*BLF LT1 Lantern Project) (updated Nov,17,2020)

added :slight_smile:

Will the lantern require button top cells? I just recently realized the BLF Q8 does, and since this lantern is using may identical parts, I am suspecting it will also?

Thank you!! This just keeps getting more impressiveā€¦ā€¦ :+1:

DBSARā€¦ I donā€™t know how important it is, but my total should be ā€˜5ā€™.
Thank youā€¦ā€¦ :slight_smile:
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502 g_sintornillos
503 teacher
504 teacher
505 Kodachrome40

746 Torre246 (2)
747 teacher
748 teacher
749 teacher (total 4)
750

Most likely as the four cells are in parallel and button tops are required to contact the positive driver ring when threading the battery tube on the head.

sorry i fixed that :slight_smile: its easier i put the total number after the last list request then it is to move every one else down. Either way Thorfire has expressed lots of interest in this project as it approaches 1000 lanterns interested.

Thank you DBSAR!!! I am looking forward to thisā€¦ā€¦ :slight_smile:

Please add me for one more (total of 4)

Thanks

I am adding the base tripod threaded mod tomorrow to the prototype, and will do some beam-pattern ( beam shot) comparisons between the new V2 versus the V1 and some other modified lanterns i have. So far the V2 is very impressive with the new head design, with a smoother, wider field of illumination than any other lantern i tested or have, with the least lantern glare effect of them all. I can;t wait to field-test this (with photos) on our first 3-day camping trip in 2 weeks. I hope to get the USB TP4056 based charging circuit added to if i can in time, to test its off-grid sustainability using a 10-Watt Eceen folding solar charger.

Wow!!! Like I mentioned aboveā€¦ it just keeps getting better & better. :+1:

Thanks for the infoā€¦ā€¦ :slight_smile:

Interested, it would be great if this lantern-head could be bought separately as an add-on to my Q8.

Put me down for one if possible please

Please add me for a 2nd. 2 total. I am #518 on the list already.

Thanks

Please put me down for 2. Great idea and lots of great R&Dā€¦.

The ā€˜headā€™ of this light (as well the Q8) is MOST of the cost. The only thing left is the battery tube. Others have suggested earlier in the thread that it would be nice to have a diffuser that connects over the stock LEDs in the Q8, but that is not anything like what is being created here. Now, it has been confirmed that there is also planned a threaded hole in the base for tripod mount. The Q8 doesnā€™t have that either. At this point, there is no part of this light that isnā€™t ā€˜changedā€™ from the Q8 design somehow, even though the parts will be made from the Q8 CAD drawings, so they will likely be able to ā€˜Legoā€™ together. As such, the likelihood of this being made as just an add-on to the Q8 is probably less than zero.

Im interested too. Pls put me on the list for one :slight_smile:

You are on the interest list Phlipp, number 757. I am assisting DBSAR in keeping this list updated, and have created a google doc for it. You can see the list at this link anytime. I will be sending DBSAR an update periodically so he can update the list in the first post as well.

Moin Moin

Pls put me on the list for 2x on top.

Regards
Jens

Done, #s 758 and 759. looks like 4 total for you so far.

Just checking back in to see where the project is. :slight_smile: