Iāve been following the thread closely all year, but I thought that the only real difference between the first and second batches was the manual. What are the other differences?
The major difference is the option to get the LT in something other than black. There are also some driver upgrades that in my opinion would never be noticed by most people.
Any idea when the personal codes will be sent out for the first 500? Iām in at 419 and 420 and would like to buy through Amazon as I have a gift voucher to redeemā¦
Iām not exactly sure which version is in batch 1, but if it is new enough, it should be possible to check the version by clicking 15 or more times from off. Then it should blink out the build date.
Batch 2, I think, has firmware from 2019-10-02. This simply made the āmuggle modeā capable of going one step brighter. Itās a really minor change.
More updates could come later, but they havenāt happened yet.
About the level 65 thingā¦ It is behavior inherited from other lights which use the same firmware. On many of them, the default ramp goes from 1/150 to 130/150, and then there is an additional turbo level at 150/150. When it turns on, it tries to hit 65 because it is visually halfway up and makes a good āmediumā mode.
On the lantern, there is no turbo by default. Itās not bright enough for that to make sense. So the ramp goes from 1/150 all the way to 150/150. It still defaults to level 65/150 after a battery change though, since itās still a pretty good āmediumā mode.
It uses the stepped ramp by default though, which goes from 10/150 to 150/150 in 5 steps. Normally I set the default to 7 steps, but that is probably too many for this light. Also, the default floor is slightly above moon because moon is probably too low for most lantern purposes. Also because moon has no tint ramping, and I didnāt want that to confuse people.
On that last point, the number of tint steps available at any given time is related to how bright it is. The resolution gets coarse at the bottom of the ramp because of math. If there is only one unit of brightness, it can be assigned to the warm or cool LEDs, and those are the only two choices. If there are 2 units of brightness, it could be warm=2, cool=2, or a mixture of both (warm=1, cool=1). Then it can get 3 tints. At brightness=3, it can do 4 tints. And so on. It the top, there are 254 different tints. Represented visually, it looks something like this:
So the default floor is high enough to provide 9 different tints, if I recall correctly. And as it gets brighter, the number of possible tints increases.
Anyway, the default after a battery change is level 65/150. If it is in stepped mode though, and there is not a step at exactly that level, it uses the nearest step instead.
Of course, the default brightness after a battery change is unlikely to be something people encounter very often. The lantern never really needs its batteries removed.
Also, if the user turns on manual memory, the saved level overrides the default. So the user can set the default to whatever they want. 65 is only used if the user is in automatic memory mode.
Almost all settings are remembered after a battery change.
Follow the instructions which are now indicated in the OP.
Write a message on the order to indicate your BLF username. Then āPlace Orderā but do not pay yet (you may need to select āOther Payment Methodsā in AE, for you to be able to Place Order but not Pay. After selecting this option, you can go back to previous page but the order will be placed, it should now read āConfirm & Pay Orderā, which you shouldnāt do, until Sofirn adjusts the price to the GB price (wait some time), then proceed with payment when price has been adjusted.
At least thatās how I did mine.
Iām on the interest list at position 408 and 557, but didnāt receive any code via PM here (I wouldnāt order from Amazon anyway, so the code likely wonāt be useful for meā¦)
My order has been assigned a tracking number now in AE.
If I understand correctly, batch 2 has slightly newer firmware and an updated manual. There will probably also be green and sand colors at some point. Iām not sure if anything else is expected to change.
The Q8 had significant improvements between batch 1 and batch 2, but the LT1 seems unlikely to work that way since Sofirn now has years of experience with this type of design. My LT1 prototype is a production-quality item, and things have only gotten better since then.
Iāll probably wait to order, but not because Iām concerned about quality. Itās just because I already have one and I want someone else to be able to get theirs sooner.
Thanks @d t a, I follow your advice and I got the tracking no. in the same day that very fast base on previous buying it should take 5-7 days to arrive :sunglasses: