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

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.

Count me in for one !

This is also why I think an XHP70 version would be real nice, basically like a super sized L6 that should throw about twice as far.

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

All that’s needed is the LED on a 6v MCPCB Cree XHP70.2 P2 1A on DTP MCPCB
And the driver 46mm - SRK 32x 7135 Driver - V2
Easy mod tbh, no need to make a completely separate product just for a different LED.

You want the 12V XHP70 mcpcb. That way you can use the stock driver with a resistor mod and the whole process is super simple.

The stock driver is FAR FAR better then 7135’s.

The stock driver is good for around 5A @ 12V, which is plenty for an xhp70.

The xhp70 is most likely to remain a mod but a very simple mod.

OP Updated with:

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.

$150 is still an amazing deal for this light, I am glad to see that they extended the GB to all those after the first 555 at that price.

That is awesome news! Is there a purchase limit on the second group buy too? Or is it “unlimited” like the Q8 and other group buys?

The second GB is unlimited, as many as we can get!

Yes what TA says :wink:

With all the talk of XHP70 mods. Maybe good to start a modding thread to keep it clean and easier to follow in this already kind of hectic thread?

Do you minds listing recommended 18650 for the gt?

Example. Samsung 30q, lumintop, Sony vtc5, so on. Thanks

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.

Nearly four weeks until I can buy this and still put food on the table, the way things are progressing its going to be tight.

Cheers David

Thanks. I don’t want to be cheap when it came to battery. Illumn sell unprotected flat top Sony vtc6 for $6, and vtc5 for $5…

I can’t decide vtc6, or 30q…

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…

Where I came from we don’t use laptop pulled battery… unprotected only! we have to think about future mod on the GT too. Is gt max out???

as my experience, EU will tax over $25, we usually declared $20 USD.

but for BLF GT,such a big flashlight, the customs may search in the Google for the real price.
so for EU, two packages will be more much safer.

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 :wink:

So if I read correctly (debatable)…

The actual payment process has not begun yet? We are still waiting to receive PM, and then we will have 5 days window to complete our payment?

Is that correct?