[PART 2] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Closed, but Public sales open!

Look close… it’s not. Kinda hard to tell from the shadow on the right side of the LED.
Zoom in & you can see it is off a bit.

Looks centered to me even though the shadow makes it a bit difficult to compare. It was long time ago I did pixel peeping when I read reviews of cameras. :sunglasses:
I think for this case, a wall beam shot is more realistic check.

Here is what I see.

If it’s not perfectly centered, then it’s close enough by my accounts. Keep in mind the centering ring is aligned to the 2 screws on the mcpcb instead of a snug fitting center hole. I think there were a few instances where the tiny hole on the black piece actually rubbed up against the edge of the emitter and caused a little bit of black plastic shavings, so they changed the design.

Jason is correct. It’s way less off than my original pic showed it to be, if it’s “off” at all. I had the “bright” idea to take a pic with the flash… and shows that it’s as perfect as I think the tolerances for something like this could be.

One more pic of my modest collection…

I’m pretty confident its centered quite nicely. The black centering piece can be deceiving. Only the position relative to the reflector counts. When you turn it on you’ll instantly notice whether its fine or not.

I think the quantity Lumintop has sold outside GB is really not enough causing such a long delay.
I believe the delay was mostly due to slow in producing quality reflector, expensive shipping cost to remote area that Neal/Lumintop try to solve before asking buyer to pay more and CNY holiday.

Whatever may have happend, it’s in the past. Lets not get worked up about it now, because this will only stirr emotions even more without any form of positive impact on the rest of the group buy.

I was offline a few days
I just see this

About this:

At 00:40 UTC I answered that email
I remind you that January 16 I paid you extra money for shipping fees as you requested me
I also attach information

I still did not receive an answer
Should I send you the info by PM?

PS. I filled the survey as soon as I received it from Martin

No, why do you keep hyping this?

The reflector delays ARE real, they are the limiting factor. What would they possibly have to gain by slowing production or sales and letting the competition come out with competing lights?

On the other hand they have everything to gain by finishing this GB quickly and being able to go whole hog into public sales at full retail.

All that said, the number of sales outside the GB have been a very small percentage of the sales. It is most certainty not the cause of the delays.

I would PM him, he doesn’t always read the thread. He has been much more responsive lately. Hopefully you hear back quickly.

:+1:

PM sent to Neal a few minutes ago

I hope he reply

I last heard from him three days ago, to once again confirm my address, but then nothing.

I have not received a tracking number, even though it’s supposed to ship by DHL (but I specifically requested registered mail).

They are waiting on the AR coated lenses right now. They can’t ship anymore till the 1000 they ordered arrives. They should arrive next week and then orders will start shipping again.

Oh, alright then. I thought it was odd that I didn’t hear anything back, but I’ll sit tight and be patient.

BTW - I propose BLF crowdfunds a Texas_Ace BLF GT Beer Fund.

I do believe that everything is being done to make sure everyone will get their light, and that the outstanding issues will be resolved. The day after I sent Neal an email I had a tracking number, and it took five days for my light to reach me (from the factory in Shenzhen to my doorstep), even though I had only chosen standard registered mail. That is seriously impressive!

Also worth bearing in mind that those who are still waiting for their packages will be getting far superior protection than the previously poorly packaged and soaked GT’s that a lot of people received.

Yeah, in this case I think it is simply because there is nothing to tell you until they get the parts to build you a light.

LOL, maybe not Beer but I sure do need a new computer for both me and my mom. Mine is taking way too long to edit pictures with my new 36mp nikon and my moms is even worse, it has been loosing very important data for reasons I can’t even begin to explain. I think the SSD is going out but not sure.

Been trolling craigslist and ebay for deals but just can’t seem to find the perfect setup for me at a price I can “afford” yet.

I will say that this workhorse I am using now is a tank, 10 years old and overclcoked since day one and still going. ASUS FTW.

Glad to hear you got your light. Things are really speeding up now that Neal is back 100%.

Texas_Ace,
What sort of computer do you and your Mom have?

You got the DHL box through registered mail to the UK. Not every country will have that. Most registered mail will be the 2 small packages due to size and weight restrictions.

I hope they can use a little more insulation inside those boxes plus a plastic wrapper. Once those boxes get wet, they loose all their impact absorption.