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

I have so many lights but put me on the list by depending on price.

Interested :slight_smile:

put me 1 for now
and for name?
IMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR

I don’t know what y’all light up at 500m+ but with me, it’s usually wildlife or sometimes unwelcome people or a car. So 3-5m of beam width would be perfect in comparison to say a wide beam with more lumens from the xhp that would be wide enough to light up an area as big as a house or two. :stuck_out_tongue:

Yeah so many said interested, I feared it would be very hard to get it u to date if not started now.

IMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR. what does this mean?
Aha, LOL

Put me down for one.

POLL 2, name

Throw me on the list please.

I’m interested in one.

Please count me in! Exciting new project!

I am in.

I’m in for the giveaway, since I know I won’t be able to afford the light when it comes out!

interested

The OP has the diameter already spec'd at 120mm. Does that mean that a specific reflector has already been chosen? Sure would like to hear about it as it will about the biggest differentiater from other thrower lights.

There is not a particular reflector chosen, and that may become an issue. I gues that we hope that a manufacturer manages to source one in China, or has them specially made…

IMHO, a 120mm reflector will look too big for the plunger style! For a plunger, I’d want no bigger than 80mm. In fact, the plastic Rayovac/Energizer/etc. box style lights that are sold in every store have no larger than 3” (~76mm) reflector! If a 120mm reflector is to be used, the plunger light would look absolutely ridiculous! The only way to make the battery tube even remotely proportional looking would be to have all 8 cells side-by-side, and a separate handle. Or, make it with the dual tube design I suggested several posts back. Actually, I just thought of something else that would work. Make it to take 8x 26650 cells! :open_mouth:

Reflector diameter and head diameter are two different things. There are already 100 mm head diameter lights - Shocker, TN42, TN40, etc. I guess you could argue they look ridiculous, but I don't think so. I agree the EagleTac M25C2 Turbo looks ridiculous at 92mm head diameter but that's because of the single width 18650 battery tube.

A 4 18650 width tube and a nicely designed head with finning at 120mm would be interesting to see - I don't think it would be so bad.

Im interested of course .

Of course you have your opinion, and I have mine. I’m just imagining the actual size of this thing. The tube won’t be 4 cells wide. If it’s a 4-cell tube, it will be a little wider than two cells. The head size to contain a 120mm reflector would be at least 2.5 times the width of the tube. Overall, the light will look “oversized”. To visualize this: Think of a Courui D01 with double the tube length and added 50% to the head width. It’s just too big - unless you’re over 7 feet tall.

I agree with Tom. The TN42 has a 100mm head and it looks great. Adding another 25% wouldn’t make it look terrible either. The courui only has a 3-cell tube. 4-cells helps the proportions.

I don’t mind the look of the box style, but normally with a thrower holding it at eye level is the most natural. That’s impossible at worst and uncomfortable at best with a big box.