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It was nice already
Nice! Well ask him to please make more videos!
Ok ordered my third GT with batteries
What would be the cost of such a mod?
thijsco19:Just got my tracking number. So should be here this week. As I’m part of the team I was supposed to get the GT a bit earlier but for some reasons it was delayed. I can’t say if my shipment is part of a larger shipment to the EU or if it’s a separate shipment just for me.
Is your GT sent with DHL or registered? And did you order the batteries also?
Oops should have mentioned that.
DHL without batteries.
I’m hoping that it’ll come without any extra costs…
Thats my dad, spent weekend on the island. Once he gets the camera figured out I think the videos will get a lot better.
Awesome. An Giggles
I’ve not yet had tracking so yeah, EU seems like a false alarm unfortunately.
Bozlight29: thijsco19:Just got my tracking number. So should be here this week. As I’m part of the team I was supposed to get the GT a bit earlier but for some reasons it was delayed. I can’t say if my shipment is part of a larger shipment to the EU or if it’s a separate shipment just for me.
Is your GT sent with DHL or registered? And did you order the batteries also?
Oops should have mentioned that. DHL without batteries. I’m hoping that it’ll come without any extra costs…
I know a manager at DHL. He told me all packets from China are charged with extra costs, it’s company policy..... but they are fast, and that’s also worth some money
UPDATES: It appears that the first shipment went out by region instead of the exact order in which we paid for cost reasons. Initial quality has been fantastic.
The first shipment of lights (168 total) shipped on Dec 23. This was a pallet going to the USA from the first 576th person on the paid list that did not include batteries. Tracking numbers went out on Dec 27 and lights started arriving to customers on Dec 29th. DHL shipping was very fast.
There should be a European order going out in January.
The next group to purchase lights (#1000 and up on the list) will get their emails mid January instead of early January in order to let Neal get caught up with current orders.
BLF GT official support thread
Nvanlaar’s links.
The Millers Original Group Buy List ending on Nov 11 and #1213
Coyotehawk’s Continuation of the Group Buy List, starting Nov 11 and #1214 - Updated Dec 27
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Neal’s Paid/Shipping List for first 555 - Updated Dec 15
Neal’s Paid/Shipping List for #556 to #1038 - Updated Dec 10 or 12.
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M4D M4X: For all people who want to let us know the value that should be declared on the parcels:
please take the BLF GT customs declaration survey.
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M4D M4X: You can buy 8 of the button top Samsung 35E batteries (seem ideal, high mAh and good amps) for $40 when you buy your GT. No sign up required for these.
Battery details are here.
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Video of Drop Test
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*UPDATES: It appears …
Could you please add an date of the Update besides the word “UPDATES”. Thanks.
JasonWW:*UPDATES: It appears …
Could you please add an date of the Update besides the word “UPDATES”. Thanks.
It’s always the latest. Updated 2 or 3 times a day assuming there is any new news.
Which xhp35 hd E4 should i get for GT ? I’ll probably dedome it .
White LED Lighting are in stock at DigiKey. Order Now! Optoelectronics ship same day
Edit : Just saw min order quantity is 500 for all of them . Any EU / China source for E4 hd or E2 hi ?
i really want this beast, please put me on the list.
Here's to hoping, and
U.S. shipments w/batteries are expedited this week.
Texas_Ace:We already have a Team account for the GT, it is what was used to post the support thread.
The issue now is that making a new thread at this point would lead to more work for the team with minimal effects on the usefulness for everyone else
Perhaps our Dear Leader could change the owner of the first post in this thread from The Miller to the team account?
It is generally pretty hard to change the owner of a post, I know when I used to admin a few sites we tried it a few times but always seemed to cause more harm then good. But then this site is custom made, so maybe it is not so bad.
No harm in asking I suppose.
alex1234: Texas_Ace: Pulsar:Ceiling bounce is not a very good way to judge lumen output, its not going to be very accurate
This is another point, the concentrated beam of the GT could also effect the way the light bounced and cause less light to reflect at all, skewing your readings further.
