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

I think Tint=255 should equal 4000k, and not 5000k.

I would personally a ramp between 3000k to 4000k.

If the tint goes from 2700K to 5000K, more people and more situations will have their favorite tint, with 254 tints in between there are also more than enough tints between 3000 and 4000K.

This looks too good to pass up!
Please put me on the list for two.

I’d prefer something in the 3000k to 4000k.
Two LH351D 3000k 90CRI emitters and two LH351D 4000k 90CRI emitters with tint adjust/ramping seems perfect to me!

FB

^ that would be a nice implementation, TK!

I agree, that’s why I currently am in for 3. Added you at #802 on interest list

Added second light at #803 on interest list

4 total for you, numbers 665, 666, 804, 805 on interest list.

you are in with numbers 806 and 807 on the interest list.

There is a definite correlation between posting updated prototype pictures and people expressing a desire for this lantern. :partying_face:

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I would really like for the tint to ramp between 2700k and 5000k in the way TK described. Some of you guys need to remember that there are others in this world besides yourself and 5000k is still considered Neutral White and is going to be preferable for a huge percentage of people. Not only that, but as djozz said, 4000k is still possible, so you’re not losing anything by it.

Please add me for a second light. If we can get this in warm white, adjustable or fixed, I’ll definitely purchase two. So hard to find warm led flashlights/lanterns.

The new Zanflare T1 18650 lantern has tint ramping from 2700k to 6500k. And brightness ramping with memory. It remembers both the tint and brightness. The button on top is a touch sensor. About the size of a Fenix CL25R

That would be fine also. What would you suggest for high CRI emitters?

I’m usually a 4000k to 5000k kind of guy, but for a lantern I thought 3000k might be nice.
The 351D is one of the latest and greatest high CRI emitters and happens to come in 3000k and 4000k.
I also envisioned the emitters spaced around the globe with something like the Q8 LED board and you might want emitters that appear similar (not too different in color).

FB

I’m more of a fan of the 5000K CCT, and in a lantern I guess I would like the 4000K ~ 5000K range, but with variable CCT, I’d be down for much warmer emitters, as long as I still have the option to go to 5000K

2 lights for dmsoule, interest #s 391, 808.

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These links are always updated to the latest versions of the lists by the way.

Great update on what’s going to be a great lantern. Please add 2 more for me (#38 on list).

you also have 809 and 810 also, 3 total.

Yeah, that’s me too. In fact, with the variable CCT option, I’d probably want as wide a spectrum as possible. But, then, as FBsLights indicated above, the lantern would “look” better when all lit if the LEDs were closer in CCT. I think 3000k to 5000k will be a good range.

Also, I just found out in the new poll for Your favorite CCT for EDC that Clemence even has 2000k HI CRI emitters available. But he says they’re expensive and not very efficient.

If the light of the leds are blended well, which should be easy with the current design of the lantern, it hardly matters how far the CCT’s of the leds are apart, the spectra just add up to produce a fine intermediate spectrum.

I am on the list for 1 right now. Please put me down for 2 more. A total of 3.

Caseit741, your two additional interest list numbers are 811 and 812, along with 638 for 3 total BLF ultimate lanterns.

Put me down for one. Do we have an estimate of the price?

I assumed I had signed up a couple of years ago, but apparently not. :blush:

Interested in 4, please.

you’re #813 on the interest list. There is no official price estimate. I have been imagining around $40 US, but that’s just my imagination.

You are signed up now for 4 lanterns, interest list numbers 814-817