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

I was also wondering, do the battery carriers and tubes support a bigger diameter battery like a 20700 for example, it would only be about 2 more mm in bore size and would be a bit more future proof…

This light is somewhere between 4 and 5 pounds. I don’t think it’s ever going to be an all around light by any definition.

As someone else stated the XHP70 will penalize throw, which is the objective of this particular light.

The 4000K LED seems like a no-brainer. The tendency for lower scatter is totally consistent with the design intent of the light.

You mean that the tint resembles to that of the Maxtoch 2X if you know it?Because I don’t like it.

It is a 4000k 70CRI D4 bin (although it seems to preform better then that) xhp35 HI LED.

We are discussing it in the team now and will ask Lumintop about it when we speak to them next. It was a good idea, it just might be too late.

I don’t have any 21700 to test but I doubt they would fit between the carrier rods, it is a tight fit with the 18650 as it is.

I agree, the real world results surprised me, it had so much less beam scatter. The light saber effect was vastly improved (bad for looking like a Jedi, good for seeing long range).

I don’t have one myself but IIRC it uses a de-domed LED right?

In which case, no it would look nothing like that. I despise dedomed LED’s with a passion and refuse to use them due to how bad the tint is.

Instead of a puke green lifeless spot of light, Giggles gives you a nice rich, natural looking swath of sunlight to light your path.

Thank you TA,it is real good news. :slight_smile:

This looks great.

I like the 4000K for Giggles, I modded all my throwers to 4000K 5D several years ago from the original cool white emitters. Definitely improved contrast and depth perception as well as reducing light scattering from the blue wavelength.

May I please ask for a picture of hotspot on the white wall at some lower level like 100 - 200 lumens range, and next to the other NW light you have.

I dont mind 4000K tint since XHP35 HI led cost around 5$ and should be easy swap, but it would be nice to see just as a reference …

BTW have you tried to measure cd with new reflector,and new led?

TA, could the scattering on v1 be due to the older reflector?

The latest prototype has the smoother reflector and has a better beam. Coincidence?

I posted some white wall shots of it earlier in this thread and in my separate thread here: I present you with Giggles, the most hardcore BLF thrower in the World.

I can try to get a comparison shot later.

I tried to measure the CD but my readings are never very good due to the city and the high humidity. They appeare to be around ~4% higher then my V1 numbers but they can vary a lot day to day depending on the conditions.

I highly doubt it, only the blue wavelengths are being heavily scattered, the warmer wavelengths are almost unaffected it seems. That would be due to the tint, the reflector would have little effect on that.

Now the old reflector did seem to have a wider corona then the new reflector and that could be improved here but if you look at the beamshots you can see that even the old reflector did not get a lot of scatter from the corona, most of it was from the collimated beam, just like the new one.

If anything the more concentrated beam should make the scatter from the beam worse (aka, it glow brighter in the pictures) but the opposite is what is happening.

I have seen this before with other lights as well, going to warmer tint always nets me better long range performance by a significant margin.

Just like that^

IMHO, 4000K is the perfect color temperature for this exceptional light. It’s very pleasant to the human eye and it’ll add to the uniqueness of this thrower. :+1: :+1:

My LEMAX LX70 had 4250K and I absolutely loved it.

MARK
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Just too good not to quote :smiley:

The $150 is open and I don’t think there is a hard limit before production starts, so all who ask to be put on the list should get one for $150

No, sorry just no :wink:
It works with 4 cells and that extra lenght sure will be welcome when actually holding it.

List updated and you are added, about down payment, if it is needed you get a PM :slight_smile:
Welcome back!

Nope, this is a proto, not a production, when ordering begins, you will know :slight_smile:

1 if button top YES, if same cells, married, mathed, it should be nice and safe to use.
2 don’t count on it, but in case of an accident, post here or PM me, and we will look into it
3 no :wink: it is what it is, a nice tint from a good bin :slight_smile:

No, sorry, Pomie has the shorty proto of MRsDNF, both Australian BLFers :smiley: