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

Man I would love to see a down range side by side comparison of a cool white vs 4000k that comes with the light. The cw certainly looks brighter to me. Anyone that has two lights coming interested? I can’t be the only one curious.

Asking for two please.

Cool white looks brighter because it “lights up the air” more (aka: diffraction). If you’re trying to light up air, make an awesome light show or play light sabers, then yeah cool white is a great choice. But if you’re trying to punch through the air and actually light up some target somewhere, warmer tints will win out. The designers here made the right choice, functionally.

…but there’s nothing wrong with cool white if its what you prefer.

GB is officially closed

Maybe he’s talking about the two he already asked for in his first two posts.

There a video recently posted with great comparison of the prototype light with cooler beam and the warmer production light.

Edit: Found it here beamshots around 3 minute mark.

With up to what the range the D1S throws, between the D1S and my GT, I do much prefer the cooler D1S 5000K. Possible even cooler, but I don’t trust myself changing LEDs.

Please add me to the list for one BLF GT

:rage: :rage: :rage: VERY seriously concerned… I’m waiting for mine to be delivered… and I’ve just come across the following on YouTube… this guy has the original ‘Giggles’ BLF Gigathrower (which is what I thought I was purchasing…) and now has just received the new BLF GT we’ve all ordered… and he compares the two… go to 03:16… he starts with the original and then fires up the new model we’re all getting… and get ready to weep… if mine performs like this with the (relatively) weak yellow beam - it’ll be getting returned for a refund.

Watch this … and weep… go to 03:16

Sorry, too late:

The warmer tint of the production model means that less light is diffracted in the air, and more of it hits the target. That’s why you get less of a lightsaber effect… Most people prefer neutral or warm white tints for throwers (when they actually want to see the things they’re pointing their light at).

It seems odd that this is your first post on BLF…?

As it has been explained many times, the more you see the beam the less light gets to the target - that’s what happens with CW tint. The T in GT is for thrower, not saber.

Unfortunately - the camera doesn’t lie… it is crystal clear from the video that the new model has a marked reduction in performance.

I know people have different preferences of tint… but in my experience of both users and the progression of recent years of flashlight development, yellow is inferior - by far.
I remember watching numerous comparison videos of stuff like the first XLH diodes etc… and the latest and best was always the ‘brightest and whitest’. It gives more clarity and is just, well, brighter.

Okay, gothcha. :+1:

I can make a video from an 1000 lumen flashlight seem brighter than a 3000 lumen light or with white balance adjusting tricking your eyes.

Your eyes doesn’t lie. You need to see it in person to judge.

Not sure what the ‘odd’ comment is implying…

I’m saying that as per the linked video… there’s a marked reduction in performance of the new model… if you read the associated thread comments on that video you will see others making the same observation…

Yeah… of course i’ll try it when it arrives… but c’mon… I mean just watch the linked vid from about 03:12 onwards……

…even the beam ray from the newer model is weaker… before you even look at what they’re pointed at…

I think the odd part is that your 4 posts on the forum is on these last two pages, so you couldn’t have purchased a GT?

Was he using PM to be added to the list?

No no… not odd at all… I’m on the list and have paid - the list which is now closed… only reason I’m posting now is that I just came across the video whist looking for any recent posts about the flashlight… and got worried… been a member since last year

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