Well whether it be taxes, administration fees and taxes on those, it must be paid
The smaller the taxed value the higher the part fees and such is of the to be paid amount, making it feel not nice.
I rather pay €25 of which €20 are taxes and €5 fees then the other way around as it is now with a €25 valued item if duties are due.
In this case just choose the best shipping method, I read up to $800 for DHL to US so that is easy choice if living in US.
I will choose the alternative and get it in two
I have a suggestion. Could those who will receive GT prototypes mod them with an XHP-70.2 driven at 4-5 amps to see whether the flashlight withstands even that of kind power?
Thank you! I have some worries about the driver and contact points like springs and connectors between the cell carriers. The flashlight host alone is pretty much bombproof, it would survive even a flamethrower mounted instead of the emitter, but the electronics designed for 2,5 A could have problems with 5 A. Just me thinking out loud… I am probably wrong, but I think it should be tested anyway.
Yeah the L6 is poor in cooling
It is light and has not a lot of fins.
Compare the L6 with the heavier S70(s) with more and smarter placed and deepened fins and the S70(s) is much better preforming in this regard.
Just look at those beasty fins of the GT, on the location where it matters and the larger size and weight, there should be much better cooling going on.
The alternative shipping means something else than DHL or it will also send with DHL just in two pieces? Because that wont help me out of taxes. In Hungary DHL put everything under customs and taxes procedure. So If I pay the 111$ in one payment I have two packages with the same 111$ invoice. and that will be taxed or taxed twice.
Alternative means tracked e-packet is something not DHL, wouldn’t be an alternative right
Hence the two parcels so it is below the 2KG for each.
XHP70.2 not in the BLF GT but who knows LT likes it and will do it as option.
Funny I hope to see a MTG2 mod some day, maybe TA has one , I think that ought to give such nice beamshots
Only 5 days to order? I’m going on vacation in a month and I likely won’t have internet for nearly 3 weeks. Is it possible to lengthen the payment period to 4 weeks? 5 days seems awfully short especially since lots of members have signed up from other sites and I doubt they are frequently checking the status of the project
Well it was kind of hard to get to this solution and the tight periods for the extreme low price is a bit less tight then was asked for initially.
We can’t wait long to see if somebody will order or not so yeah it is going to be a five day window.
People don’t need to check the topic, we will send a PM.
With only the prototypes under way it seems unlikely it will be done in a month, we need good samples first.
If somebody goes away for a long period a top of my head solution would be to ask a friend, neighbor or family member to do the order and change your email address where PM notifications go to and give them your BLF name and password so they can do it for you.
I wish it could go for longer, say 10 days for the order buy periods but LT needs to make up for the $111, fees, and shipping and of course wants that to start sooner rather then later.
The $150 for after the low price still is a great value anf lower then one will need to pay retail.
With 555 people for the $111 price there is bound to be one who cannot order in whatever timeframe is set.
Please be creative and find a solution, in the end there are thee things important:
Receiving PM
Order and pay
Receive light
I could ask my neighbors to do it for example and if I would live in The Netherlands lots of options would be there.
Maybe a BLFer close by?
I can change your username to his/hers.
Will there be some kind of warranty with this? Or the possibility of purchasing just the driver, switch, or some other part, should it be DOA.
Also, seeing that this appears to be a project that is definitely NOT going to flunk, what is the possibility of prepaying for the GT so that there is no delay when the official “Go” is given? This will help people like niktak who have the money now but may not be present later.
In the unfortunate event of a DOA you should not have to pay any extra to get a working light.
I don’t know if it is possible, but pre paying would be very nice. :+1:
LT could start getting some ROI ($$:money_mouth_face: too.
…… Edit for spelling correction…… :person_facepalming:
