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

A word about shipping order.

During the first shipment of lights Neal/Lumintop started at the front of the paid list and worked their way back until they filled a pallet with USA/no battery/DHL lights. Same for the second shipment except for usa/battery/dhl. So priority was given to those early on the paid list to a certain degree. It’s not perfect, but it’s something I noticed. After that I stopped trying to figure out what list orders got shipped. It was too much work.

Since the first 555 people paid a week before everyone else, they should have been in the front half of the paid list. It’s unfortunate that registered mail shipments and “high shipping cost” countries got sent last. Still, I’m glad they started at the front of the paid list and not some random order.

Texas_Ace, SB and Scott are working on some type of fair way to send out the last batch of PM’s for these last 650 lights.

There only one option Jason, take care of the members who paid the first of December and have to wait till April, and we talk about members who believed in, and paid for this project months ago. The fact that members who choose registered mail were left aside is already very sad, but if you take your role as the blf team seriously, and I know you do, make Lumintop send the GT’s first to the members who are waiting in patience on their lights for a long time. I know you are eager to work with Lumintop in the future, but you represent the members that made you got the first 555 to start this project. My personal opinion is that it’s a shame that some of them are still waiting.

Haven’t I said I will be / have been doing exactly that several times now?

Also, no matter what someone would still be waiting, there are simply not enough reflectors to go around. Nothing can change that.

I agree with you Bozlight29

It looks like I am also one of people who have to wait some more time…

Well, nothing to do but wait :beer:

Is there exact number how many lights are left to ship?

sorry, missed a sentence, I am glad you are taking care of those last shipments after CNY.

Keep in mind that the company making the reflectors said they can deliver all of them very quickly. This meant that all of these first 850 lights probably would have been shipped out as fast as lumintop could make them which would be within a few weeks. All lights could have been shipped out in December. So list orders and such would not even be that big a deal when they’re all shipping out fairly quickly.

Anyway, it’s a group buy, early production units, giant oversized lights, big boxes, heavy weights, The Miller left, etc… I guess it’s in peoples nature to get all emotional, but it’s just a flashlight. We should not get all worked up emotionally, especially since we are getting a great light at a great price.

BTW, I am still waiting for things I bought on Nov 11 in china at retail stores at retail prices. I try not to be bothered. I focus on other things.

Not only who chose registered mail
I chose by DHL and I was also left aside

It is shipped, when it is shipped

Giggles! Sorry, the last giggle was before receiving a wrong DHL AWB, there’s no more

Haha, yeah it’s just a flashlight, but we all wouldn’t be here if not for flashlights! :beer:

Remember, if this thread goes off the rails again, it will be locked until CNY is over, I would prefer to not have to do that….

Guys, take a look at skylumens website!

Martin posted a picture on FB, please let me be so free to tell BLF

I like the ceracote!

If Vinh puts a CFT-90 in this host—-I would think it will go past $1000

I sure hope not, I plan on sending mine for that mod at some point.

What makes you think the price would be that high? He has lights in that range sure, but mostly these are lights that are 5-600$ to begin with and require mods where multiple leds are swapped, drivers are swapped,etc. which also raises the hours he has to spend modding.

I would expect the BLF GT with the mod would be around 600$.
The GT costs 250, the CFT-90 costs around 110 dollars iirc. I guess it would require a new driver? Not sure on that. But then it would still just be a driver and a single led swap.

I just gave a general statement for that Ceracoat Host——Look at his website of past Ceracoat lights——-$$$$$

It sounds like he’s making a new driver for it

Aah okay, I misunderstood. I’ve seen those coatings before but never looked at the prices.

RMM Richard is….

Correct, it will need to be a buck driver to really drive that LED properly and that is a fair task to fit all the needed components into a 46mm driver and handle that kind of power.

It can be done but it will be interesting to see how it is done. I know of a few possible options that could do it.

I was just informed that neither mine nor my brothers GT shipped. Which means they both are in the last group of 50 poor orphaned abandoned marooned forgotten lights… With this luck they will be delivered in April… Please help me overcome this ordeal by posting some beamshots or mods.

Go buy some very nice knives from GearBest. They come faster than GT. I depleted my fund for 2nd GT buying 15 knives so far.
I am among the last 50 too. No choice, just wait for it patiently, after CNY, things will move faster.