[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping.

Definitely interesting project

I definitely want one :slight_smile:

About a year later, I was finally able to convince Illumination Machines to let me have a demo. It was scratched, dented, and appeared to have a couple defects, but is still a beauty to behold. I lost a very special family member during the course of the host build here. I just haven't had the heart to pick it back up since. I do want to finish it eventually.

I sure am sorry to hear that. I can understand. :frowning:

Wow, might be worth building a light around that reflector. The quality issues are compounded the bigger the reflector is, just like aspherics, so size I'm sure comes with a cost.

Interested, want to see where this ends up going. Max throw over lumens I think.

Is it going to have a top handle like the old 6v lanterns ?

Hello!

By no means expert here, beard 'is in mind. :-))

Why the need for such a wide reflector? Wouldn't it work nice to have a loooong deeeep narrow one?

Imagine a flashlight made primordially of a couple stacked together tubes: one for the batteries, let's say 4 26650s in series, and the other for the lens/reflector/emitter/driver, so 9+" deep reflector without issues. :-)

LoL!

How about a full spectrum laser? I swear I've heard something like this somewhere… maybe in another forum. ;)

Cheers fellows ^:)

Oh yeah, I agree. I had negotiated them down to a great price way back when, but they would not budge on quantity. To give you an idea of its performance, here is a quote from what they told me about it:

"Yes, we have a special Luminus CST90 reflector which achieves >100cd/lm and is an ultra-specular reflector with no facets for military spot light applications."

It is a thrower.

I really prever the XHP 35

I am in,too.

It is possible to get just the host,than I will buy the host.

I made advertisment in TLF,hope it is welcome ?

Thanks.

Regards Xandre

Yes please! I’m in!
Please also make it better looking than TN42 :smiley: :smiley:

Wow, I`m interested too !
Greets
Carsten

Interested! Oh, yeah :smiley:

4 cells will be fine for a single emitter, extension would be a good extra for a few extra bucks for those that want it, like the TK75.

Oh yeah, and of course I’m in

We are kicking around two completely diferent ideas for this light.

One is the traditional flashlight plunger and the other more like a box with the reflector as central part and integrated handle.

Interested! Like an idea for top handle with about 16 cm reflector.

I’m definitely interested. Hi CRI thrower sounds awesome. I’d be nice to beat 1 million candella. Reminds me of a spotlight I used to carry in the car that plugged into the cigarette lighter.

Like the box idea.

I think it's worthwhile to re-investigate.

For other comments - the intent of the project is max throw, so depth in almost insignificant compared to width. Depth limits the width of spill. It should be a thrower LED - XHP35 HI, XPL HI, possible XP-G2 but don't think that would be an option unless we can do a true factory dedome, or if an XP-G3 HI comes available. Going with an XHP-70 on SMO would have the hole, less throw, but can be considered. To me, the best stock emitter choice would be the XHP35 HI, but would love to see 1 mcd broken with a dedomed XP-G2, or possibly dedomed XPL W2/W3. A couple of manufacturers are doing or did factory dedoming, but the XHP35 HI and XPL HI are kind of killing that direction.

Texas Ace traditional “plunger” light:

Djozz surprised with a real out of the box design

I like where southland is going with it. Reminescient of the maxabeam throwers :smiley: