Let’s get the first version of this lantern out before we start changing the light around as if we are starting from scratch.
We’ve known - and agreed- from the start that this was going to be an 18650 powered light. ~ Same size body as the Q8. Different battery suggestions now would be great for a v2 lantern.
The wait for this light has already be excruciating enough…as it is, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we were told the light should be ready right around Christmas time…
Don’t worry, its set in stone now with the minor changes. Just waiting to hear back from Barry after sending him the information on the changes.
Please put me down for 1 more.
The 18350 tube could be part of the accessory kit.
I love the idea of a 21700 version, but a single 21700 mini lantern with all the bells and whistles as the LT1
Yes, it uses Anduril. And I updated the candle mode just a few days ago to make it a little nicer. I haven’t done a video yet, but I graphed two minutes worth of candle mode’s power use, overlaid on the same graph. It’s wide, so you may need to click to zoom in and then scroll horizontally:
I am interested in the updated candle mode. The original is a bit jumpy for my tastes, but I did not want to complain. I would call it more like fireplace. Candle’s don’t tend to change the output all the much. Not sure from the graph what it will “look” like, but “looking forward” to checking it out. 
I’m in for 1 please
This is looking good!
Please put me on the list for 1.
Please put me on the list for two BLF LT1 Lanterns. This looks too good to pass up.
I think there could be some users for 8*18650 LT1.
Camping use some sort of beacon is helpful for markers, checkpoints, emergency, car breakdown all sorts of reasons would be my view.
Bike flasher could probably be dropped from a lantern? yet to see anyone with a Q8 on their handelbars let alone this format and size 
I like the aircraft marker timing’s - very cool :sunglasses:
Agree last production sample is a wise move - I have an Astorlux S42 on my shelf that crushes its cells that will support this theory!
I’m in for 2 LT1’s!
im #1399 on the list but please add another 1 for me
I’ve been following this for a year and would love to see the lantern used for 2019. Please put me down for one. Thanks for the hard work in design and testing.
I recognize the big peaks and valleys from the older version, the tighter ocillations to replace the big peaks in the newer one look like they’ll be nice. Even better!
The S42’s problem wasn’t a matter of BLF not having any production samples. BLF wasn’t even involved. It looked from the outside like the S42 simply wasn’t tested at all. It couldn’t even turn on, since the batteries it was designed for wouldn’t fit inside. And that was only the beginning of its problems.
It was such a big failure that Astrolux made some huge changes in how the company operates, and insisted on getting people from BLF involved in the next model.
Anyway, the BLF Lantern is nothing like that. TBH, I would be pretty happy with it even if the production model was exactly like the prototype. The only major things I want to change about it are to give it newer firmware. I didn’t even try to get it calibrated correctly before a prototype arrived, so the proto firmware is definitely a bit out of tune. But I have most of the necessary changes done now, and am just finishing up a few final things.
Damn, put me down for two more. I’ve started camping with friends more and I don’t want to share mine!
Please put me down for another LT1.
Interested
Interested in 2 please, thanks!