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
While protected cells are always a good idea, as long as you don’t put the cells in backwards it should not be a problem. It depends on your skill level I suppose.
As far as modding the GT, it should come pretty much maxed out with the stock XHP35. A very slight bump in power to around ~2.8A could net you a handful of extra lumens but not enough to bother with IMHO.
The only real way to mod the GT would be to swap the LED to an xhp50.2 or 70.2 which would increase the lumens but reduce the throw. Although even then the cells would only need to support around 5A, so basically any quality cell should still work fine.
This is the great thing about using higher voltage and lower current, it makes everything in the electrical circuit much simpler and cheaper.
Thanks Neal for fast answer, I would much rather have DHL shipping with lower value on package and take a risk with customs… Done it before and worked every time.