BLF GT Design

The weight between them is all very close, IIRC 2 was actually a bit lighter with the last weights I saw.

Matte sand blasted finish will do the job too.

In a search and rescue situation where things always seem to be wet and dirty, I just don’t see that being enough.

Maybe you’re right.
Depends on how matte / sand blasted it is too.
But i don’t think the market for the GT is the ‘professional world’ of search and rescue.

Thanks!
You seem to be one of the few that likes #3.
I’m a bit disappointed in the result myself actually, i voted for #1.

Are you talking about the head or over all host Weight?

I like #1, but I don’t think I like the red color rounding the button. Maybe different color or just same color with the button would make it look better?

design one looks good but needs more grip

Voted. I like them all, so it doesn’t matter to me which one wins. Glad to see #5 has a few votes.

  1. looks unique and high-end. The others remind me too much of existing lights.

Small details like that are definitely not set in stone, so don’t worry about it :slight_smile:
The main thing is the shape/style of the flashlight body.

You would be surprised what “professional search and rescue” means. Generally things like flashlights are left up to the “man on the ground” to get for themselves save for maybe a cheap light or a old school “lantern”.

Same with cops, firefighters ect. They are pretty much on their own when it comes to this type of equipment and generally wholly under equipped due to not having the funds to spend on good tools.

Heck most of the cops around me, even though they are some of the best paid and top cops in the country, still have nothing more then a basic ~50-100 lumen AA powered flashlight. If that in many cases, I know some that use the 9 led jobs from walmart!

I could actually see this light being very popular with “professionals” from all walks of life form police to firefighters to search and rescue (which is usually a combo of the prior ones) to farmers and more.

Then go all-out on the knurling, like this!

lmao

omfg, FLASHLLIGHT AND POTATO, what a time to be alive
this is REVOLUTION in FLASHLIGHT INDUSTRY

Can we make it an EDC thrower?, LOL

actually i like the Design 2 most, it looks tough, the design 1 look smooth and easily slipping. The weight of the flashlight will makes it become nightmare

They are all too low. I have brought this up in the GT thread, and I was told that, even though they are technically useless, they won’t be moved or added to. I can’t live with a ‘technically incorrect’ light so I had to vote against it.
The design looks purposeful, but I was a fan of 5ar’s from day one.

Sure they could get moved, this is just a planning stage of what the general style will be.
I can guarantee you it will not end up looking exactly like any of these designs.

Also, they are not useless, just because fins are not directly beside the heat source does not mean they are useless.
Heat is conducted through aluminum, go look at the heat maps done on the light.

Sure they could get moved, this is just a planning stage of what the general style will be.
I can guarantee you it will not end up looking exactly like any of these designs.

Also, they are not useless, just because fins are not directly beside the heat source does not mean they are useless.
Heat is conducted through aluminum, go look at the heat maps done on the light.

Since my vote of design 4 makes no difference I voted for design 5 which was my first choice.