Maybe I have just been luckyā¦ but so far I have not had much of a problem loosening the light engines on any of mine. Just put those bad boys in a properly padded vice & twist.
The bezels were a bit more difficultā¦. :person_facepalming: . . :+1:
Having opened ~8 of them so far, I have not found such a method, just brute force and luck of the draw.
I had 2 that opened fairly easy (aka, I did it by myself).
The others varied from āI did it by myself but dead lifting felt easierā
To needing 2 Texans straining to get that sucker open, Mere normal men may not of emerged victorious.
Proper strap wrench technique is the only thing I have found that helps. we had 3 guys cranking away on one of these at one point before I found my strap wrench and there is no way in heck it is opening opening up.
Still took 2 of us to get it open with the wrench (1 to man the wrench and the other to hold everything in place to it didnāt slip out of the vice and ruin everything).
It is not impossible but be prepared for a struggle.
I donāt want people spending the money on the conversion kit only to not be able to use it. I would recommend opening your light now before placing the order.
I passed on the first release of the BLF GT, but now Iām really looking forward to the new GT70. That said, as long as the price is under $150 US dollars Iāll buy oneā¦ I have plenty of Samsung 30Q button and flattop cells to accommodate this monster. I didnāt request any other options. Maybe I should have?
Sadly my friendā¦. the wish for a $150.oo price tag seem but a wishful dreamā¦ā¦
Below is from the 2nd postā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦
I am told the planned retail Price for the complete light will be $299.99
The group buy pricing will be setup in Tiers depending on how many lights are sold.
1-50 lights = $250
51-100 lights = $240
101-200 lights = $230
201-300 lights = $225
301-400 lights = $220
If we managed to get more then that I could talk to them about further discounts.
Free shipping is included for : USA, CANADA, WEST EUROPE, ASIA
add 20 USD for: Australia, New Zealand, part East Europe (contact Neal to find out about your exact country)
add 40 USD for: Serbia, Ukraine, Uruguay, Crotia, Saudi Arabia, south Africa
The shipping method will be selected by Lumintop to have the best chance of being delivered in a timely fashion.
For a light of that size and with all the components inside to allow this thing to run at the targeted specs, Lumintop would be losing money for every light they sell at the price you want. Even at the $240 price, itās hard to imagine thereās much profit after shipping given the small quantities they are making.
I would have gladly waited for the this 2nd release. The first release was NW with semi yellow tint. If the new version is CW I would have sprung for 4 of them. Making 4 new versions as opposed to 2 original NW and 2 updated versions. Pricing is not concern. Rather time of wait, potential damage during transit, etcā¦
Once the LED is found it should only be ~6 weeks until the light is ready is what they tell me since most of the parts are the same as the GT.
Damage in transit should not be a problem as they will not be forced to use registered mail and 2 separate packages this time around.
For the LED tint, we do not know yet. The XHP35 was supposed to be 5000k in the first GT but they were not available so we had to go with the 4000k.
There is a good possibility of 2 LED options this time around since the entire process is much more organized to start with but we still have to see what the options are before we will know for sure.
The neutral white was supposed to be 5000k the first time around but they were simply not available in a good bin so we went with the next best option.
The goal is 3D tint but we will see what can be found.