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

That’s incredible 5ar.

Awsome 5ar!! :smiley:

Should i say WOW!!!

I WANT IT! :wink:

Nice!
(And wow 2000 posts already just wow)

I :heart_eyes: the latest design 5AR :heart_eyes:

Why has no one addressed the fin placement on Fritz’s design?
What good are they going to be if they are all below the hottest area? I fail to see why there are no fins directly inline with the internal DTP. A few fins machined in to the bulbous part above the switch would be the go, I believe. Even one or 2 above it (as well as the current ones)

That was one of the first things I talked about with Fritz. He did some thermal analysis himself and results shows that the temperature would decrease by a few degrees. Not really worth it.
There is just a lot of mass to absorb and distribute the heat away from the led. Sure more fins or better placement would help it but that asks for a total redesign and that was not the point, and that goes for every design and every flashlight.

5ar,

All I have to say is…

I must say I like the looks of Fritz design better. It’s more “clean” to me. On the other hand, the TA/5ar design seems more functional in most ways. I don’t see the benefit of the tac ring on a tube this big though, you won’t be cigar-carrying it :smiley:

As long as it’s removable, fine, but just seems silly.

Those in-hand renders are sweeet though.

Nice 5ar !. Big and bulky as we want it to be !
This flashlight is big. Trying to find situation when I will use it.

Mostly to impress peoply maybe :sunglasses: .

Hmmm… 5ar, Did you leave any space for the tail cap switch? How is it going to be held in place? Another suggestion, Can you color all the O-rings? Can’t see how are you going to prevent water sipping into the light, I see one on the reflector bezel but not the other ones…

Just noticed the giant quad render. That thing would be absolutely nuts.

Yeah that quad is kind of a little (cough ehm big) idea for second version if the pure thrower GT goes well :wink:

It is nuts, but else it was called the MT (mini thrower).

GT stands for Giant Thrower :smiley:

GTQ
Q16
Q32
:smiley:
not for now though :wink:

Total redesign?
A few fins machined in to the bulbous part wouldn’t require any new design what so ever. And if the fins are literally doing nothing, they don’t really need to be there. I like fins a lot the trj18 for example looks brilliant - and those are correctly placed. I’m not knocking Fritz’s design its growing on me. But imho, useless fins will detract from the appeal. To me at least. Not that one person counts here. :stuck_out_tongue:

I thought the same thing about putting the tac-ring on the L6. I didn’t really see the reason for it being there and honestly I thought it gimmicky at first. Kawiboy sold me on it though and I am very glad he did.

I don’t cigar-grip my L6 but that ring makes it so much more comfortable to carry knowing that something will stop such a heavy light from slipping from my hands if pointed down. The grip-slip-aquire technique he outlined was the deal sealer. It works beautifully in the field and I can honestly say that I use it all the time. Just my two bits…

A 5” reflector from phoenix is about $150 in case anyone is wondering.

…holy smokes!

First off I know this is not a throw reflector, or the right size and lower quality than what is required, however it does show that they do not need to cost an arm and a leg :money_mouth_face:

www.fasttech.com/products/1617/10006828/1543306-110mm-aluminum-smooth-smo-reflector

us$3.19 :slight_smile:

Cheers David