[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping.

mickscott · December 23, 2017, 10:28am

JasonWW:

mickscott:

teacher:

Majoroverkill:

Keeppower NCR18650G 3600 mAh. 29.95 a set X 4 = 119.80. Has anyone tried these?

KeepPower Ncr18650g 3600 mAh Li-ion Rechargeable Protected Battery X2 for sale online | eBay

Like has already been said…… don’t waste your money. Go for the cheaper tried & true cells.

Sorry teacher but Keeppower and Blazers are very much ` TRIED AND TRUE `and in my opinion some of the ` Best` Li-ion batteries on the market.
Yes more expensive but without a doubt the top of the line when it comes to Li-ion batteries.
Have been buying and using them for a few years now and would not buy anything else.
I buy straight from the Australian source if anybody wants a link.

I think Teacher was mainly trying to say you can buy just as good protected cells for almost half the price.

There are other factors involved, though. Certain countries might be hard to ship batteries to. Sometimes it’s best to spend more just to buy through eBay or to buy from the same country you live in. I think this is your situation?

Sorry JasonWW but I do not believe you can buy ` just as good protected cells for almost half the price` .
Can you give me a example please ?

Yes we sometimes have trouble getting Li-ion`s imported due to the heavy restrictions placed on shipping Li-ion cells.
But buying from Ebay is never really a good option.
In Australia Ebay let Chinese sellers lie and rip people off as they please without retribution .
Most of the cells on Ebay are TOTAL RUBBISH and a big hit & miss luck effort.
I would never recommend Ebay for cells UNLESS its from a reputable seller.

Thank you JasonWW you are a big help on this site.

NikolaS · December 23, 2017, 10:30am

YEEHAW !

Essexman · December 23, 2017, 10:42am

Lumintop just posted on Instagram that first batch is ready for shipment

https://instagram.com/p/BdCfpCXlAa5/

JasonWW · December 23, 2017, 11:08am

I just posted this one page ago. These stores are in the US.

Liion Wholesale:

Protected Panny B 3400mah $7. Protection Cutoff Current: 5-7A (usually about 6A)

Protected Panny GA 3500mah $8.49. Protection Cutoff Current: 12-13A

Protected LG INR18650MJ1 3500mah $7.95. Protection Cutoff Current: 12-13A
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RMM aka Mountain Electronics:

Protected Panny B 3400mah $9.65. Protection Cutoff Current: 7A

Protected Panny GA 3500mah $9.95. Protection Cutoff Current: 10A

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Banggood has protected button top Panasonic B 3400mah for $7 each, 4 x $25 and 8 x $45. That’s a pretty good sale they have going on right now.

mrheosuper · December 23, 2017, 11:59am

is the glass broken :ops:

pommie · December 23, 2017, 12:04pm

Take a good look, it is the reflection of the table it is on

Don’t worry that is what I thought when I first saw it

Cheers David

Theodore41 · December 23, 2017, 12:04pm

It seems yes.

teacher · December 23, 2017, 12:24pm

mickscott:

JasonWW:

mickscott:

teacher:

Majoroverkill:

Keeppower NCR18650G 3600 mAh. 29.95 a set X 4 = 119.80. Has anyone tried these?

KeepPower Ncr18650g 3600 mAh Li-ion Rechargeable Protected Battery X2 for sale online | eBay

Like has already been said…… don’t waste your money. Go for the cheaper tried & true cells.

Sorry teacher but Keeppower and Blazers are very much ` TRIED AND TRUE `and in my opinion some of the ` Best` Li-ion batteries on the market.
Yes more expensive but without a doubt the top of the line when it comes to Li-ion batteries.
Have been buying and using them for a few years now and would not buy anything else.
I buy straight from the Australian source if anybody wants a link.

I think Teacher was mainly trying to say you can buy just as good protected cells for almost half the price.

There are other factors involved, though. Certain countries might be hard to ship batteries to. Sometimes it’s best to spend more just to buy through eBay or to buy from the same country you live in. I think this is your situation?

Sorry JasonWW but I do not believe you can buy ` just as good protected cells for almost half the price` .
Can you give me a example please ?

