Hi All! Received my code one day ago. Number 17xx. Sofirn sent a code for amazon.ca which did not work on amazon.com. No surprise there. Iām in the USA. I did not have a specific country location in my account, just lat./long. I responded to the PM and had a new code within 24 hrs for amazon.com which worked fine. I donāt know how Sofirn would determine my location or country to provide the proper amazon site and code other than the location in my account. So, just a little tip to maybe help these, and future coupons be distributed efficiently. Include your country, at least, in your account location. That info also helps in other situations too. Like when deals come up but only for some locations. Itās also interesting to see just how worldly the BLF membership is!
Many many thanks to the LT1 team (you know who you are) for bringing this great lantern to fruition. Thanks to Sofirn for turning this great design into a reality. It appears to me they are doing their best to deliver. Thanks to all the forum members for the wealth of information that you provide for the hobbyists who are learning so much from you. ā¦and thanks to the admins for keeping the site working.
I think most people just want others to know how far Sofirn has got with the interest list (at least I did). IMHO thatās better than people moaning that they are ānumber xyzā and asking why they havenāt received a code yet.
Fair enough. If thereās no status updates for a week, then by all means post your position in the list and the fact that you have received the code. No need to spam them more often than that.
or maybe a separate thread for those who just āneed to know the progressā? This existing thread titled, BLF Lantern Purchase/Followup Information, seems like a good candidate to me.
I am on the list for numbers 45, 213, 879, 880. Iāve only recieved one code for one light from the first batch. Should I keep waiting for another code to be sent to me?
yes. I only have flat tops and didnāt plan on ordering new batteries for this light :S Guess Iāll just have to be careful Could it be that the design flaw is fixed in the unit sofirn is sending out now in batch 2?
Running standard flat top batteries in any light that has a circular positive contact (LT1, SP36, Q8, SF34, etc) is inherently unsafe.
Do some googling about 18650 construction and youāll see that the case (negative contact) is right next to the positive contact. Imaging a piece of metal scraping across the top of the battery. The only thing keeping the battery from shorting across the circular positive contact is a little bit of insulation. Insulation that is being rubbed and compressed as you tighten down the battery carrier.
The light is designed for use with button top cells.
Just because one type of flat top cells can be used, more or less, depending on how lucky the user is, does not mean there is a design flaw. The design is for button tops. Use anything else at your own peril. The user manual specifies button top.
There are a couple of good reasons (simple, very robust, easy in use) to use such a contact ring for batt+ over more complicated designs that make flattops work, and thus many flashlights use such a ring. āRepairingā this ādesign flawā may create more trouble than it solves. Therefore personally I call it it a (very good) design decision instead of a flaw.