I got a different lantern today. A few weeks ago I found an Aladdin no#23 kerosine lamp on a flee market for a mere €4.50. I felt lucky but did not know yet that it needed a new wick and a new mantle, and some kerosine of course. So now I’m another another €35 down the road but today the wick came in and I got it working. The output is a bit less than the LT1 but it looks pretty (and makes me feel a bit “prepared” :party: ).
@djozz
That looks like one of the lantern we used to have when I was growing up, it always came handy for we had lots of power outages.
Got a code for LT1 and placed order on Amazon.ca, no tax was charged.
So finally I got some lull so I was able to make the mod to the LT1 so that it charges from USB-C to USB-C.
It is doable but it isn’t easy
Cable works in both orientations. I have tested with only one AC adapter but it the one that obeys the USB spec so it should work with any that does so too.
I have charged from 3.9V to completion and there doesn’t appear to be any issues, couple of minutes before the green light the cells were about 4.172V
I have taken one picture but frankly this isn’t the best of my work. And the pictures don’t show much
If anyone is interested I can put more detailed description of what I did and what to do.
I received an initial single use code for a lantern only, but due to the problems with ordering, by the time that it was available again via Amazon, the code had expired. I responded to Sofirn and let them know and was told:
“Thank you for enjoy the lantern and your patience. The next batch will be avaliable around 15-20 days later. And we will pre-order it around 5-7 days. And then we will send another code to you to order more. Thanks again.”
I’m not in a rush at all, my concern is that they’re under the assumption that I already ordered one in the initial batch, which I wasn’t able to despite having ~ 8 reserved in the first 500, and I didn’t receive a code for Lantern + batteries. I’m not mad or even annoyed, and I fully understand the logistical nightmare a project like this entails and am perfectly happy to wait as long as needed.
My only concerns are that people like me receive all the lanterns they signed up for, and it appears that some, like myself weren’t able to order but Sofirn is under the impression they have and still others never received codes in the first place.
Again, a big thank you to all involved in this project, I’m extremely excited.