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

Yeah….I wasn’t even meaning the eventual part was interchangeable. But I could see some casting/forging blanks that are then machined down to a few different products even when things just sorta grow like this. So basically to grow like this if a lot of the same folks are doing these casting/forgings they can offer way better prices if they can have some blank for a few different products that is then just machined down to slightly different products and save a good bit of money and not have to waste/recycle as much material machining out of some blank that is generally the right size and shape for a few products or something. And I figure stuff like that is why they are all tight lipped about the supply chain….there’s probably only not so many firms doing most of the detail part fabrication and once you figure out who that is they are happy to sell something really similar to brand Z to get more volume and help the bottom line! Haha.

I don’t think castings/forgings are used at all. The parts are all machined from billet.

Keeping the suppliers and build process secret makes a lot of sense. This stops or at least slows down a lot of fledgling companies that want to get into the flashlight market. It’s no different than say magicians that guard their secrets because their livelihoods depend on it.

That’s how I see it.

I would think the design drawings in this thread would be all they needed

The design is not the same like in GT.
Looks closer to MF02.
Too many diference to use draws from GT thread.

Hey all, Matt has posted another great video on the GT. From the GT modding thread:

Can someone who contacted DHL to get a tracking # please let me know what # you called and how you went about it please? I just contacted DHL main customer care # and told the person I did not have a tracking number for my expecting package and this person said sorry we need the tracking # and could not help me. I asked if they could look it up based on my address and said no. So I’m curious if anyone’s had any luck with this. I wouldn’t care about the shipment but if this is a signature upon delivery package then I would like to know when it’s scheduled to be delivered so I can plan accordingly for someone to be home on such day.

Wow. He actually managed to get more throw with the xhp70! Now all we need is to convince lumintop to make the MCPCBs for the xhp70. Also I need to get my hands on that TA driver as well. My GT hasn’t even arrived yet and I’m already planning to mod it.

In the US it’s 1800 call dhl.

Wow, cool! I want the same mod :+1: :heart_eyes:

Here is VOB’s thread on the modded GT.

The XHP70.2 8,000 Lumen BLF-GT With Beam Shots!!!

DO NOT FORGET!!

The end of the GT Group Buy is just about upon us. IF you plan on ordering your group 4 GT… now is the time to do it.

As noted in the quoted post below….

The GT Group Buy ends 20 May 2018.
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wish they offered a clear edition, makes it easier to pull the trigger again :wink:

Just giving an update, I don’t have all the details but I can confirm that the GT shipments were picked up last week and sent to the forwarder. I am pretty sure this includes both the lost shipments and the new ones.

It will take time for the tracking numbers to filter back down the line to Neal but they are on the way.

Someone asked me if I could make a CAD file for a stock GT XHP35 centering ring for 3D printing. I have had so many PM’s the last week I can no longer find who it was so I am just posting this here.

This should fit a stock GT and center the XHP35 LED. I have not tested it though.

Only print it out of white ABS, colors will melt, I know this from experience.

BLF GT XHP35 Centering ring

I paid for a final round BLFGT (#1438) with Batteries, Short Tube and Shoulder Strap on May 5.

A few days ago I got an email from Leo at Lumintop informing me that “your name XXX was listed in blacklist by your customs” (USA), so my order can’t be shipped.

I order from China on a regular basis and have never encountered anything like this before (my last shipment arrived about two weeks ago).

Leo wanted me to furnish another name or family member. I don’t exactly have any spare names, aliases or family members lying around so I suggested several variations on my real name, but he hasn’t had much luck with them and I don’t want to push his patience too far.

Has this happened to anyone else who might have some insight?

Could this be some quirk in the shipping method being used? If I were willing to cough up some extra $ to use a carrier like DHL, might that work?

Could this be part of an opening round in an impending trade war?

I know of at least 1 other person this happened to and it was never really explained then either.

Best I can figure there is some kind os blacklist internally in china, weather from the forwarding company or from the government I have no idea. There being a blacklist from the government would not surprise me at all.

Sometimes you can have packages delivered to a UPS / fedex store and held for you, might try that?

So for anyone waiting in the last batch, I just got a text that I had to pay customs. Paid for the GT on may 5, shipped to the Netherlands. Customs hit me hard though, 50 euros. So be prepared for that if you are dutch as well. Expected date of delivery is may 22 for me by the way.

I didn’t get a text from dhl at the moment, but i have pm from another member from the netherlands who also got one.

I hope mine slipped trough, btw i have no batteries included

I ordered everything, so that may have something to do with it.

I just got a SMS from DHL with my tracking information, BUT it has the incorrect address…it’s not even the right city or state. My paypal address is correct. I have no connection to the listed delivery address, so I have no idea where that came from.

What do I do now??