The BLF GT70 "Giggle Monster" is here! 7,500lumens, 1,500m throw! Group buy Closed!

No problem, I figured it was something like this.

The T-18 S3P is the one you want for the big stuff…NOT CHEAP….

https://www.amazon.com/Hakko-T18S3P-Fx-888-Station-5-2mm/dp/B00762AHTE/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1537309289&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Hakko+T-18+S3

I got the D24 with the Hakko station and I liked it alot, still do… then I tried the S3,D32 and D16, but then I found this kit… with the S3 D32 D24….Amazon.com Pretty good deal and you get the 2 Conical tips for like free…

Yes, since others ordered successfully I thought I must be doing something wrong but I just couldn’t see what it was. :person_facepalming:

That is a nice deal. I think I’ll get this kit.

Can anyone comment on the diameter of their heating element? I want to make sure my element is not undersized. I got about 3.86mm on mine and 4.21mm on the tip ID. That’s a 0.35mm gap.

I made a video showing the gap.

Heating element Diameter is 3.86mm x 21.73mm long and the Barrel/Nut is 44.58

Okay, the heater element diameters seem like a perfect match. So if the Hakko tip has a nice snug fit, it will probably work fine on my iron.

If you want to see another reason why these cheap tips can’t transfer heat, check out this crap. :open_mouth:

Any idea of NW conversion ship dates?

Hmmm, I’ll look into it, but I’ve got this (Soldering Station 2005 - Magnum Products) together with Magnum points and I always thought it was a quality product. Is it not?

To be honest I have never heard of that brand so I can’t say one way or the other.

There are naturally other brands that have high quality irons and tips as well, the reason we talk about the hakko tips is that almost all the china knock off soldering stations are based on the hakko setup and thus can use the hakko tips.

I only use OEM tips with my Hakko 888D. They’re a lot more expensive, but they’re definitely worth it. I do the same with my Weller WESD51.

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned yet but I was just messaging with a fella at Lumintop about the delay and some other confusion over the GT70 conversion kits, they are so great at Lumintop and great English to boot, and through this conversation I was told that the BLF GT70 is now available in NW, BLF GT70
I was also told that the conversion kit won’t actually be ready to ship until Sept. 25th, so if you’ve paid for the kit and noticed that all you’ve got is your PayPal receipt this is the reason why, I was told they are behind and will send notices via Leo with receipts by that date and start shipping.
So I went to look and confirm the GT70 NW is there and sure enough there she is, so here goes another $220 and hopefully no more glitches, and this will now make a ridiculous total of 6 GT’s and only one GT Mini, I’m trying to cut back ?
I’m sure not holding my breath that a GT70 in NW will ship this week or even the next as it seems Lumintop likes to put things up for sale that aren’t always quit ready for shipping.

This is most likely already old news since I seem to always be the last person to know of such things but I thought just in case I’d mention it again, … ha ha

Yeah, I kinda saw this coming but thanks for confirming it.

It is much easier for them to ship things in batches due to the convoluted shipping system they are forced to use, so they do tend to put things on sale ahead of time so they can minimize the number of batches.

Last I heard the XHP70.2 LED’s should be arriving this week (need to see if they have show up yet come to think of it) and they will then have them reflowed to the mcpcb’s and finally they will be ready for shipping.

I am hoping it should be ready by the end of the month.

It may be fine. Take a real close look at your tips, though.

Yep, sounds right to me TA, after you get used to how they do things and just accept it along with just forgetting you just bought something from them, it’s not so bad until it gets to be 2 months down the road and you forgot so well that you really forgot they have my couple hundred bucks,
Saw KB1428’s pic above and thought it was a pic from my place, I’m getting way to many lights.
Buying odd ball presents this year for Xmas. And this NW is mine and I’m done buying big and going back to my budget lights, I hope if there’s any budget left.

Looks pretty good.
How much is this in USDollars??

Soldering Station 2005

R 1,725.00

It’s priced at 25$US+taxes.

So, it’s actually pretty good.

If that is the South African Rand - R1725.00 =$117.77 to $128.15 depending on which converter you use

Thanks Blue. How did you arrive at $25??
What currency are you using for the ‘R 1,725’??

Thank you shirnask. Lothar is from South Africa it appears, so maybe that is it. :+1:

Yip, R1725 would equate to roughly $115-120

Thanks, I’ll have a look tonight

Thanks for verifying that Lothar. :+1: