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 âș here â.
A couple of pedantic suggestions. Feel free to ignore any or all of them:
Its easy to do. -> âItâs easy to doâ
While ramping the LT1 blinks -> âWhile ramping, the LT1 blinksâ
The LT1 has two different ramp modes; -> âThe LT1 has two different ramp modes: â
Not everything is covered in this diagram, please read the text -> âNot everything is covered in this diagram; please read the textâ
theUI -> âthe UIâ
or stepped). . -> â or stepped).â
The instructions are great. I wish all my lights had such detailed information!
Yes, âlimited-editionâ 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:
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: Itâll be worth a fortune someday.
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 $50. Back then, it was still expected to have only one LED and a Qlite driver with a TP4056 chip added for charging. A newer, advanced driver design didnât come along until a month after The Miller predicted that price point. I think Den and the team have done well to keep it as low priced as it is, considering how much more has been added to the design since then. :money_mouth_face:
Your words imply that anyone has ever been able to successfully use a Chinese fine-print âmanualâ without external assistance, either in the form of a magnifying glass, zoomed in picture, or internet search. :smiling_imp:
Cissy told me today that production of batch no. 2 (lot size significantly larger than 500pcs) is about to commence beginning of October with a runtime of about 20 days. So, suppose that the first 500 pcs will be sold out immediately I expect a âsupply gapâ or bottleneck of about 3-4 weeks until stock is replenished and goods ready for sale. Now, weâll have to wait and see how supply & demand work together.
There are so many features that have been added over the years itâs not even funny.
1. The TP4056 was replaced with a TP5100. Being a 5-18V buck converter, the price difference between both is negligible.
2. We went from probably using 4x XP-Ls of each CCT, to 4x LH351Ds of each CCT, to 8x LH351Ds of each CCT.
3. The driver used uses a more advanced design, and a much more advanced software design, which costs money to implement and test.
4. It includes a USB-C cable.
5. It uses an injection molded custom plastic shade. High quality high efficiency custom shades cost a lot of money to make, especially in smaller quantities.
So, a 10$US bump over the BLF Q8 doesnât seem unreasonable at all.
I think making lights inexpensively is good without too many compromises, but trying to make it too cheap is extremely dangerous in terms of cost-cutting.