The grey one’s not bad but the other colors don’t do anything for me. It also just doesn’t have the same sexiness that the BLF 348 has. But it does have the modes and the lanyard hole. The other drawback for me is that it is a twisty, I prefer a clicky, forward if possible.
BTW: For those of you Cu freaks, they do have a copper version as well.
Just note that that price is only good for five more days.
The price has increased to 9.50 :-/
So is there a verdict on this? What’s the odds of production kicking into gear again?
Good news! There will be a lanyard hole.
…but we need to gather quite a lot of interest… 1000pcs. I think that can be done. What do you think? I’ll put up a GB thread still today… 
I will buy at least 2 pcs.
Thanks. Added to the list on GB thread: GBGB: 4th batch of BLF-348 (Classy and Small 1xAAA Stainless Steel light, with Nichia NVSW219B-V1 R9050) - Coupon published!
Thanks, but i want no box and no engraving.
And i thought it was gonna be warm white like the previous batch (if i’m not mistaking).
Last one was marked as “5000K” and this will be exactly the same.
Exact tint is a bit below that, see lab results attached: (thank you maukka for testing these!)
Sorry, my bad…
Ah…And that’s supposed to make everything clear to me? 
lol.
Thanks the
Is it different from this?
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_131992.html
Jerry
Yes it is.
Totally different emitter.
I don’t understand most of that either, but top right > CCT: 4739K
Aha, hadn’t spotted that yet, thanks.
I like this light for the simply stile
But I would prefer model with pillar screwed on body instead a P60 host
Led suffer Heat a bit
Yeah, you mean the thermal path is just as lousy as a P60 light, because the 348 uses the same construction to hold the pill in place…
I guess they do it for easy production because it will always fit like this.
Head of my 348 nichia begin hot fast with fresh alkaline AA (1,5 ampere at tailcap measured)
that is normal current?
Sounds a little high to me, but probably it’s normal.
1.5 Volts x 1.5 Amperes = 2.25 Watts x 75% efficiency of driver (guesstimated) = 1.7 Watts to the LED = approximately 170 Lumen x 60% efficiency of the reflector and lens = 100 Lumen light output.
Hmm… that’s twice the measured output of 48 Lumen.
I don’t know…
Maybe that was 48 Lumens on 1.2 Volts from a NiMH.
(let’s say 1.2 Volts x 1.2 Amperes = 1.44 Watts x 75% eff. driver = 1.1 Watts to LED = appr. 110 Lumen x 60% eff. optics = 66 Lumen …??)
A moonlight, something lowish and a high… no memory, always start on ML
Other than that I still have a BLF-348 , New-In-Box. Don’t really need more.
It’s a nice host that’s proven fairly reliable. My biggest long term concern has been the switch but they seem to hold up pretty well. Given that they have made a classy, reliable host that is mod friendly, I’d certainly order some more. It’s not perfect but for what it does already it ticks a lot of boxes. A must have for modding or off the shelf edc. The upgrades in quality needed to make it superb would take it out of the budget realm.