Come on, it should be a hoot to flashy flash communicate with the people onboard the ISS
Funny things aside, looking far can be useful, for me it is for sure.
Then I discovered the tight beam of a thrower can be nice for other purposes, we had that party in a barn with ceiling at least 7 meters high.
There was no light, the TN42 on MED in a corner pointing at the roof gave a nice light without blinding and the Q8 with a simple cup as diffuser lighted the table.
Then there is giggles and the sheer fun of seeing a beam of light going far and beyond
Well, aside from having fun, most people probably don’t have a real use for it! But, there are some people on BLF that have said they live in areas that are big and open and have dangers that need to be seen as far away as possible. The further away the dangers can be seen, the more time the person has to act in their defense.
It’s not all about super long distance, higher candela also means that at a closer distance the spot will be brighter.
Or, that you can still have very far throw on a lower brightness mode with longer battery runtime.
XHP35 is a good compromise in the middle between throw and output.
People who want throw can mod it with an XP-G2, while people who want output can put an XHP70 or XHP70.2
shipping confirmed:
when ordering you need to say DHL or alternative shipping.
Those in countries where DHL shipping causes lots of taxes ask alternative, and the GT will be send in two parcels.
Costs for the first 555 is $111,-
Second followup groupbuy is agreed upon.
We will PM everybody in the 555 groupbuy list when the GO is given and all is supposed to order for after 5 days people on a spot after 555 get the chance if there are GTs not ordered. Again after 5 days we will do this.
3 times 5 days to order the 555 for the low first groupbuy price, if for any reason somebody has not ordered it has to be bought via the second groupbuy.
Then all the others will get a PM and the second groupbuy starts.
This time the cost will be $150 and same shipping as described above.
The official list price after the groupbuys will be $249,95 and of course coupons and site deals probably can be found so the true retail price will be $200-$249,95 and shipping costs that the vendors choose.
Lumintop offers their 3400mAh cells to be shipped with the GT for $7,- a piece.
When ordering note your total when making the payment.
So an European order could look like this for the first groupbuy:
Payment to LT $167 with note:
“BLF The Miller, alternative shipping, 8 cells, 111+56=167”
Or US:
Payment to LT $139 with note:
“BLF Texas Ace, DHL shipping, 4 cells, 111+28=139”
Or another EU
Payment to LT $111 with note
“BLF Fritz15, alternative shipping”
For the second groupbuy the notes work the same but starting with $150 price to be paid.
Lumintop is offering some 3400ma cells for sale with the GT for $7 each which would work good.
Since the GT uses higher voltage and lower current with a regulated buck driver, virtually any cells will work great. They only need to support around 3A of current and you will not gain anything with high drain cells for example.
Some basic Panasonic 3400ma cells will work just fine or you can go with GA’s if you want a tad more runtime.
Personally I will most likely use laptop pulls in mine since they will work just fine.
So if I understand DHL shipping will be included
In 111$ price,and only reason why not to use it is tax on destination country…. Correct?
Since I am from non EU, and never had problems with DHL, can we determine lower price to be marked on package like 45$-49$. Basically anything under 50$ will be good for me, otherwise I would have to pay 31% tax…
Relax Pommie, first looks at proto 1 by TA, shorty proto 1 by DEL and MRSDNF. Then probably some tweaks
Then the samples and then the OK
I doubt this all is done in four weeks