Unprotected should be fine as long as they’re button tops or the positive end sticks up enough above the battery to make contact with the LT ring. You can tell by laying the positive end of the battery on a flat surface and then seeing if it rocks when you move it.
I would LOVE to see it in digital camo or realtree camo.
However, if the tint is right OD green would be nice too.
Really, not enough camo lights besides some ugly chinese patterns. Not sure if camo prints are even anodised or just painted.
Can’t wait for it to arrive, black is nice too! Thanks team!
Here are the latest additions to the interest list and the links in post #1 have been updated. We’re currently at 2,956 and unless Sofirn says otherwise I will not be adding to the interest list after we hit 3,000. That means there are only 44 slots left.
Add me for another 2 or 3 of these lanterns SigShooter, only if open spots are available, but at the end of the list to make sure any new BLF members get in first before i add more.) i been showing the prototype LT1 friends & family, and they are all wanting one of these.
Cool. That’s how I’m planning to use it most of the time; basically as a lamp in my bedroom . I’ve been using an old headlamp for this purpose for almost 2 decades and am looking forward to a new solution. Unlike many of our hot-rodded flashlights, the LT1 runs the emitters low enough even at high outputs that they should last many years without degradation.
Batch #1 consists of about 500 pcs, batch #2 about 2.500 pcs. That's why there is the limit of 3.000 pcs. I guess they can't produce more than 2.500 pcs at a time without having negative impact on their production planning for all the other models. Please keep in mind that Sofirn has a wide range of products and is also OEM manufacturer for third party brands. So, I'm sure they are willing to sell more than 3.000 pcs but it will take some time before they can launch a third batch in their factory.
As with the other groupbuys blf has done, the price that is agreed on with the manufacturer is relatively low. The manufacturer doesn’t make a lot (if any) money on the first sale’s. So they put a limit on the amount that will be sold with the low price.
After all they want to make money so after the groupbuy they will raise the price to a more realistic and fair price for the manufacturer.