People who got code and order in November, some may get it before Christmas (most orders were delivered in 3 weeks), some may not. It’s kind of luck matter.
I feel sorry if it can not be a Christmas gift. A nice gift in a nice day means double happiness.
But in my humble opinion, a nice gift can never be late. If it arrives in a normal day, the pure happiness the lantern brings is still there, which means you get a happy day from a normal day. You get one more happy day from normal days.
I hope you have happy Christmas, I also hope have more happy days, my BLFers.
822/823 here. Already received a code. I’m not entirely sure what to do since I’m on the list for 2 and I’ve gotten a “single use code”. I’m not in a hurry so I PM’ed Sofrin about my 2 lantern question and I haven’t received a response yet. I’m in a low rush situation, so I don’t particularly care when I get my lights, as long as I get them with the GB pricing. Ive purchased a GB Q8, GT, and 2 FW model lights so I’m familiar with how things typically go. I will say this feels less organized than other GB’s I’ve been involved with.
But this lantern is BY FAR the best on the market and I’m willing to wait for that, no matter how long it takes.
I really hope everything works out positively for everyone on the GB list and that this light design proves lucrative for Sofrin and that they continue to produce high quality lights based on this design.
Been here since the beginning with #93, 110, 111, 112, 141 among others… I still haven’t been able to order a unit, hopefully Sofrin gets the order process dialed and everyone on the list receives theirs. Love all the work that has been put into this product and can’t wait to pickup several.
I’m at 579 and 3 other spots and has yet to receive a single code, people at 800+ has been getting their codes?
Wish Sofirn is more transparent on how they are fulfilling the GB orders.
I’ve waited like everyone else a long time for this light so waiting a little more is no big deal for me but fulfilling GB orders in such a disorganized manner is not cool especially after the team had put in so much time and effort to make this light a reality.
Ordered mine, looking forward to it. I also bought one lt1 with batts during 11.11. sofirn promotion. Hope I can get at least one before Christmas :). Thanks the BLF team.
Sofirn has promised that everyone on the interest list will be able buy the LT at the group price. Since they are the ones handling the notification it’s impossible to know where they are. All I can say is to try and be patient as production is ramping up.
It uses attiny85, with 8K of space. If there is ever a LT2, I assume it’ll probably use attiny1634 instead, to provide more pins and more space.
Most of the firmware info in other threads is accurate for the LT1, and some of those threads are linked from the README in the firmware repository. There’s also a fairly recent guide for reflashing the Emisar D4v2, which is mostly relevant. The main differences here are just a matter of how to physically access the control chip.
The short version is:
Get a usbasp device, a ribbon cable, and either a SOIC8 clip or a pogo pin adapter.
Install some free software.
Physically attach the adapter, and run a command on a computer or phone.
It can be a lot of fun to dive in and modify how the light works, so I definitely recommend it for anyone who likes to tinker.
SOOOOOOOO impressed with the run time, I know it’s 4 high capacity cells only moderately running the LEDs but even still, with all these pocket rockets it’s kinda a nice change
I have mine programmed for 8 steps between level 10 and 150, and unless I want “a lot of light” a leave it at level 30. 71mA current draw, not high drain batteries so 10,000 mAhr capacity. That translates to 140 hrs. Level 3 is 200mAhr, or 50 hrs. If you want to light up the world, I’m using 5 channels (stock) max is 1.8A, or roughly 5 hours on turbo. Higher capacity cells would get you more much closer to 8.
After a couple PMs back and forth with Sofirn it sounds like they are only sending out one code per person. Once everyone has received one code then they will send out codes to people that had more than one light reserved. At least that’s how I interpreted their response.
That’s how Batch 1 was being handled. They wanted the lanterns to be in as many different hands as possible as quickly as possible. It makes a bit of sense to keep doing it that way, at least until everyone on the GB list has had a chance to get one.