Interesting emitter choice, $500 and 39V requirement. I bet folks are lining up for it even now!
I got curious after seeing yclongthrow’s picture of his reflector and decided to try and duplicate it to see what mine would look like
Does this mean that mine has a problem or that if you take a similar picture that all or most of the reflectors will give a similar result? Could someone else try this and let me see what you get?
(Edit: I want to add that I actually had to “work” at getting this slight OP to show up. Those of you with the light know what I mean. The surface is very high reflectivity, like a mirror. So keep in mind this is me tweaking the position of the light specifically to get it to show up on the image!)
Here are some shots I took with various angles and lighting conditions. These are just for reference so people can see how it photographs differently.
I’m not complaining at all. I haven’t tried to maximize the throw but I’ve lit up anything I’ve pointed it at so far. I’ll keep adding photos with edits. I want to make sure I have the right sizing….
Hahaha! This is the Convoy L6
Mine looks exactly the same and I think it is good as it creates a more homogeneous beam.
But might be bad because of induced spill…
But there is sooooo little spill
It is sooo awesome
Just rechecked mine and it does look the same looking from it the same way. Might be a slightly less but not much and mine just looks great.
Can yclongthrow make some more pictures taken from other angles? Or did you already do that, not sure.
thanks, interesting. If there are any Dutch GT’s have been sent, they will be at the same shipment I guess. It’s a bit sad we didn’t get tracking codes. I even got a tracking code for a simple Aliexpress battery. But if they use the time to ship more GT’s it’s ok with me :)
You are spot on, it is hard to get the reflector to really show up on camera. The pictures I posted look better then it is in real life, in both the V1 and V2 cases because of this.
Also those pictures look like the V1 prototype or even a bit better quality.
Technically we accepted the V1 quality and anything better was purely a bonus they gave us. So it would also be up to them to revert to the V1 quality in the interest of speeding up production to keep people from complaining (it is really a no win situation for them when you think about it).
That said, my latest email has informed them that people were simply getting overly anxious about wanting the light but they would still prefer wait longer for the better quality reflectors.
If anyone has a particularly rough version of the reflector and would like to send it to me for a direct comparison, I would be interested in seeing the results myself so we can put this to rest.
Agreed. Quality please.
Also keep in mind that a flawless perfect mirror reflector is not a specification that we have set.
The performance measured in both lumens and lux is. As long as the light performs the same as the specifications it’s good.
Obviously, if the reflector has damage on it it is flawed and you have the right to get a good one.
Keep in mind that it gets exponentially harder to make the reflector surface perfect as size increases. If you judge the surface finish as a percentage, it is not as bad as it looks.
A larger reflector can have larger imperfections and still be the same relative quality as a smaller reflector.
Which is why the V1 prototype got 1.29mcd, right is line with what a scaled up TN42 reflector would get by the calculations.
Same for me 
ARRIVED…with batteries…
It’s big.
Thanks to all those involved who made this happen.
Have only checked that it was alive after it came, and so far so good.
Did not know that it was on its way.
Only coincidences that I via the BLF blog saw that there were others in Europe who had been notified.
Then I called my local DHL and checked if something was coming to me…and that was it.
Thanks again
Same here. Thanks for allowing me in on this amazing groupbuy.
The 2nd GT that I received has a very slight OP reflector also. But I don’t see it as a big deal… it’s really very slight; certainly not as pronounced as yclongthrows. Do I expect perfection in a budget light? No. As was previously written, it’s a balancing act between perfection (big :money_mouth_face: and production.
I was actually presently surprised that my first GT had such a high quality reflector surface.
Are we sure the OP that people are seeing is actually that and not just milling marks.
I grabbed a couple of lights and had a look at their reflectors and realised that my “silky smooth” Niwalker light actually appears to have ring marks on the reflector when you look at it from the right angle.
Still waiting for mine to land in the UK - well, it might be in the UK but no tracking has made its way to me.
Took this shot with my phone within minutes of taking the GT out of the box, my Dad held it next to his Q8…
This is the light that hit the water tower at 1.9 miles. Don’t see how any of the slightly noticeable non-mirrorlike finish affects the beam.
How do I turn on the switch light? It was off from the beginning. I also did the factory reset. Still not lit.
lol Dale. When the comment was made that your reflector must have been perfect to hit the water tower I chuckled knowing that our lights shipped at the same time and likely looked the same. My gt has the exact same surface as yours. I’m happy with mine. What is really great is it was suggested that the reason the warmer emitter version had less light on target was because it was probably a light with a slight op reflector. Looks to me like the light you swapped the cw emitter in has the same dreaded op ish reflector. Thanks for the pictures once again! It would seem the the throw of the gt is excellent with that reflector