New WildTrail (former LuckSun) BLF-D80v2 Sale is open.

No worries. Any feedback is very welcome. Thank you! :-)

Maybe we should take these pictures out of the manual as they may not look good coming from a black-white copy machine? :-D

Don’t take the pics out, just convert them so that they DO look good coming from a black/white copy machine! :partying_face:

EDIT: Nah, never mind, I just looked again. They don’t have good lighting to be able to convert successfully. If there’s a probability that they will be printed with black ink only, they should probably be removed, or replaced with better shots.

TheOnlyDocc will ask Jacky if WildTrail prints a colorful manual. This would also be better to read the BISTRO UI chart. Costs should not increase that much, I guess.

And thanks for all the kind words guys. Also thanks to all people involved. Without your help this would not be possible!
It was a really fun to get this nice BLF classic updated to the light it should have been from the start. And i hope that we can get the sale started soon!
Now we need to get the manual finnished so WildTrail can print them. At the moment we are waiting for a few more infos from Jacky (he is on to it) and a few more infos from Lexel regarding his driver.

Thanks again and i hope this will be only the stating point for future projects.

Next draft of the manual...(still awaiting Lexels feedback).

I fixed some minor things and exchanged the two pictures of the BLF D80 V2 by an exploded drawing, supplemented by a description of what is what.

Cheers,

Thomas

At the hint section:
“To lock the flashlight, unscrew the tailcap half a turn …”

Danke Dir Hobo! Wurde soeben geändert. :-)

I talked to Jacky this morning and he was able to get us the information that were missing for the manual. Now we only have to wait for Lexels driver information and then the manual can be printed.
We also talked about the order prozess.
They will set up two offers in their store One with SST-40 and one with XPL-HI led (price 37$).
If someone from BLF or TLF wants to buy the light they have to write their BLF/or TLF name in the order.
Then order the light but do not pay. Then we will check if the people are BLF/TLF member. If yes they will adjust the price down to 27,70$. Then you pay and the light will be send out.
For the people on the no ano list. You have to write no ano light additional to your Forum nick.
Appart from that the order prozess will be the same.
But it is possible that the sale has to be pushed back a few days. Because Jacky got a phone call from the hospital a few minutes after we finnished talking. His wife is in labour right now.
I wish him and his family all the best in the world and i hope he will let us know if everything is ok (and if its a boy or a girl).

Is it too late to get in on this? I know the no ano ones are all taken, but can I be put down for a standard SST-40 if possible please.

No its not to late! The sale will start soon and the mat black version can be bought by everybody. And as a BLF member you will get a discount if you follow the instructions i posted above.

Fantastic!
I had read your instructions but wasn’t sure if the user ID’s were then going to be checked against an interest list, rather than being open to anyone on BLF. But that’s great, thank you!

I’m interested in a no ano version, please put me on the list :slight_smile:

The no ano list is already closed. Sorry guys. If there are some left i will post it. But at the moment i do not think we have more left that what is already spoken for.

As this light has a mechanical tail clicky, lockout by unscrewing the tail cap is not very much of a necessity. Much more difficult to accidentally engage a mechanical clicky switch that has a protection ring around it. Of course, breaking ground by that simple twist makes it nigh impossible for an accidental On state, as would leaving the cell out of the light altogether. :wink:

Nice line-up Jos, I have multiples of most of those and still the X6 is my favorite. The D80 grew on me after I got one in hand, surprised me, but the classic C8 has always been unattractive to me and probably always will be. I have always liked the beam profile of the D80, hoping they didn’t tighten the hot-spot too much in this improved version. Eagerly anticipating my two…

Am I correct in understanding this light will have Bistro OTSM? or just regular bistro?

Good question… if it comes with the OTSM variation I’ll go with a boosted 35 in at least one of mine.

lighted tail switch could be a possibility too. maybe Lexel could chime in on if that would require a bleeder or if it’s good to go as is.

I missed out on the X6 - is it still for sale anywhere reputable?

As far as i know it will be Bistro OTSM.
But we are trying to get in contact with Lexel for the last few days. Via Forum and via Skype. Because we need some information for the manual (regarding his driver) and for the website where the lights will be sold. But no answere.

Which LED should throw farther? I see that the SST-40 has a bigger hospot and more lumens.