One of the thoughts was to check to see if it would cast any extra or the same to have the LT1 available in other colors, as in Black ano, silver ano, sand ano, and forest-green ano.
Maybe I will check with Barry & Sofirn to see if its a possibility. :sunglasses:
Green would be great. Maybe a bright color like the orange the S2+ comes in would be good too, to make it more visible. I think silver would be better for that but orange just looks cool.
Thank you for the idea. The unprotected flat top work well in the BLF A6, especially for turbo. Great battery. Is a button top 30Q overkill for this lantern? Maybe a button top that is a little cheaper? I am new to this hobby and am still figuring it out - runtime vs brightness, etc. thanks again
Button top is NECESSARY for this lantern. You don’t need it to be protected, but a flat top cell will not make contact (at least not reliably) with the positive contact ring on the driver. The reason a flat top works in a lot of lights is because those have a spring at the driver. This lantern will not have a spring at the driver, only a brass contact ring.
the 30Q is a high-drain / high-current cell rated at 3000 mAh, its not necessary to have high-drain cells, but they are good for the price point vs. capacity. Higher capacity cells are better option, those in the 3400 ~3500 mAh range for longer run times. Button-tops are required like the Q8. Its easy to add a solder button though to flat top cells.
No, when screwing the battery tube in the head, the tops of the batteries are rotated against the brass ring of the driver, the magnets will shift, with untidy consequences :confounded: .
As a FYI be aware that I’m only treating posts that clearly state that someone is in for a lantern (or something to that effect) for inclusion into my database. A post that says someone is interested in one with no ano, xxx color, or some other non-V1 feature is not being added in as I consider that as a desire for a future version/feature.