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

Add me to the list for one, please! This is looking great.

Can you add me to the list for 2 please.

Done Criticalbill, and welcome to BLF! :beer:

OP list updated )

please add me for two! thanks!

I am #514. Please add 1 more, total 2. Thanks.

Thank you :+1: :heart_eyes:

Please add me to the list for one. This is looking great, thanks!

Please add me to the list for three thank you.

Sign me up for one.

Put me down on Interest list. Can’t wait to see final product and price

Update to the interest list, and welcome to BLF Ilikebiglightsandicannotlie! :beer: Clever handle for sure.

1234 Bangarangy
1235 Criticalbill
1236 Criticalbill
1237 Ilikebiglightsa…
1238 Ilikebiglightsa…
1239 litenutz
1240 woodlandSerenade
1241 Lund1660
1242 Lund1660
1243 Lund1660
1244 flightless22
1245 Kennyboy

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OP updated :slight_smile:

thanks! I’ve been trolling this forum for years and figured it was time to join up! Any estimate on when you think you’ll start selling? (can’t wait!)

Interested in 2

Not presently, maybe/hopefully springtime?

Interested

This was already answered, but just to reiterate…

  • Parasitic drain on this should be lower than the cells’ self-discharge rate, if it performs like the light it’s based on. So it shouldn’t be functionally different than leaving cells sitting unused in a drawer.
  • Keeping li-ion cells “topped up”, charging all the time, is one of the fastest ways to reduce their life span. The ideal resting state for these is about half full, for long-term storage. The overall capacity will decrease over time no matter what, as the cells age… but storing them totally full or totally empty reduces the capacity a lot faster.

To maximize cell lifespan, it’s generally effective to charge them to about 80% or 90, then use the light until the battery is at about 20 or 10, then repeat. This keeps it away from the edges where it ages the fastest. However, the batteries aren’t particularly expensive, and they should still last a long time even when fully charged and fully discharged, so many people prefer more convenient usage patterns even if it means replacing the cells more often. Because “more often” on a low-power light like this is still probably 5 years or so. And even in bad conditions, like when kept plugged in and powered on all the time, oscillating rapidly between ~95 and ~100% full, cells will still generally last over a year.

This is only a guess but i'd say if it's not ready for summertime people are going to be wondering if it's worth waiting again another year.

IMHO it has to be done by then .

For some info for those of you who seem to like to complain & whine about the time its taking to get this project to a reality, here is my side of what i know. First We lost many of the original people who helped get it started, (TheMiller, Kronological, etc.) and with the loss of TheMiller the ability of getting projects forward went with him. He had the ability & experience with past BLF projects that i do not have. Second, some of us have other priorities in our lives that take more importance, and in my case the past year or two have been rough financially, stressful, and a lot of family illnesses, added with dealing with a marital separation, and now dealing with necessary plans to have to sell my house and sown size, and move to a different province within the year or the next is taking more of my time and abilities, its limited in what i can do regardless. Third we can only go as fast as the manufacturer can go, and over the project our representative for the manufacturer had switch over to a different factory of work, (from Thorefire to Sofirn) I an grateful of the help i have received from the current team members who are helping me to push this project on, and i am still taking time when i can & work with the rest of the team & the manufacturer as best as i can, to the best knowledge as i can, without the experience and ability that TheMiller had on a huge volunteer project like this. If you, or anyone feel you can get it done sooner, then i will happily turn the project over to you. Remember one thing, all this is volunteer time, and nobody is getting paid for these BLF projects, we do it for everyone in the community.