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

You should write novels as have a great fantasy! Conspiracy? I just said two obvious simple things: those ridiculous packages show lack of care for the recipients and lack of respect for the BLF. Period. Despite those stupid packages, the lights arrived in good state anyway? Well, recipients were fortunate, but this doesn’t cancel the lack of care of that people. Also, the fact that I have not still received my flashlight and not even paid for it, does not prevent me to say my opinion about the behavior of who made that packages. No conspiracy, relax, just a protest to the bad packages. I am sure that if you were one of the guys that received a bad package and maybe also a scratched flashlight you would not have written your post! :-))

Maybe it is cammouflage , with poor cardboard boxes the custom think ’ aiai, another shitload of Chinese piece of crap’ :person_facepalming:

That’s pure genius! :laughing:
Maybe there over-did it a bit though…

I’m glad your light arrived undamaged. Today I picked up my two boxes. Both also in terrible condition. Dry on the outside but wet at the inside so I binned the manual. The body of the light was wrapped in a small thin piece of bubble plastic. The head just had some plastic foil and a piece of protective foam on the lens. No other padding or protection to avoid the head from moving around in the box. Unfortunately the rough journey from China to Belgium resulted in 2 small damages.

Except for the damage caused by rough handeling and poor packaging the head has a few tiny spots of missing anodizing. Apart from this machining and anodizing looks great! Under the right angle machining rings are visible in the reflector but nothing to worry about. Tint is a bit warm to my taste so I will swap the emitter for a cooler one. After all I’m happy with the light but not how they shipped itand certainly not with the damages. :person_facepalming:

Anyway, big thumbs up for the team who made this possible. :+1:

This is as far as beamshots go from the balcony, 125 meters to the other side of the square. I hope I did not wake anyone up :person_facepalming:

I have time to do a proper throw reading some time next week. And perhaps real beamshots

Well it seems that Santa was early in the Netherlands, because somebody rang my doorbell too. The pretty sturdy cardboard package was showing some signs of rough treatment, but that was all. And it was dry. On opening I noticed a minor ding on one of the cooling fins. But that was there before it went into the box, as there was no way that part of the head could get anywhere near the wall(s) of the box. BTW, because the staples are in the corners of the box(es), there was no danger of damaging the round item(s) inside.
So far so good. My 30Q’s are charging now. And then it’s time for some serious fooling around. Thanks, Team-Giggles!

ok thanks for the info. How much will retail cost @?

Also, can you or anyone reading this, give me any knowledgable feedback on trying to pick out a good flashlight?

My friend has the Pelican 7060 which has a good throw and bright light (white I think at about 4k )

I saw the Pelican 7600 which is 2 1/2 times the lumen and I think the throw was better.

I like that they are rechargeable 18650 with USB, water proof IPX8, and I believe they use theX-ld latest, ?

I am a newbie and still trying to understand and determine a great light at a fair price.

I have some properties I manage with large yards that have little or no light.

Also want to get another one or 2 lites for my family to use.

What do u think is a great value light?

I also saw this on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/152760115591?var=452491596544&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true

you cab pick different packages of the same light. china made and not sure of quality and how they will last?

thaks so much!!!!

The name of the seller is easy to remember, since somebody once pointed out that it sounds like ‘Garbage’.

(there is no such thing as an 18650 battery with 6000mAh capacity - or any lights running on a Cree XM-L T6 emitter that put out thousands of lumens)

Sorry if I can’t be of more help, but maybe you could start a new thread asking for suggestions? There are many knowledgeable people on here who will be sure to help you.

Guys, have we overloaded DHL with shipping of BLF GT? :sunglasses:

DHL KFC crisis

Good morning!
I actually laughed on this, thanks hohoho!

Thank you for responding. So is the brand Garberial not good? Again, newby question. thank you

I might have my info mixed up, but I was considering buying 3 lites and was looking at the pelican 7600 and was wondering if you or ANYONE on this thread, had any suggestions or a comprable light that might be even better than the 7600?

Thank you

Convoy C8 is a good starting light.

Convoy C8 is a good starting light.

This is the BLF GT thread. If you go to http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/flashlights/general and then click on ‘New topic’, you can ask there and you’ll be far more likely to receive replies.

I wouldn’t trust any brand that claims their 18650 batteries have 6000mAh capacity (I think 3500mAh is still the maximum that’s possible), or who sell ‘Cree T6’ flashlights that allegedly put out 10,000 or 20,000 lumens. I doubt that the Cree XM-L T6 can be pushed much harder than about 1,000 lumens, and most of those cheap lights don’t even have genuine Cree LEDs, but inferior quality ones (‘LatticeBright’).

Another shop, selling GT

You are right.It seems that they put a very poor packaging,so as the Customs officials believe that the included item is of low value. :slight_smile:

[quote=brenton)
I have some properties I manage with large yards that have little or no light.[/quote]

How big are the yards ?
What do your family members want to use the lights for ?
The 2 above questions will determine what lights you need.
It could be that a flooder like the BLF designed Q8 would be better for lighting up the yards & a simple Convoy S2+ might be ideal for the family use, it all depends what the use is ?

@Brenton , Please seek purchase advice in a new thread, this is the GT Thread !!!

WOW!!! That is some price, if my currency converter I used is correct ZAR 8,999 would translate roughly into €625 / $767 :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Grtz
Nico

Arrived here as well! Horrible packaging with gaping holes, but no damage to the head or body.

https://imgur.com/a/E0FRW

And at maximum ramp level measured 4100K at a perfect tint of duv –0.0009.