*BLF LT1 Lantern Project) (updated Nov,17,2020)

List updated. I have the prototype now taken apart and working on the upgrade modifications.

List updated. I have the prototype now taken apart and working on the upgrade modifications.

Nice to see you interested in this too. :+1:

Please add me to the interest list. Thanks.

Personally I’d love to see this one use a 2700k tint. Yeah, that’s very warm for a flashlight but IMHO it would be perfect for a lantern. I usually go for 2700k for my home lighting since it just feels nicer and more natural.

Interested, thx.

Please add me to the list, thanks!

Add me to the list please

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Count me in.

Personally DBsar, I would think the best emitters would be Nichia 219Cs in the 3500-4000k CCT range.

The 219c is a very nice LED, but since it is not the most efficient emitter out there it does not fit into the lanterns idea of maximum efficiency. Swapping LED’s in the lantern should not be too difficult if you feel it is necessary.

Every time I go out for a fire, or help a buddy work on a car. Or just hanging out after dark having a drink outside I think about how nice this lantern will be.

Interested. Please add me to list.

Interested.

Initially I wasn’t interested, because how often would I use a lantern? But I’ve been using my Q8 in candle mode a lot for the past few months, so I think the BLF lantern will be a nice thing to have.

I’ve been meaning to add a shutoff timer to the candle mode so I can turn it on then go to sleep. I’m thinking it’ll be on forever by default, but the user could click three times to add 30 minutes to the timer. So, turn it on with click-click-hold, and it goes into candle with no timer. Click 3 times to set the timer to 30 minutes. Repeat for 60 minutes. Then maybe 12 minutes pass and the user decides to extend the timer again, so click 3 times to increase it from 48 minutes to 78 minutes.

Could also be useful while hanging out after dark. Like… we can chat for a while, but when the candle burns out it’s bed time. Just set the timer to 2 hours or whatever.

That sounds like a pretty awesome tweak, TK! :+1: I would find a feature like that quite useful in the regular lighting modes as well.

BTW, do you think it would be feasible to add a fade-to-off at the end of the timer? It seems there may be some increased capability for adding some less common features with this driver. I’ve been meaning to do some reading on the coding end of driver configuration, but haven’t gotten that far yet and am unsure if the impact on memory of the additional coding would be impossible.

It already has a sunset mode, which fades from ~15 lm to zero over a period of about an hour, then shuts itself off.

For the candle, I’ll probably make it stay steady until the last minute or so, then fade and snuff out.

I am in for one