Basically the LED in the GT is driven as hard as is practical for a production light, harder then most other lights, including the tn42 (it is driven at 2.25A IIRC). So you won’t get much more out of another LED, I wish we could. The only real improvement is going with an E2 bin LED for a 7% improvement. Which we could not source for the GT due to a shortage of NW E2 LED’s.
That makes sense to me. Thanks. I found it impressive that i still hit 1.2 million cd even with a NW emitter. I wonder what it would read with a led closer to cool white. my meter is crazy bias to cool white leds for measuring throw. but i LOVE the NW emitter so ill leave it as is. That is till i can get a CFT 90 in there. 5000 lumens and 1.6 ish million cd sounds amazing(just a guess). it wont be cheap but if a driver can be made for it to drive it to its max potential im all in.
What would be the cost of such a mod?
Not sure the cost but the led alone is $138. id guess the mod to be 300ish
For a driver you need a typical “single” cell fet driver , and carriers modded to 4P . These would cost 20$ to 50$ …
Theodore41: alex1234: Texas_Ace: Pulsar:Ceiling bounce is not a very good way to judge lumen output, its not going to be very accurate
This is another point, the concentrated beam of the GT could also effect the way the light bounced and cause less light to reflect at all, skewing your readings further.
Basically the LED in the GT is driven as hard as is practical for a production light, harder then most other lights, including the tn42 (it is driven at 2.25A IIRC). So you won’t get much more out of another LED, I wish we could. The only real improvement is going with an E2 bin LED for a 7% improvement. Which we could not source for the GT due to a shortage of NW E2 LED’s.
That makes sense to me. Thanks. I found it impressive that i still hit 1.2 million cd even with a NW emitter. I wonder what it would read with a led closer to cool white. my meter is crazy bias to cool white leds for measuring throw. but i LOVE the NW emitter so ill leave it as is. That is till i can get a CFT 90 in there. 5000 lumens and 1.6 ish million cd sounds amazing(just a guess). it wont be cheap but if a driver can be made for it to drive it to its max potential im all in.
What would be the cost of such a mod?
Not sure the cost but the led alone is $138. id guess the mod to be 300ish
Oh la la,very cheap I see…
I hope somebody will show us someday beamshots of such a modded light.
cypher1024: Texas_Ace:We already have a Team account for the GT, it is what was used to post the support thread.
The issue now is that making a new thread at this point would lead to more work for the team with minimal effects on the usefulness for everyone else
Perhaps our Dear Leader could change the owner of the first post in this thread from The Miller to the team account?
It is generally pretty hard to change the owner of a post, I know when I used to admin a few sites we tried it a few times but always seemed to cause more harm then good. But then this site is custom made, so maybe it is not so bad.
No harm in asking I suppose.
Please ask and make a try.
First I would delete all old version of the post and maybe other related data. Then I would change the owner/creator.
LATEST NEWS: Same as last couple of days.
It appears that the first shipment went out by region instead of the exact order in which we paid for cost reasons. Initial quality has been fantastic.
The first shipment of lights (168 total) shipped on Dec 23. This was a pallet going to the USA from the first 576th person on the paid list that did not include batteries. Tracking numbers went out on Dec 27 and lights started arriving to customers on Dec 29th. DHL shipping was very fast.
There should be a European order going out in January.
The next group to purchase lights (#1000 and up on the list) will get their emails mid January instead of early January in order to let Neal get caught up with current orders.
BLF GT official support thread
Nvanlaar’s links.
The Millers Original Group Buy List ending on Nov 11 and #1213
Coyotehawk’s Continuation of the Group Buy List, starting Nov 11 and #1214 - Updated Dec 27
.
Neal’s Paid/Shipping List for first 555 - Updated Dec 15
Neal’s Paid/Shipping List for #556 to #1038 - Updated Dec 10 or 12.
.
M4D M4X: For all people who want to let us know the value that should be declared on the parcels:
please take the BLF GT customs declaration survey.
.
M4D M4X: You can buy 8 of the button top Samsung 35E batteries (seem ideal, high mAh and good amps) for $40 when you buy your GT. No sign up required for these.
Battery details are here.
.
Video of Drop Test
.