*BLF LT1 Lantern Project) (updated Nov,17,2020)

Candle mode runs forever and 3 clicks sets it on a timer in 30min increments?

The manual says 3C adds +30min so I initially thought it was default to 30min until I woke up in the morning with it still on

Yes, it will run forever unless you specify a sleep timer. First 3C will set it to 30 mins and each additional 3C will add 30 mins up to 4.5 hours.

Mine came in yesterday… I have not been able to find any faults with the light, solder pads for 7135’s were correct, everything was tight and clean and it lit up!

Seriously, this is a wonderful product from a strong design team and Sofirn’s manufacturing was spot on!

Only one minor nit to pick… and I think and easy fix. I like light from 3000k to about 4750k. When the brightness is ramped up, the tint shifts to cooler as expected since CW leds have more light output. I am thinking about opening up one of the 7135 channels on the CW side of the driver to remove some of that tendency. Not sure if it will be to much or not, but going to try. Still can’t get over how smooth the light from this unit really is. I can see I will use it often, if my daughter does not steal it to read by late at night.

You don’t really believe that do you? How small of a batch of those LEDs do you think Samsung makes at a time? They’re making at least hundreds of thousands at a time, not hundreds or low thousands. No one sets up and fires up their semiconductor production line to run only one wafer down it. The number of LEDs used by these lanterns is a drop in the bucket, not a tsunami they’re struggling to deal with.

That may be part of the problem. Companies buying large volumes on a continuing basis may be much larger purchasers and receive favoritism in having their orders fulfilled ahead of relatively smaller orders. Not all orders at the manufacturer level are filled in strict time order. Contracts for large ongoing amounts of anything take precedence.

How certain are you that the binning is the same for the entire hundreds of thousands?

It could be true for these specific high cri leds

Everybody - please step back and chill.

Sofirn is not Duracell or General Electric. Samsung is not very likely to prioritize a few reels of LEDs for Sofirn over a few thousand reels for large direct clients. Heck - the wording of the message was ‘the distributor’, so Samsung is not likely to be dealing with Sofirn directly at all.

The LEDs will be delivered.
The Lanterns will be built.
GB purchase codes will go out.
You will get your lantern(s).

It’s just their time of the month maybe

One thing I noticed while studying the latest Andúril chart ToyKeeper provided for the lantern is the absence of an SOS mode in either the strobe or blinkies section. Some of us will be using this light in areas with poor or no cellular service. Even with cellular service, redundancy is not a bad thing in an emergency. Might not be a bad idea to add one after the beacon, or swap out the bike strobe.

good point, i never really thought of the SOS mode, but it could have replaced the bike-flasher mode. As its a 360 degree light source, i can see how the SOS mode could be very useful in a marine situation, (on a sail boat or cabin cruiser,) and a breakdown or emergency arises. Same can apply to wilderness campers, general boating, winter emergencies, highway breakdowns, etc.

While it’s not a traditional SOS mode, the Beacon and BatCheck modes should be attention grabbing too.

Why has the temperature blink-out been removed?
I know, the lantern needs no temp control, but especially outside a temperature info would be nice.
Even more so, since the LEDs are far away from the Sensor in the LT1 and the readouts would be more accurate….

I think an argument could be made to swap an SOS mode for either the bike strobe or tactical/police strobe. I almost put Party Strobe in that list, but lets face it, this is the perfect platform to have a party strobe. :+1:

Edit — Long Live the Bike Strobe! With a half-reflector add-on and a bike mount, this would make a rather wide angle bike light.

My vote is to replace the tactical strobe with SOS. I don’t think the two people who might use an LT1 in tac-strobe as a paintball light grenade will complain too much. :sunglasses:

I think both the party and tactical strobe have their uses. Situations may arise where a blinding/confusing bright light would make a good distraction. The bike strobe however… Guess it’s up to ToyKeeper to see what can be done.

If the decision is made to go ahead with it, hopefully we can get it from the factory in later batches, and just flash the earlier ones if we want.

LOL, sounds like we need another BLF LT1 poll. I’m one of those people. :wink:

With the driver held in by two easily accessed screws, AND there being a pogo-pin contact pad, the LT1 should be one of the most reflash-friendly lights around.

Surely, no one needs a tactical strobe on a lantern and extremely few people even need one on a flashlight; it’s just a marketing feature. I’m not attempting to start an argument, as I’m sure some people think a tactical mode might save your life, but even they might admit that such modes have been over-used to hype even terrible products to a crime-fearing public. It’s even possible that a tactical strobe simply makes your attacker angrier and more vicious.

I would argue that extremely few people need an SOS mode, either, but as much as I hate SOS being a primary mode on most flashlights, I will admit that a hidden SOS, as would be the case with Anduril, could be a useful feature on a lantern. It pains me to say that considering the idiotic marketing of tactical modes :person_facepalming: .

Oh, and sorry for calling you Shirley… unless that’s your name.

Those look to be the exact same batteries I just recently pulled from a laptop battery pack. Red shroud with light blue surround at positive contact. Sanyo R1122. Took a very long time to charge up, but reached 4.2v.

By the way, I noticed you completely pulled off the tabs. What I saw someone else do is to trim off part of the tab, leaving the rest in place. In this application, that would be an advantage, to avoid snagging.

I second both ideas.