Yes, I ordered a few hundred of them several months ago, but they didn't come in the shipment with the lights. Usually when I'm out of stock on stuff like that it's because of a manufacturing delay or mistake of some sort. Hopefully they will arrive soon.
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On The E2L lights, I can confirm that the MCPCB is not glued in place and uses normal thermal compound instead.
I may have a few hold overs, but I won't be buying any more of them. I am currently looking at other options. Cutter in Australia may still have some available for you to purchase.
Could it be time to try a test run BLF GB on mcpcb’s from the company Djozz went through for the 119 mcpcb’s. It’s pretty obvious we need a way to get custom DTP boards made and shipped and it might require 3 or more shipping hubs to get worldwide coverage. The US members can probably produce enough demand to cover one such hub. Simon is much better placed to provide a single source for production/distribution but product viability needs to be demonstrated. The demand for the 3X 20mm Noctogon is fueled not only by all the 20mm optic hosts but also by Meteor sales. Maybe creating a list of hosts that a given custom mcpcb would work with could help decide which custom mcpcb to push for such a GB. The SRK size is one such place, Convoy M1 size is another. It may also be that either team Kronos or the Q team could use their contacts for such an effort. If Thorfire isn’t willing to do so maybe they would put us in direct contact with their mcpcb source.
Another question would be which country(ies) have the most favorable shipping agreements to/from for nations in their area.
It’s pretty obvious that RMM would be the optimal US hub, maybe 3tronics and kiriba ru could be others or possibly another country is better situated for SE Asia.
In the interim, maybe we should play some more with Oshpark designs to see where demand lies.
China hub is cheapest 4 all.
If Richard will make them Ill take as much as I can without customs problems. I have though about pcbs for 24mm and 35mm quad optics but too much projects&big start quantity stopped my idea.
They're already being produced and shipped here. I'm not going to ship them anywhere else until I have them here and have checked them out myself. If someone else wants to buy some at wholesale prices, that's fine, but I'm not getting into GB drama and I'm not dealing with Chinese distribution.