Right now, it’s what we call “vaporware”. It’s a product that is announced but yet to be made. DBSAR has indicated that work on V2 will not commence until after V1 is finished and available for sale. Then again, a lot of the work that went into V1 will obviously carry over to V2.
The future V2 or “LT2” will be a more expensive deluxe version, with all the goodies & design of this LT1, but with some added features, as in adding a power-bank feature, possible wireless remote control, built in dawn/dusk timer, motion-on/off sensor, and maybe even an alarm clock. and other classified additions. :sunglasses:
Ah, this takes me back to childhood, when I’d want some toy and my parents would assure me twe should wait because there would soon be something better that I’d want more.
I realize you’re just one person, but if too many people did that, the LT1 wouldn’t be made, and therefore, the LT2 wouldn’t get a chance either. :cry:
Besides, it will be a while before the LT2 comes about. You should consider how much longer you’re willing to wait.
That’s the thing about future releases; sometime they never come to fruition. Sometimes it’s better to to buy something very good than wait for something perfect that may never get built. Life is short so enjoy having the very good while you can
Ok, after a few dozen designs, shapes & ideas i tested for the “down shade” or lamp shade as a part of the LT1 Accessory kit, i finally hit the perfect one.
- This is something i been trying to perfect for some time, to get the correct shape, color, angles, and configuration to add to the LT1 design, so the lantern can be hung from a ceiling or a tree and direct all its light downwards as smoothly and evenly as possible, with as little light lumens loss as possible, and achieving a good balance of directional light for the times when a above-light source is needed, ( as in hanging above a camp site, hanging on a ceiling over a table to light up that table perfectly, or just as a perfect warm lamp style lighting in a case where regular electric lamps are not a thing.
- I found this perfect bowl shape that was a great color of warm yellow, and painted the inside with a flat white paint. (as mentioned before, i tested every type & color of reflector from shiny chrome, silver, aluminum, gloss white, etc. and out of all of them a very flat/matte white reflects the most smooth light of them all. (I will take photos soon of how that works, and how well this upper-shade-reflector really works for down-lighting.
- Take note of how smooth & even the light is illuminating the entire area down to the base of the LT1 test unit, there is no artifacts, no hard-lighting, and no tint shift. ( here its running on the #2 mode above the lowest, ( the mode that will allow the lantern to run for days or weeks non stop on four 3000 mAh cells with less than 0.14 amps draw, (0.035 amps draw on each cell. ( this test LT1 has 5-AMC chips per channel enabled. (Lantern set at average 4000K mid-range of the tint ramp) The CRI is beautiful & natural, and at this setting its still far brighter than a 7-watt incandescent night light, more around a 15-watt incan range.
- I am also working on the same for a side directional shade reflector for the lantern.
I don’t get the current hype about a potential LT2 or better LT1 premium which isn’t more than a collection of features that are to unessesary or expensive for a mass production model at this point. It will probably take one or two more years to design it after the LT1 is finished and then we still have to find a manufacturer that is willing to invest into a product that costs $100+ and is only interesting for a very small target group.
Meanwhile we have the almost finished LT1 which is good for over 99% percent of usecases and better that every other lantern on the marked, so what are you waiting for?
There will always be something better if you wait long enough.