BLF Lantern Purchase/Followup Information - Group Buy list is Closed!!!!

Very good idea. Maybe a red shade can be developed later.

A red shade would work, as long as no white light was leaking out. I made the mistake of leaving a Fenix lantern turned on lowest white mode sitting on the camp kitchen all night. The counter tops were caked with dead bugs in the morning.

Yes the pads are correctly solder; 6/7 are supposed to come unbridged and you can bridge them if you want more output (at the cost of run-time and heat of course). It’s nice to see that 6/7 have no solder on them since some of the early ones were incorrectly bridged by Sofirn. The charge pad is also correctly bridge to give you the higher charge rate.

My LT also has the bail in the same position relative to the button so I assume that’s the way they designed it (and that’s too bad :frowning: ).

Ok if you want to align up the bail-handle to a 90 degree or parallel to the switch , you will need to remove the top center bolt, then carfuly lift up the head a little, ( there will be some resistance due to the three wire leads soldered to the head LED plate. It can lift up roughly 1/4 to 1/2 an inch.) in the center you can see two centering square pins on the center of the acrylic shade post. (these pins fit & lock into two corresponding slots in the LED MCPCB) They are there to prevent accidental turning of the head to much that it twists the lead wires off the MCPCB. You can either carefully clip or file those two pins, then you can re-align the head and tighten the center bolt. (do not over tighten that bolt! as you may crack or damage the lens/shade, just snug it down to keep everything in place firmly. Be careful of the upper shade O-ring and that it stays in place.

Great Den, thanks. I will check that out (carefully)…

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I just tried that and couldn’t get the top cap to lift off high enough. At least, I wasn’t comfortable pulling on it too much. Going to leave well enough alone, and find a half twist carabiner.

Thanks for the info, Den! :+1:

I don’t have an LT1 yet, but I can sorta visualize what you’re describing.

If anyone performs this alignment, please post some photos of the process.

Maybe i can do a quick how to video for those wanting to clip the pins & align the bail handle, and the easy way to get the o-ring back in place. (as that is tricky too. :partying_face:

That would be cool if you could do a quick vid

Or, a small carabiner, clip-ring or split-ring would have the same effect - the only cost would be the lantern hanging an inch or two lower and the price of a cheap carabiner.

It’s off 45º. So adding a clip ring would just put it off 45º the other direction, as you can see in my picture.

I will after next week do a video. :+1:

Ahhh… that makes if a little more interesting.

Have you seen the strange shapes you can bend an S hook into with a pair or two of pliers? For about $0.40 (zinc coated) to $1.50 (stainless) each you can make as many 45 degree twisted custom S hooks as you like.

I’m not going to argue that having the hook aligned like that is a touch weird… but there are answers that don’t involve breaking off the anti-twist protective tabs. Heck - I’m wondering if there’s enough slack in the bail to twist the tip without messing up the rest of its geometry.

Bending s-hooks would work well. It’s really not that big of a deal, and certainly won’t effect my usage of the lantern. But if it can be adjusted easily, then I’ll do it.

Yours look good. On mine (and I notice on some of the batch 1), the “6” & “7” have solders on them but were unsoldered (but still leaving solder residue)…

Have the same question, is this by design?

You need a swivel device. I’ve seen some just can’t recall the exact name. Set it at the position you want then wrap the swivel with some clear silicone tape to fix the position. ???

There is enough slag in the wires going to the MCPCB, but the wires are twisted in the driver cavity so you can not pull them upwards from above. You can unscrew the driver, untwist the wire bundel and then tighten the driver again. Then the top can be be lifted much higher and everything is in reach.

Anyone know? Where is this trim pot?

Check the other LT1 thread, the two have sort of crossed.

It is visible on the battery side of the driver. This post and a few before discuss it in a bit more detail.

Thanks guys