put me down for one, ty
Interested in getting a lantern. Put me down for one, thanks!
Please find below the updated manual, checked and edited contentwise by sbslider and stereodude (once again, thank you guys!) and updated layoutwise by me today. You can also download the manual conveniently from my Sofirn sharepoint on Google drive, click ► here ◄.
A couple of pedantic suggestions. Feel free to ignore any or all of them:
Its easy to do. -> “It’s easy to do”
While ramping the LT1 blinks -> “While ramping, the LT1 blinks”
The LT1 has two different ramp modes; -> “The LT1 has two different ramp modes: ”
Not everything is covered in this diagram, please read the text -> “Not everything is covered in this diagram; please read the text”
theUI -> “the UI”
or stepped). . -> ” or stepped).”
The instructions are great. I wish all my lights had such detailed information!
Please put me down for two. Thank you!
Lux, sbslider, stereodude - that updated manual is…. Nice. :+1:
great work - thanks guys!
Looks good :+1:
Please add me to the GB list for one lantern.
Thanks!
Please put me down for one. Thx!
Good Afternoon,
Please add me to the list for one lantern.
Thanks
So you are saying the first 500 customers will have the LT1 limited-edition collectors-item manual.
Yes, “limited-edition” in that your ability to read and understand it will be quite limited. Or, limited in that the behavior and features of the LT1 will align with the descriptions in the manual. :student:
That’s unlikely to deter anyone from ordering as soon as they can!
Many thanks to everyone who worked on the manual in marathon mode over the past week. While it was unfortunate that the matter did not come up sooner, we can be grateful that the issue arose before more copies were printed 
. Another week and buyers would have been stuck with the old manual.
The grammatical corrections by nicois are worth including in the reference manual, but they are not critical to using the lantern. Though many will deem these corrections irrelevant, it is actually quite impressive to receive a manual for a Chinese product that contains accurate grammar in your local language; such details are extremely rare today and they are surprisingly effective at conveying quality and value, even if non-critical.
Thanks again!
Yup. :money_mouth_face: It’ll be worth a fortune someday.
Do we have any confirmation on the colors yet? Or how long of a gap there will be between the first 500pcs and the second batch?
I just did a quick search. If you can prove me wrong, please do. The first post I found that tried to figure a price point was one by djozz, where he speculated it could be done by $30. But that was quickly followed up by The Miller, who was actively involved on the team at that time, where he said a reasonable price should be around $50. Back then, it was still expected to have only one LED and a Qlite driver with a TP4056 chip added for charging. A newer, advanced driver design didn’t come along until a month after The Miller predicted that price point. I think Den and the team have done well to keep it as low priced as it is, considering how much more has been added to the design since then. :money_mouth_face:
HERE is the post from The Miller.
Like I said a few posts back, it was never “reasonable” to assume the LT1 would be cheaper than the Q8.
Your words imply that anyone has ever been able to successfully use a Chinese fine-print “manual” without external assistance, either in the form of a magnifying glass, zoomed in picture, or internet search. :smiling_imp:
Cissy told me today that production of batch no. 2 (lot size significantly larger than 500pcs) is about to commence beginning of October with a runtime of about 20 days. So, suppose that the first 500 pcs will be sold out immediately I expect a „supply gap“ or bottleneck of about 3-4 weeks until stock is replenished and goods ready for sale. Now, we‘ll have to wait and see how supply & demand work together.
I know Sofirn is aware of the colors, but has not confirmed with us of the colors that will be available when the orders begin.