For cost and weight reasons, I plan to use either one or two of my existing 4.35V LG cells, instead of buying another 4 new cells. I hope the max brightness doesn’t suffer too much.
I just built a small light with a large emitter that required opening the emitter hole in the existing reflector so the reflector could sit all the way down onto the substrate. This effectively lowered the reflector approx 1mm. I solved this by removing the wire from a 20ga Turnigy wire leaving the empty silicone sleeve and then using this like an o-ring between the lens and bezel to, in effect, act like a spring to push the reflector down and keep the lens from rattling. Water sealing is from an o-ring on top of the reflector, between it and the lens, so this Turnigy sleeve is there only to make up the difference.
Easy to do, effective, and inexpensive.
I have some idea’s about boosting output on this light that I will implement and see what shakes once the light arrives. 
Yep, I’m also on the list for one.
Just nitpicking little stuff, which I trust comes to the attention of whoever’s doing QA/QC at the supplier.
For any good quality hardware host, I trust I’ll be replacing LEDs every year or two for many years to come.
Hank, just curious… why would you want to replace LEDs every few years?
When are they supposed to come and how do we pay for it? (maybe I should have asked for 2 instead of just one)
Blinker you can up your order to as many as you want. Eventually no one will be able to do that at the $40 price, but they’ll be available at full retail. But that time isn’t now.
When the time comes you’ll be sent an e-mail with instructions telling you how to order. There’s more to it than that, but it’ll all be made plain when the time comes.
Thanks Brian.
Yes Brian explains it well
A link and code will be in the PM people on the list receive
We don’t know what price will be after the groupbuy, we don’t know how many runs will be made (I hope a lot) but I do know the first mass production run is going to be based on the amount spoken for on the list
There is no limited amount people can ask for now, there will be a system of several codes with limited use later which combined with trust that people order the amount they asked for should make it all work fine.
My first reaction was to say that you can just ask to be placed on the list again but it is all good, if people want more then they order initially the chance of TF seeing there is a demand thus making more gets bigger 
What is the PM?
Personal Message, like email but within the forum.
The Miller has all of us that have expressed an interest in buying one or more of these lights divided up in groups. He will send a link to make the purchase (as well as the coupon code to lock in the price) to groups of us at a time, in order to make it more efficient to “email” 1300+ people. When the lights are ready, we will be notified, and it will be up to us to only buy the one or two or whatever we spoke up for.
Yeah and when you receive a Personal Message on BLF you get an email telling you so.
Not everyone has that option enabled Miller, so sometimes folks here do not get that email.
So, make sure you have email enabled to notify you of messages.
Edit: On the left, click My Account, then Edit, then scroll down to the botton to Privacy, check the box for enable notification of messages.
Thanks!
Yes patmurris, will do!
It’s amazing sometimes seeing people’s preferences for tint. There were a couple cheap zoomies laying around which appeared to have a 1-something and 0-something emitter, respectively. My sister liked it and snagged one, and she chose the 0-something tint because it looked brighter.
I can’t even call a 0 tint “white” any more. It’s so blue I’ve been tempted to use one to make an “ice blue” light saber.
Also, given a choice between a Nichia 219b 4500k 92CRI light and a XP-G2 ~5700K light (NW and CW L3 L10), she chose the XP-G2. Same reason.
OTOH, my mother filled her house with 2700K bulbs and doesn’t like 5000K bulbs. Everything there looks yellow to me.
I guess I’m the odd one out because I like daylight tints, 4500-5000K.
Thanks so much for all your doing. I would like another one. I’m at 1306 now.
5000K is best tint for me.
Don’t like yellow, and don’t like blue…
TK, it could be age or what one has for lighting in the home. I can see the difference in °K when a light is first turned on, but then I become immune to it. I make the claim that it makes little difference to me. Of course one that is hugely blue or yellow might bother me. We have a floor lamp next to my chair that has a daylight LED bulb for area lighting, and the reading light is warmer. I can see it when they’re both turned on, then nothing, it’s just light unless I look directly at the bulb.
Yeah, I don’t claim to understand it in depth. I bet your mom is accustomed to low wattage incandescents and doesn’t want to change. Personally, phooey on those days. I if want those days I’ll cut the power and bring out the kerosene lights. Yeah, that’s not happening unless it’s TEOTWAWKI and my PV system has pooped itself.
Older people spent more time with orange tinted incandescent lighting, it’s “normal” for them. They feel like a daylight white is burning too much electricity and turn it off.
I like daylight white myself, as close to pure white as I can get it without any tint one way or another.
Edit: Should also add that once I find it white to my liking, I like to make it bright enough to burn through your eyes and come out the back of your head. 
I prefer warm white home lighting and I’m not old!