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+1 . :+1: ā€¦ Well said.

How did a different price even enter into this wonderful discussion about clip color & hole in clip??

I donā€™t expose myself to commercials, politicians or religious people. I feel so much better! :sunglasses:

There are literally advertisements all over this site lol

Evidence so far is they donā€™t pay much direct attention to this thread.

Something that was said recently by someone on TLF who is in contact with Lumintop gave me the impression they did at one point in the past look at this thread, but suffered a debilitating eye-roll injury as a result. :wink:

Personally, I still donā€™t care about the color of the clip, as long as it is not something that is going to rust if whatever the coating is wears off, but the apparent protrusion of the clip ring from the body should be obvious as undesirable.

If that is final, I will still buy it, but be a bit disappointed at the need to sand down the outer diameter.

Youā€™re probably right that they havenā€™t paid much attention to this thread. It gets hard sometimes for even BLF members to follow it everyday.
Hopefully, there are no glaring issues, or dealbreakers with the samples. Hopefully, the clip fit, and it all fit. Hopefully, production and sales will start soon. Hopefully.

With that priceless comment iamlucky13, you win the internet today as far as I am concerned. :beer: . :+1:

I love it!! :wink:

ā€œI hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.ā€

Hopefullyā€¦. I love that word!! :wink:

It is so much better than ā€˜hopelesslyā€™ā€¦ :frowning:

hopefully ā€¦ :slight_smile:

  • adv.optimistically

Synonyms for hopefully ā€¦ā€¦ :slight_smile:

  • confidently
  • surely
  • expectantly
  • positively
  • sanguinely
  • trustfully
  • trustingly
  • with confidence
  • with hope

Antonyms for hopefully ā€¦. :frowning:

  • doubtfully
  • gloomily
  • hopelessly

Thatā€™s probably a good thing. I worry a little about the mental condition of anyone whoā€™s followed this 8,000 post ā€œadventureā€. (Myself included.)

Iā€™m included too, but Iā€™ve come this far, I canā€™t just stop now.

That said, thereā€™s a lot to be gained by them having a regular on here provide them a direct weekly TLDR. This may already be happening, but it sounds like thereā€™s pretty big lapses in communication.

While I prefer the original bare metal clip, having a painted black clip or one where the ring sticks out slightly from the light is a minor issue to me.

I think itā€™s silly when I see people posting they wonā€™t buy the light because of it. But to each their own.

Same here, I may need PROFESSIONAL HELP.

In all seriousness oweban, this is a good idea. I donā€™t think we can ā€˜expectā€™ it, but it would be nice if someone from the vendor/company would post every week or two with a brief update on what is happening. And ideally it would be the same person each time.

They should not be expected to answer question or even actively participate in discussions, only to post a brief update every couple of weeks.

But, since the team members of projects usually have to beg for infoā€¦. this is unlikely I guess. Unless possibly it is somehow part of the original agreement when a ā€˜collaborationā€™ is finalized. But even then it would be unenforceable.

I agree. To me it is utterly comical to read those ā€œI wonā€™t buy becauseā€¦ā€¦ā€ posts.

Though ā€œcomicalā€, it is kinda sad too. Why do people feel the need to post thatā€¦ just donā€™t buy.

But, I guess your right; ā€œto each their ownā€.

Even if itā€™s someone from the forums (TK, tatasal, etc) that keeps up on it and gives the TLDR and relays feedback - the rep from Lumintop doesnā€™t need to actually read the thread nor post, just a bit of a once-a-week catch-up. I guess thereā€™s lots of ways it could be done, but I guess weā€™ll just wait for the latest photos/thoughts, as Iā€™m not going to be drawn into guessing whatā€™s the most up-to-date.

Ah well, I can but dream.

sure he is exaggerating, but itā€™s really not silly, it goes hand in hand with this sentiment:

it is definitely not fit, in fact it is fat

I agree oweban, team member updates are fine. They do a great job.

But many of them are having to fight for updates, sometimes with very little or no result for their efforts. That has to be extremely frustrating for them, as well as the time they must waste for the effort. Then only to find something out by way of a FaceBook post someone quotes here on BLF. :person_facepalming:
That sux.

I was just thinking an update ever couple of weeks from ā€œoneā€ factory person would take some of the load from team members. And would probably ease the minds of many members too.

Of course any specific updates would still come from team members. But somehow they would be / should be given them in a timely manner. They should not have to fight & beg for answers or find things out from a third party. They should be kept informed.

All that I have written is probably just a pipe dreamā€¦. but in a perfect world, it would be nice. :wink:

Six ways from Sunday! :wink:

ā€¦ā€¦

Itā€™d be really interesting to know that, no? If only we had a working line of communication with Lumintopā€¦

Thatā€™s basically why this project wasnā€™t completed a year ago, and why there have been so many surprises ā€” both welcome and not. For projects like this, BLF needs to talk directly to manufacturersā€¦ and thatā€™s not how this project was set up.

ā€¦ and I get to read everything twice. Pbtbtbtbt. :stuck_out_tongue:

I donā€™t have a mental condition though. I donā€™t know what youā€™re talking about. But could someone please do something about the bats?