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

Boy –28, that’s cold!
Size does matter, doesn’t it? :sunglasses:
(With the GT, that is)

I am 1288 on buylist have they sent a email out on where to pay yet for my GROUP?

I am 1288 on buylist have they sent a email out on where to pay yet for my GROUP?

Just check post one. Right now it’s Chinese New Year. Once China goes back to work Texas_Ace will let us know when he will send out the PM’s. So late Feb or early March.

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How the two pieces of the GT were declared for the Customs please?

Lumintop already went to work, you said to remind you about the incorrect track number.

Flashlight was sent and received in the US, not in Kazakhstan

My GT arrived on thursday, and it truly is awesome. Both packages were quite moistured and the lamp itself also had some moisture on outer surfaces and inside the tube, but otherwise in good condition. Also got the batteries with the lamp, and thats really great, because ordering batteries to Finland has been impossible for the past few months.

Great work from the BLF GT crew and all the people that were making this possible
Thanks!

Man, it sucks they got wet. It’s like they got left out in the rain or something.

Lumintop needs to get their registered mail boxes sorted, as well. Some extra padding around the head is definitely needed.

Anyway, here are a couple of pics of the head taken apart for those interested. I added these to post #3.

Btw, this is my light. It’s got a different switch cover. Stock is black.

/\\\ Good pictures Jason!! Thank you……. :+1:

After seeing these, it finally hit me what KB has been saying about the LED centering spacer “floating” on/around the two MCPCB retaining screw heads. :wink:

Was it difficult to take this apart?

Is there a new era of throwers? Is the GT overcome? WHITE LASER WL20 THROW 2000M. The maximum distance of up to 5000 meters. :open_mouth:

It’s 2000m, and yes there are laser-phosphor flashlights coming in 2018 that will give a lot more throw and less lumens.
It’s not an LED flashlight though, and won’t get anywhere near the same amount of lumens.

Hows about swapping reflectors? That would show if it’s the reflector that’s causing that issue or not!

Initially, yes. I suspect Lumintop tightens the big bezel before tightening the upper head to the lower “light engine”. This way they don’t have to turn the bezel against the massive friction of the huge o-ring against the glass.

So I would recommend everyone to loosen the upper head first so you take all the tension off of the reflector, glass and bezel and then it should be a lot easier to turn. Using this new technique I can take my GT apart and put it back together with my bare hands.

Here is my older post on taking it apart:

I would try and find a pair of cheap rubber strap wrenches. After loosening the bezel on mine, I hand tightened it so I would be able to remove it by hand later. Nope, it’s too tight again. I had to use the strap wrenches once more. That o-ring against the lens is a real friction freak.

The head was hard to loosen, but it’s no big deal to tighten and loosen again. No tools needed after the first loosening.

I got a 2 pack of rubber strap wrenches at my local Northern Tool store for $5. Check your local stores bargain bins where the cheap tools are.


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I made the battery carrier to take Flat Top cells. Check out what I did here : BLF GT review

No reverse polarity protection this way. Btw review is not completely finished yet.

What good is it with 500 lumen and a tiny pencil beam? I’m sure a few people would find it useful, but not the majority.

It reminds me of that little bitty LED that was smaller than the oslon black flat and it only had about 400 or so lumen. What was it called?

No messages sent yet for the third group,stay tight, You will receive it by the end of the month (supposely next week)