Yes we sometimes have trouble getting Li-ion`s imported due to the heavy restrictions placed on shipping Li-ion cells.
But buying from Ebay is never really a good option.
In Australia Ebay let Chinese sellers lie and rip people off as they please without retribution .
Most of the cells on Ebay are TOTAL RUBBISH and a big hit & miss luck effort.
I would never recommend Ebay for cells UNLESS its from a reputable seller.

Thank you JasonWW you are a big help on this site.

mickscott…… Jason is right about what I was saying. I never said the KeepPowers were not “tried & true”…… they are not cheaper though.

And sorry mickscott, JasonWW is correct about price here also…… Majoroverkill is from the USA, SO…. he can get BETTER cells for about half the price of the KeepPowers.

The GA’s, 35E’s, & MJ1’s are ALL better than the KeepPowers thru the complete discharge range.

Even the 30Q is better down to 3.2 V

So while the KeepPower is an OK “tried & true” cell, as far as I am concerned it is not worth paying twice the money for cells that are inferior to the ones I mentioned above. Simple as that……

YMMV…….

NikolaS · December 23, 2017, 12:21pm

NO it’s a reflection :sunglasses:

sparkyDK · December 23, 2017, 12:24pm

I shop my batteries from one of the EU amazons, buying them here in Denmark are a big old no go unless i am missing out on some secret sauce.

So amazon .de or .uk are mostly it, and while that might not be China cheap, it are cheap compared to local stuff.

mrheosuper · December 23, 2017, 12:54pm

I dont think that hows reflection look like

JasonWW · December 23, 2017, 2:10pm

Nvanlaar’s links.

The Millers Original Group Buy List ending on Nov 11 and #1213

Coyotehawk’s Continuation of the Group Buy List, starting Nov 11 and #1214 - Updated Dec 22

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Neal’s Paid/Shipping List for first 555 - Updated Dec 15

Neal’s Paid/Shipping List for #556 to #1038 - Updated Dec 15.

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M4D M4X: For all people who want to let us know the value that should be declared on the parcels:
please take the BLF GT customs declaration survey

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Samsung 35E seem ideal, high mAh and good amps.
M4D M4X is doing a groupbuy, here: GROUPBUY: 8pcs Samsung 35E BUTTON TOP for the BLF GT

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Video of Drop Test

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ARsee · December 23, 2017, 12:59pm

I don't see the clear button, as mentioned needing replaced. It must be included?

thijsco19 · December 23, 2017, 1:03pm

Could be a picture from before the change…
And even its a crack in the lens? Maybe it’s there test light that has been dropped daily? I know it doesn’t look like it but we just dont know the story, we just see a picture.

Please, dont worry about those details.

BTW, where were those pictures posted?

james_y · December 23, 2017, 1:08pm

Thank you.
How about those who wants split shipping? How do the 2 boxes look like?

Jaza · December 23, 2017, 1:13pm

Lumintop facebook page

JasonWW · December 23, 2017, 2:11pm

Right here. No one said it was a clear button. It is a translucent black.

Texas_Ace:

Ok, I finally got a bit more info on what is causing the delays with the shipping.

It seems that there were 2 minor issues found during the QC checks that are now having to be fixed manually 1 at a time.

The first is that the rubber switch boots that should have been transparent turned out to be not-so-transparent (think when Thorfire shipped the S70 without a gray switch cover?). So they had to source replacement and are now having to install them in all 1000 lights manually.

The second was that the PCB fab house apparently flipped a 0 in the code to a 1 and caused some minor issues with the firmware. The hardware is fine, no worries. They are having to go through and reflash all 1000 drivers manually though.

Why they didn’t give us these details last week, I am not sure. My guess is they were too busy trying to work them out and with Neal at his wedding it just got delayed in reaching us.

The plus side is that they caught the issue before they were shipped out and saves everyone the hassle of having to sort these out later.

No word on when they will start shipping yet. As soon as the issues are sorted out I am sure. I am not sure if they will ship them out as they are done or if they will wait until all 1000 are ready first.

NikolaS · December 23, 2017, 1:20pm

See anything familiar with GT photo? Curved edge glass reflection !!! Just from a different angle it can look as a crack! END !

patmurris · December 23, 2017, 1:34pm

Still no clue as to what the two parts packaging will look like…

Joey_Adams · December 23, 2017, 1:56pm

Thank you Nikolas, I think we can put the broken gt glass issue to bed… with no dinner I might add.