I’ve come to BLF from /r/flashlight and registered an account solely for this project! I’m super interested (though probably only for a single lantern). Count me in!
You should likely check in periodically, as I imagine the lights will go up for sale, and may not be a message sent out to those who have expressed interest. I have set up the interest list such that sending out a message would be easier, but it would still be manually done. And with 1200 lights spoken for, I do not have the time to manually send out ~800 messages.
Hey TSO, so sorry about that. This is a manual process, and somehow I missed you. You are #1216 on the list, but I don’t post updates until I get a dozen or so new entries. I’m glad you spoke up. :+1:
As far a cost goes, I am thinking the goal is $30 - $40 dollars, but I have not heard anyone close to the project state an actual cost as of yet.
Welcome to BLF NeedALantern. Clever name, you came to the right place. Just hope you are not in a hurry . . .
The lantern will take unprotected or protected button top cells. I suppose its possible protected cells that are extremely long might not fit. The button top is important, as the positive contact goes onto a flat ring, and unprotected cells might not make contact well. The present design has USB charging, and it is user configurable between 0.75A and 1.5A IIRC.