Your second lantern is # 834 on the interest list severide
- 835 for you SKV89
Please count me in for 1. This looks great!
Done, you are #836 on the interest list. And welcome to BLF! 
Sorry if Iāve missed it, but is there a price target yet?
Somehow I didnāt get on the list before now, please add me for one.
As I said before, price target is based on this formula:
(BLF Q8 GB Price)-(Price Cuts) = Final GB Price.
So:
(40:money_mouth_face:-(n$) = Final GB Price.
Weāre expecting this to cost less than the Q8 did? Seems like everything from parts list, to tooling, to assembly would be more expensive.
If this has already been discussed previously just point me to a post #.
IĀ“m interested, please count me in for one.
Please add me to the list for one, thanks!
@pilotdog, look at post #1626 and search for cost in the OP.
Also, the Samsung LH351D LEDs in bulk are much cheaper than Cree XPLs and Nichia 219C LEDs. We also donāt need as much heatsinking, and a lower power LED driver with a max of probably 1,4A, and the inter compatibility with the Q8 means costs will come down.
It is probably going to cost 30$US compared to 40$US of the original BLF Q8. Just the LEDs themselves will cost half as much in bulk, and it is going to help tremendously.
Interest list number 837 for Joat.
Interest list number 838 for prisma
Interest list number 839 for FilipeBanana
Iām interested in at least one, possibly more depending on the final product, price, and performance.
I am in for two. I agree that commercial LED lanterns suck.
I am in for two.
Stereodude, I put you down at number 840 on the interest list.
NobleX13 is on the interest list at 841 and 842.
OKCOREY is non the interest list at 843 and 844.
I am in for one
LED cost wonāt be a significant factor if it uses twice as many LEDsā¦
I think it could get a smooth enough beam with 3 LEDs per color though, instead of 4. So that could potentially help a little. In terms of lumens, it doesnāt really need more than one per colorā¦ but the extras help spread the light more evenly.
As discussed by DBSar and me, using the Q8 MCPCBs will help a lot with costs and modding simplicity.
It also makes testing much easier since we can easily buy the MCPCBs now. I have 3 on the way.
Edit: I am sorry for my attitude.
I had not thought about alternatives not costing much money at all.
number 845 on the interest list.
Please stop guessing what the costs will be of particular components, you are probably wrong and it will influence the design process in a wrong way, namely not the best lantern is designed but a lantern that according to some BLF membersā wild guesses is cheap.
In the Q8 design process we tried to avoid thinking for the manufacturer as much as possible, and the end result had features that early in the process we thought we would never achieve, and we still got it for the original price goal.
As for using the Q8 board design, having a dedicated board designed for the lantern makes a lot of sense and will probably have no influence whatsoever on the costs, making DTP led boards costs very little money nowadays.