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

He bought it from Shirley for $ 315 with a battery.

That must be the reason, as TA wrote earlier on, Shirley caused more problems then BLF members :sunglasses:

offer and demand… :slight_smile:

Same here :slight_smile:
I got an email from M4D M4X confirming that my package was sent registered mail & a single tracking number.
I checked the tracking number on packageradar & it said that my package had left Hong Kong on the 12th.
I prepared myself for a 4-6 week wait.
However after reading your post I have just checked again & it now says that it reached the destination waypoint (RDC) & my post (zip) code on the 17th.
Seems it must have been sent DHL (TNT) as registered mail from Hong Kong takes at least a month to reach the UK.
I now expect to get my GT on Monday or Tuesday :slight_smile:

Same for me! Although I just left the country for a month for work :person_facepalming:

Edit: on 17track it says the carrier is 4PX, I googled it and got a generic looking package shipping website in Chinese.

After seeing this I rechecked mine and its at the Swindon distribution centre. :smiley: So should be here Tuesday as its a 48h service. A little frustrating as its only 35 miles away and takes about 50 minutes to drive. Good things come to those who wait.

UK delivery looking good, same as you guys, hope to see it Monday or early next week. Not to bothered about paying customs ransom now. More conserned about getting it past the wife! Bit big to hide really.

As I could see from earlier images, all packages with single box are 4PX express and marked for UK and DE. They have contracts with large shipping companies as DHL,TNT etc.
That’s how they arrived so fast :+1:

He actually bought it from another member at 283$ but got an email from Shirley who is selling it at 265$ w/o batteries and at 315$ with batteries and needs to wait till March for delivery.

Sorry for my poor English but I don’t understand what you say about the rows. I just wish to know if my request was accepted and when the flashlight will be sent. I did not received any request of money, so what does it mean? That my request was refused? Thanks for your reply.

Basically, if you use CTRL + F and your name comes up, then you are on the list.

In your case it means that you have not gotten any payment PM’s yet but will get them in the next batch.

Cool.
:+1: :smiley: :smiley: :+1:
As long as it’s coming sometime I’m happy. Thanks for all the work the team has put in.

Looking at the list in post #5 I see:

Names Request
Numbers
2017-12-01
PMs
2017-12-09
PMs
Third
Round
PMs
...
GHOSTSS [1076 1077] 0 0 2
Giancarlo [1192 1555] 0 0 2
gigbyt [403] 1 0 0
...

You are listed for 2 lights, in position #1192 and #1555.

Third round of PMs will be sent out sometime after Chinese New Year. The PM will have instructions for paying.

Anyone see the cft-90 numbers in the blf gt? Vinh is getting about 1.6m cd and 5000 lumens driving it to about 20 amps or so. Since I measured 200k lux more on his tn42vn oslon flat black led via his numbers this one might measure more like 1.7 or 1.8m cd on my meter as vinhs numbers are usually low. While the price is not at all budget friendly its performance is not yet seen in led flashlights and to have a led flashlight with this much performance is like a dream come true. If you told me 10 years ago I’d own an led flashlight that hit 5000 lumens and did over 1.6m cd I’d of lmao at you. Thats why this hobby never gets old always new mile stones being hit performance and host wise. Please dont take this as gloating I’m simplely sharing this info incane anyone was interested in the numbers and this led.

Still no PM, and still no gt……

…start getting frustrated….to say the least…

The hype is over and people are passing it on….and here I am…without my gt.
Booooooring……

Interesting, I knew that LED would do better, nice to see it backed up in the real world.

Got a link to it?

I have never actually talked to Vinh come to think of it, I should get in contact with him at some point.

Link to Vinh’s beamshots

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=5185311

Wow! That site is still slow as molasses! That is one reason I don’t go there very often! They must be running the server on dial-up! :person_facepalming:

My two parcels have landed in France two days ago - feb. 17th. They are at the custom’s hub in Roissy and i’m hopping to get them in a week or so… After such a long wait and anticipation, it feels almost strange. :laughing:

[Quote]Wow! That site is still slow as molasses! That is one reason I don’t go there very often! They must be running the server on dial-up! :person_facepalming:
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Yep! Painfully slow the vast majority of the time. :cry: