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

INFERENCE:
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

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Suddenly hoping that my shipment was later rather than earlier, though i guess it’s more a matter of aesthetics if the throw values have been shown to be similar.

Hopefully this doesn’t result in a bunch of complaints from people that have already received their V1.5 light.

Anyone who ordered the lamp to DHL will have to get it next week? I ordered the lamp with DHL delivery, but I have not received it yet. Is it possible that I will receive it now?

I do not understand why Lumintop does not provide any information about the shipment. :frowning:

Yes, it is almost entirely cosmetic. The real world performance difference between them will be virtually none. Which is why we approved the V1 reflector in the first place.

In theory, yes your DHL order should be shipping this week. Although they said almost all, so that leads me to assume there are still a handful of DHL orders to be shipped with the next batch.

So registered mail has another week or so before the first batch is shipped. If you take an estimated shipping time of 3 weeks, the registered mail GT’s arrive in a month. Ok.

Remember to factor in Chinese New Year

Okay! So I will receive my GT lamp next winter than with registered mail… :person_facepalming:

Which in 2018 (the year of the dog) lasts from 02-16-2018 to 03-04-2018. Officially it is a seven day long national holiday. But it is traditionally celebrated in the family. So better count on two weeks, travelling time included.

It’s registerd mail or DHL taking us from behind, and i’m taking a risk now to get shipping changed to DHL. or it will arrive around the summer xD

I got the Nitecore TM handle in today, the radius is smaller than the tube on the GT… if I spread it out to make it fit the corners where the band fits together will cut into the ano and in the end it’d just look bad.

It’s not right for the TM16 either, but a strip of copper sheet material filled the gap and now it looks nice with the copper showing through the cut-out on the band, so it’s still a win even if not for the GT.

TurningBlueChips has the best bet, machined to fit this light specifically… can’t wait to see how it works out. :slight_smile:

Edit: The camera lens handle looks like it’d work very nicely, albeit at a price. For $23 and then another $12 shipping it gets pricey. There are other’s similar selling for $59. Thinking about trying one, can put it on my 70-200mm’s foot and use it like it’s designed for if it isn’t a good fit on the GT, but it’ll have to wait a while, the pocketbook is overextended. :wink:

Hi, everyone. I was 732 on the list and ordered one WITH batteries. It arrived on Jan 3 shipped by DHL. WOW! What a light! I can see Illinois across the Mississippi at night clearly and that’s over 1/2 mile.
Should have been on here earlier to let you all know that lights with batteries are being delivered. Sorry.
Now to wait until number 1130-something shows up. That one’s for me. The first was for my son who is thrilled with it.

Thanks so much to all the guys here that contributed to a really well designed device. A true icon.

Cheers

Jon

Thank you for letting us know, such a disappointment it could not fit…

To whom that is handling the shipping for BLF GT. If you are shipping with FedEx all you have to do is fill out the form that to disclosed the lithium batteries is in the package. FedEx will handle differently, same with DHL or UPS. You can either call the carrier or download online. http://images.fedex.com/downloads/hk_english/packagingtips/declaration.pdf

Is not February yet? I can wait to receive PM.

Anymore news on Nasa showing interest in Giggles?

Hmmmm… maybe so.

Or, an alternate idea would be to remove chronic complainers from the list.

You know, those very, very few people that continually complain & moan of and about non-critical issues constantly.

If they have already paid… issue them a refund.

And let that be that……

Just another thought that would solve the problem without punishing the overwhelming vast majority of people that exhibit a degree of patience & understanding required in a Group Buy of this magnitude…. or any GB really.
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Edit / 1-19-2018 …… 14:05 CDT

It seems the alternate method I presented above is unpopular with a few. So be it….
I totally agree with the idea M4DM4X presents above. “limit future group buys to 150 to 250 units…”

A very nice protective case is listed here

neals bags have been delivered to him.... :)

ordering page is being checked by neal and shipping info added - i hope to send the mails to the participants tomorrow...