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

Welcome to BLF!

Will update list later!

i would hope for 1400 meters, and 4000 whateverlumens the xhp70 kicks out
ive got a modded tn40, that does 1400 meters, and 8700 lumens, and is 1/3rd of the size, if i want a power flooder :stuck_out_tongue:

nodoubt, how much power and heat does that light consume and produce?

If both are less than the GT, then maybe the GT isn’t for you.

oh the gt is def foe me, the thrower xhp 35
and your right, that tn 40 will light my cigarette after about 3 min on turbo, if that
im sure the gt if it had the 70 in it, would run full bore forever b4 getting warm
good point :+1:

a TN40 with 8700 lumens, is that a typo?

no , its modded

can i please be put on the damn list… i really didnt want to, and i avoided this post for long enough… but its time.

My rough guestimate on the throw for this light is 1,100 to 1,300 kcd with a good stock XHP35 HI. djozz had a good estimate posted way back based on the TN42's performance and it's reflector size, again, assuming we got the optics and LED as good as the TN42's, and the driver producing the amps expected.

1,200 kcd is a rated distance of 2,191 meters, or 7,188 feet, or 1.36 miles. Formula for candela to distance (meters):

SQRT (1200*4), from here: http://flashlightwiki.com/Light_Output_Measurements:

Throw

An actual distance for throw can be directly calculated from the candela value and will be given in meters. The FL-1 standard does just this by providing a light intensity reading in candela and converting this to throw in meters by calculated the distance at which the light will generate 0.25 lux. Throw is just the square root of the light intensity in candela divided by 0.25 lux which gives meters.

One of the the TN40vn spec’s does 500k lux and 8,700 lumens. It’s a crazy high output thrower for sure.

Just checked it out. Uses XHP35 HI. Pretty potent combination.

On the other hand, 4 well-driven dedomed XPL V6 might get you 6500 lumens out-the-front, with a bit better throw than the XHP35 HI.

here is tn40 on left, ….tn42 middle, tk61 right…all modded……

Nice beamshots!
Modded? How
And what do they in terms of heat?

Vamper, yes will update list later

Ah, I was getting the TN40 mixed up with another light, I thought it was a single LED thrower. I see now it is a quad LED, that makes way more sense.

As you might could tell, I don’t pay much attention to “brand name lights”.

I wouldn’t mind seeing a quad sized GT like a bigger TN40
but first the GT then the GM Giga Monster if it is cool to do :smiley:

yeah, 10,000 lumens, and 1 mill lux would be a show stopper ! :open_mouth:

Rather a bad guy stopper with its strobe mode… :wink:

vn modded
tk61 ice cold for days
tn42, warm after 5 minutes or so, still useable after 10 solid minutes
tn40, warm in 1 minute, ouch thats hot, in 3 minutes, cigar lighter or personal heater in the winter in 4 minutes :open_mouth:

Got anymore updates or teaser pics? :sunglasses:

Hehe, I’m giving in to the pressure. Could I be put down for a second GT please? I’m holding back the urge for a 3rd.

Put me in on that list :sunglasses: :heart_eyes: