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

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

Y’all make the reflector plating process sound simple. It’s not. The final finish used won’t stick to the raw aluminum as machined, so what appears to be brass is applied first. This fills the machining marks, normally, and leaves a more perfect finish for the final reflective coating. (Yes, I’ve hand sanded the coatings off down to bare metal too many times) At any rate, the people who make reflectors specialize in it, pretty sure they know what they’re doing.

As a modder, I detest plastic reflectors. If I know up front that a light has a plastic reflector I choose not to buy it.

[JasonWW]

In case anyone missed it, I’ll probably repost this every now and then.

I have some news on emitter swaps.

I talked to Richard at Mountain Electronics (RMM on these forums and a sponsor here) and told him there might be more than a few guys with GT’S interested in swapping to a cooler tint. He says that if you send in your stock mcpcb to him and buy one of his new XHP35-HI emitters, he will reflow it for free! He has 2 choices right now, 5,000k and 5700k tint. They are both the same D4 brightness bin as the stock GT 4000k emitter.

The cost of both are under $8, plus the shipping cost there and back. I’m in Texas and shipping a small package from him is usually $2 to $3. So I would estimate the entire cost at under $15.

From his store:

BLF GT LED SWAP

​Don’t like the tint of your BLF GT XHP35 HI? Send us your MCPCB and we’ll swap it for this one.

Please ship your BLF GT MCPCB to us and we will swap it, test it, clean it, and send it back to you.

Your entire order will not ship until we receive the LED and get it ready to ship.

Ship to:

Mountain Electronics LLC
8076 S. Box Canyon Rd.
West Jordan, UT 84081

Here is the link to the 5000k.

Here is the link to the 5700k.

If your outside of the USA, then I’m not sure what shipping would be or if he even does international shipping. You’d have to contact him for details.

[JasonWW]

Sirking strikes again! Lol

[drood]

@BrianK

Absolutely. That wouldn’t be hard to do Alux. Even if it’s a coating of aluminum it’ll oxidize so that should be coated also.

For best results, tens to hundreds of Al layers are needed. As the last layer of aluminum, SiO2 is used. It’s better than silver.

[Threadneedle]

@sirking79

I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here. Thanks for sharing us a great information that is actually helpful. Good day! Benefits of Cucumber

Oh great, how relevant. Benefits of cucumber in a giant throw forum built flashlight thread.

Bloody spam.

[Nev]

Mmmmmmmmmmm cucumber & spam , arrrrrgghhh

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

Maybe the cuc makes a handle? Get lost when your cells die you have snack food?

[Threadneedle]

A snack handle - this is a great idea. Would lumintop be open to developing this? If anyone has a vegetable cnc machine we can develop a prototype on…

[Gj1 (Gj)]

@Threadneedle

@sirking79

I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here. Thanks for sharing us a great information that is actually helpful. Good day!

Oh great, how relevant. Benefits of cucumber in a giant throw forum built flashlight thread.

Bloody spam.

Don’t quote the link for him!

[Threadneedle]

@Gj

@Threadneedle

@sirking79

I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here. Thanks for sharing us a great information that is actually helpful. Good day!

Oh great, how relevant. Benefits of cucumber in a giant throw forum built flashlight thread.

Bloody spam.

Don’t quote the link for him!

I know I know, I shouldn’t have done that. But have you seen the benefits of cucumber in a flashlight

[Buzzing_Bulb]

@Threadneedle

@Gj

@Threadneedle

@sirking79

I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here. Thanks for sharing us a great information that is actually helpful. Good day!

Oh great, how relevant. Benefits of cucumber in a giant throw forum built flashlight thread.

Bloody spam.

Don’t quote the link for him!

I know I know, I shouldn’t have done that. But have you seen the benefits of cucumber in a flashlight

I always wonder about the shapes some plastic things have.
Why the shape of a cucumber?
Where they left with some free plastic molds that they used and turned into a flashlight?
Or did someone seriously say “Yes thats it we’ll put a flashlight into the shape of a cucumber”
“you know what throw on a life hammer”
“Roight jobs done well done lads”

edit: looks like a handcrank vibrator

[peabody]

hmm cucumber light. First active cooling flashlight?

[Pssymon]

@JasonWW

In case anyone missed it, I’ll probably repost this every now and then.

I have some news on emitter swaps.

I talked to Richard at Mountain Electronics (RMM on these forums and a sponsor here) and told him there might be more than a few guys with GT’S interested in swapping to a cooler tint. He says that if you send in your stock mcpcb to him and buy one of his new XHP35-HI emitters, he will reflow it for free! He has 2 choices right now, 5,000k and 5700k tint. They are both the same D4 brightness bin as the stock GT 4000k emitter.

The cost of both are under $8, plus the shipping cost there and back. I’m in Texas and shipping a small package from him is usually $2 to $3. So I would estimate the entire cost at under $15.

From his store:

BLF GT LED SWAP

​Don’t like the tint of your BLF GT XHP35 HI? Send us your MCPCB and we’ll swap it for this one.

Please ship your BLF GT MCPCB to us and we will swap it, test it, clean it, and send it back to you.

Your entire order will not ship until we receive the LED and get it ready to ship.

Ship to:

Mountain Electronics LLC
8076 S. Box Canyon Rd.
West Jordan, UT 84081

Here is the link to the 5000k.

Here is the link to the 5700k.

If your outside of the USA, then I’m not sure what shipping would be or if he even does international shipping. You’d have to contact him for details.

I posted a link to this in the comments under the BLF GT unboxing video by VOB as well.

[Buttkicker]

@JasonWW

In case anyone missed it, I’ll probably repost this every now and then.

I have some news on emitter swaps.

I talked to Richard at Mountain Electronics (RMM on these forums and a sponsor here) and told him there might be more than a few guys with GT’S interested in swapping to a cooler tint. He says that if you send in your stock mcpcb to him and buy one of his new XHP35-HI emitters, he will reflow it for free! He has 2 choices right now, 5,000k and 5700k tint. They are both the same D4 brightness bin as the stock GT 4000k emitter.

The cost of both are under $8, plus the shipping cost there and back. I’m in Texas and shipping a small package from him is usually $2 to $3. So I would estimate the entire cost at under $15.

From his store:

BLF GT LED SWAP

​Don’t like the tint of your BLF GT XHP35 HI? Send us your MCPCB and we’ll swap it for this one.

Please ship your BLF GT MCPCB to us and we will swap it, test it, clean it, and send it back to you.

Your entire order will not ship until we receive the LED and get it ready to ship.

Ship to:

Mountain Electronics LLC
8076 S. Box Canyon Rd.
West Jordan, UT 84081

Here is the link to the 5000k.

Here is the link to the 5700k.

If your outside of the USA, then I’m not sure what shipping would be or if he even does international shipping. You’d have to contact him for details.

does any one in the UK know any modders dealers that could do the same job of altering the coolness… dont yet have the GT but I much prefer a bluer look

[gravelmonkey]

@Buttkicker

@JasonWW

In case anyone missed it, I’ll probably repost this every now and then.

I have some news on emitter swaps.

I talked to Richard at Mountain Electronics (RMM on these forums and a sponsor here) and told him there might be more than a few guys with GT’S interested in swapping to a cooler tint. He says that if you send in your stock mcpcb to him and buy one of his new XHP35-HI emitters, he will reflow it for free! He has 2 choices right now, 5,000k and 5700k tint. They are both the same D4 brightness bin as the stock GT 4000k emitter.

The cost of both are under $8, plus the shipping cost there and back. I’m in Texas and shipping a small package from him is usually $2 to $3. So I would estimate the entire cost at under $15.

From his store:

BLF GT LED SWAP

​Don’t like the tint of your BLF GT XHP35 HI? Send us your MCPCB and we’ll swap it for this one.

Please ship your BLF GT MCPCB to us and we will swap it, test it, clean it, and send it back to you.

Your entire order will not ship until we receive the LED and get it ready to ship.

Ship to:

Mountain Electronics LLC
8076 S. Box Canyon Rd.
West Jordan, UT 84081

Here is the link to the 5000k.

Here is the link to the 5700k.

If your outside of the USA, then I’m not sure what shipping would be or if he even does international shipping. You’d have to contact him for details.

does any one in the UK know any modders dealers that could do the same job of altering the coolness… dont yet have the GT but I much prefer a bluer look

You could try James from 3tronics.co.uk

[Buttkicker]

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You could try James from 3tronics.co.uk
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Looks like he has shut down

[Theodore41]

@DB Custom

If that is indeed so, the 3.9 times heavier, then the 305 gram aluminum reflector would turn into an 1186 gram silver reflector. Unless I missed something, that would mean an Silver reflector equipped GT would weigh approximately 6.9 pounds instead of 5 pounds, if a grown person could not lift 6.9 pounds I would have to wonder who carries their newborn babies for them?

You forgot the silver cost.

[Mr.Scott]

@Threadneedle

@sirking79

I really appreciate the kind of topics you post here. Thanks for sharing us a great information that is actually helpful. Good day! Benefits of Cucumber

Oh great, how relevant. Benefits of cucumber in a giant throw forum built flashlight thread.

Bloody spam.

What tint light would best highlight my cucumber and spam sandwiches? 4000k, 5000k or 5700k?

[thijsco19]

Pretty sure it needs the be a rosy tint.

[Nev]

5700k , my favourite.