn the light on then tap it forward about 16 times (until it quits responding to your taps) then you stop and watch. It will blink and if you click it off right there you have changed between 4 and 7 modes. If you wait for a second blink at that point, then click the light off, you will have engaged last mode memory. Likewise, you can do this all over again and the next time it will turn off next mode memory.

It’s really easy when you have the light in hand, even if you miss it the first time, you’ll see what it’s doing and from there on you’ll have it figured out. Even I, with my horrible memory, love this UI!

[ToyKeeper]

I ran some numbers in the original BLF X6 thread, and figured I should post it here too.

One of the common gripes for the BLF X6 v1 was that the levels weren’t spaced evenly at all. The output levels I measured were:

• low: 5.5 lm
• med: 240 lm
• high: 560 lm
• turbo: 922 lm

On a visually-linear (cube-root) scale, the X6 v1’s perceptual brightness goes 1.77, 6.21, 8.24, 9.73. These represent how bright it looks to a human eye, in arbitrary units. Big gap at the beginning, then only small gaps for the rest of the range. The gaps are 4.44 visual “steps”, then 2.03, then 1.49. The brightest mode looks about 5.5 times as bright as the lowest mode.

This is fixed in the BLF A6 and in the BLF X6v2. The approximate output levels of those are (so far):

• 0.35 lm (visually 0.70)
• 11.8 lm (visually 2.28)
• 65.9 lm (visually 4.04)
• 190 lm (visually 5.75)
• 427 lm (visually 7.47)
• 832 lm (visually 9.41)
• 1494 lm (visually 11.43)

The “visual step” gaps here are: 1.58, 1.76, 1.71, 1.72, 1.94, 2.02. Those last two are a bit brighter since it was calibrated without spring bypasses, and this sample had a spring bypassed. In stock form, each level is about 1.7 “perceptual units” away from its neighbors. And the brightest mode looks about 16 times as bright as the lowest mode (though in reality, it’s ~4200 times as bright).

Or in the 4-mode group…

• 11.8 lm (visually 2.28)
• 143 lm (visually 5.23)
• 588 lm (visually 8.38)
• 1494 lm (visually 11.43)

These gaps are: 2.95, 3.15, 3.05.

So, this is one little thing which got fixed since the original BLF X6.

[ReManG]

@BLightSam

@Halo…

Click 15 or more times.
The light will slowly blink twice then pause (go off).

Wait until it blinks again then click the light off.

You have now toggled the memory mode on/off.

Bolded part is not obvious.

[EDIT]
Switch better be good/robust/reliable

Or you can replace it if it fails. Even a few months of heavy use on my cheaper lights have had no failures. That is one of the things I like so much about this forum, a little reading and you can find out how to do this stuff yourself.

I also believe that TK said the UI was changeable if you were to re-flash the driver. If I hated the UI, I would have to buy some stuff and learn, but it is changeable. I think I will like the UI, but I will see once it is in my hands, who knows for sure until then…

[ReManG]

@ToyKeeper

I ran some numbers in the original BLF X6 thread, and figured I should post it here too.

One of the common gripes for the BLF X6 v1 was that the levels weren’t spaced evenly at all. The output levels I measured were:

• low: 5.5 lm
• med: 240 lm
• high: 560 lm
• turbo: 922 lm

On a visually-linear (cube-root) scale, the X6 v1’s perceptual brightness goes 1.77, 6.21, 8.24, 9.73. These represent how bright it looks to a human eye, in arbitrary units. Big gap at the beginning, then only small gaps for the rest of the range. The gaps are 4.44 visual “steps”, then 2.03, then 1.49. The brightest mode looks about 5.5 times as bright as the lowest mode.

This is fixed in the BLF A6 and in the BLF X6v2. The approximate output levels of those are (so far):

• 0.35 lm (visually 0.70)
• 11.8 lm (visually 2.28)
• 65.9 lm (visually 4.04)
• 190 lm (visually 5.75)
• 427 lm (visually 7.47)
• 832 lm (visually 9.41)
• 1494 lm (visually 11.43)

The “visual step” gaps here are: 1.58, 1.76, 1.71, 1.72, 1.94, 2.02. Those last two are a bit brighter since it was calibrated without spring bypasses, and this sample had a spring bypassed. In stock form, each level is about 1.7 “perceptual units” away from its neighbors. And the brightest mode looks about 16 times as bright as the lowest mode (though in reality, it’s ~4200 times as bright).

Or in the 4-mode group…

• 11.8 lm (visually 2.28)
• 143 lm (visually 5.23)
• 588 lm (visually 8.38)
• 1494 lm (visually 11.43)

These gaps are: 2.95, 3.15, 3.05.

So, this is one little thing which got fixed since the original BLF X6.

This is one of my biggest anticipations for this light…. Smooth and even levels. This is a great explanation TK, I like that while the units are arbitrary, they show the spacing between levels. Got to hand it to you on this driver/UI format…

[eebowler]

Please add me to the list for one NW light. Thanks EDIT, I’d prefer the 5A version if that’s available to me. Thanks.

[Evilc]

478. Evilc NW
Please make 3D

[jack-bkk]

i ordered last week batteries fro this light LG18650HE4 for 5usd a pcs from fasttech does anyone know whats better the HE2 or HE4 or whats the difference ??

thanks

[Calmaja]

I’m in the list for 2 units:
14. NW and
182. NP

Please add me for 1 more unit and change it become:
14. NW 3D
182. NW 5A
+1 CW

Thanks you

[Jubeldum]

506 Jubeldum NW 3D

[massimo.maronen]

695. massimo.maronen NW = 3D,
and please add me for one 5A.
Thanks!

[Le_Zouave]

@jack-bkk

i ordered last week batteries fro this light LG18650HE4 for 5usd a pcs from fasttech does anyone know whats better the HE2 or HE4 or whats the difference ??

thanks

It seems that the HE4 are newer than the HE2. They can be an upgrade, or simply have the same spec. We will never know because those batteries are not meant to be sold for retail. They are high drain batteries, up to 20A or 35A in short pulse. It won’t happen with a flashlight (I think it’s sold for vaping mod) but who can do more can do less.
Basicaly if you managed to get hand on HE2, that would mean you are buying old batteries and time have a huge impact on li-ion batteries.