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

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.

But do remind that a box makes it more compact, if the TN42 was rebuild in box-format, it could be this size:

(perhaps a separate build for a box-shape lightweight 2x18650 parallel 120mm reflector XP-L HI thrower should be considered at some point, but I can not do that on my own. I’m tempted to make that one recoil even)

Compact, sure. but then you have to hold it like this: :wink:

LMAO…boombox or not to have boom box…that is the question. Both are valid points OP above djozz and PD68.

Why do you hold a flashlight at eye level? I’ve never seen anyone do that. But, you’re going to hold this monster light at eye level? And the difference between a 3-cell tube and a 4-cell tube can literally be less than 5mm of added diameter. :wink:

If I am trying to see out past 1000meters, anywhere I can think of in my area will have trees, high grass, corn, small hills, etc in front of me. I will either hold it at my shoulder/eye level, or sometimes raise it high above my head. That’s how I use my Courui when I need it. If I am just going for a stroll, I probably won’t be using this light anyways, but I would have it at my waist.

I am in. :beer:
Depending on price

Why not! Put me down for one please.

I haven’t seen any talk of rough price or rough throw but why not!

Would be awesome to aim for something that can hit 2km

Definitely interested

How about slapping a big head on Q8? Everything about that light is already well thought out, we have a relationship with manufacturer and $40 price tag could be kept.

If TN42 had 25% bigger head it would look even better. The Courui has the perfect proportions for a light, and this BLF MT will have very similar proportions to that! Design wise if it is close to Courui in design, or eve a box design it will be great. Those plungers with narrow handles look horrid. Everything else should be fine.

I’m interested.
Count me in for one unit please.