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

OMG it’s already here! That was quicker then i expected. Shipped on feb 12, delivered in my mailbox today feb 20 - both registered parcels, no batteries. That’s probably one of the fastest delivery i’ve had from china in four years.

Big big scare regarding the head packaging. As soon as i grabbed the box i could feel something heavy was loose inside… but i could not imagine the head was bare from any protection, except on the lens side where there was three layers of padding at the bottom of the box:

I feel very very lucky the head did not suffer during it’s travel. Quite unbelievable. I’m stunned anybody would actually ship anything just like that, even less such an expensive piece of flashlight. No bubble wrap, not even a thin plastic wrap and no stuffing at all. I’m a wood worker/turner and often trade or give away wood blanks, and i do a better job at packing them.

All in all it’s working and no damage to report.

I wish someone mentioned it was SO BIG! - lol :partying_face:
The bag’n cap are a perfect fit. :+1:

Now… bring on the night please! :smiling_imp:

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Looks like one of our British friends is trying to make money out of it, and quite a lot 350 USD !

Thank you TA

If you please can take a quick look at this guy's post #18261 https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/42408/18177

That's exactly the same packaging as I've got, except for the white PROTECTIVE foam underneath the head.

If my GT-head also had that white foam underneath, together with some plastic wrap like the for the tube, it would be more "suitable" for sending a package over seas that could possible get a little bit whet.

Cheers

I don’t mind the tube is packed in just a bubble wrap and cardboard, but at least the head should have been packed a littlebit more careful, now it’s bare in the box!

The least they could do is add some bubblewrap around the head and some sealed air to fill the gaps and prevent it from shaking

NOT from UK:

Item location:
Cerkno, Slovenia ”

We have seen three lights now packed in a VERY poor way. It seems the registered lights for at least France, Belgium and The Netherlands were packed this way. It is a real shame they sent the head without any kind of protection in a poor cardboard box. As one can see there was plenty of room to put the head in some bubble plastic. So, it can not be because of the extra weight or the size of the box. Also chances that customs would open the box would not have been different when the head was wrapped in bubble plastic. I’m very disappointed in the way they treated EU customers who choose registered shipping especially if you know how the lights shipped by DHL were packed.

I agree, it is not ideal and I will mention it.

I am not making a big deal out of it because there is simply nothing that can be done about the packages already shipped and nothing I can do about future shipments until they return.

The first offer is from him, perhaps sales promotion… :money_mouth_face: 80GBP = 111.95 $ …

Today I finally received my package containing my GT (registered without batteries, delivered by DHL) in Germany.
I paid for it on Dec 3th, so this baby took 11 weeks (79 days) to get to me.
Because the package said it was sent by an address in Germany, I had no VAT to pay.

Now to the GT: This thing is a big, hefty and very impressive monster and definitely worth the waiting.
The LED on mine is spot on, and the anodizing has no imperfections. It seems the reflector is V2 (only slight lines if you explicitly look for it from the right angle).
The switch LED is only visible in the dark, but that is what it´s meant for, right? ;)

Here it is with its little Brother the Utorch UT02. And even on the mirror finish of the UT02, you can see machining marks if you look at it from the right angle.

http://imgur.com/a/eDF2c/embed?pub=true&



Huge thanks to Texas_Ace and the whole BLF team including Neal and Lumintop. You all did a great job. Hopefully, we also will hear back from TheMiller anytime soon.

Maybe not so “quite a lot” as you or I would think at first glance. First, he will want to include the PP-dues in the selling price. Second, the exchange rate of the USD vs. the EURO is about 3.5% worse than when he bought it. The same amount in USD will give him less EURO.

GT arrived safe and sound here in the UK via registered mail. As with other UK members this week, no extra charges, appears to be sent via parcel force 48hr service. Don’t know how the postal service they used works but I’m not complaining.

One box, very good packaging.

It’s big, it’s lovely. Reflector looks very good to me. Can’t wait to try it out.

Big thanks to Lumintop, team giggles and Texas Ace for all your hard work.

To everyone waiting, hang in there. It’s worth the wait.

Just a quick video,how Giga thrower is superior to anything normal!! :smiley: :smiley:

Why not just answer the question or don’t. The commentary seems rude and unnecessary.

I got mine! It was totally unexpected because I’m one of the last from the first group and I never got a tracking number.

This thing is just insane! Big thanks to the team!

Christian

It also seems that, no matter how bad the packing materials look they did indeed do their job and protected an awesome flashlight long enough to make it to your hands. Let’s all stay calm until flashlights are actually damaged in transit.

Did you got a email when you filled in the form?
Or did you just not check?

I too received my light.

so there is hope, even if the list Martin was given said your light hasn’t shipped yet. Because that was the case for me

it’s a beautiful monster!

Today I recieved a dammaged carton box :person_facepalming:

Hooray, it was the GT head.

Lucky for me there was nog visual dammage.

Hope for the delivering tomorrow for the body and batteries (never recieved a trackingnumber)

Shame on you who did this :weary:

luckily the GT seems to proof it’s toughness