Good idea. :+1: I also need to look at spare batteries.
âfour sofirn 3000mAh 18650 batteriesâ â If I buy another four of these will my current charger work? Its the LlitoKala Engineer Lii 500.
Apologies, Iâm new to all this and its a little bit daunting at times.
Camping and in case of emergency or fishing trips. But probably live out itâs life in candle mode duty on the desk or night stand.
Camping, Camping, and more Camping
I donât know of any reason why that wouldnât work. Plus, remember that the lantern has a built-in USB charger that has been tested by Den already and he said it works pretty well. However, the Lii-500 can charge them faster.
Baby sitting every night!
If the walking dead conquer most of the world, this lantern means a lot. Oh, I still need a baseball bat. Knive can be stuck in the head of it, gun is too loud, also not easy to get in China. Baseball bat is the best. Or a tough flashlight in baseball bat shape.
The LT1 will be ready to order very soon actually. 
Just in time for the longer winter nights here in the north, and the winter power outages.
:+1:
The Lantern I will by sending to my Son in Portland, OR will be going to Burning Man next year,along with a Solar Panel.
Mostly for year-round car camping here in west coast (BC, WA or OR). This lantern ticks almost all the boxes â except that I wish its waterproofness could be at IPX8 instead of just 7. My every IPX7-rated flashlight got water intrusion in coastal rain just in a couple of hours; however it never happens to my Imalent and Q8 lights though.
Other than use in camping, maybe show it off to my outdoorsy friends. I just bought a pair of light tripods and a dozen of new Sanyo NCR18650GA 3500mah 10A button top to go with the lanterns. Next time when I set them up at the campsite, I am sure every friend will be drooling and wants to get his/her own.
Thank you everyone involved in developing and making the lantern! It looks awesome 
! (now I can put my other 10 old lanterns to storage)
One is going in the camping gear (will serve double duty for power outages also).
One will be for use around the house during power outages and when we have friends over around the backyard fire pit.
One will go in the shop for when I need to work on a car outside at night or need extra light.
Numbers 4 and 5 will be given as gifts. One for my sister who just moved to Florida (hurricanes) and one for my brother-in-law who is an avid hiker/outdoorsman.
Ordered mine, time to login back in to book some camping sites⌠oh boy, canât wait til summer.
I will be camping Black Friday weekend - after Thanksgiving Although the LT1 wonât be with me 
Why not?? Bring it! lol
I used the BLF LT1 at my parents house this weekend during a bbq. It performed perfectly. It has 5 modes (default). I ran it on level 4 for about 3-4 hrs and it didnât dim at all; used the battery feature to check the batteries status; 3.9v. Not bad⌠not bad at all. No one use theirs yet?
I lended my LT1 out to a collegue last weekend. On highest (7x7135) setting he fully drained the (NCR18650B) batteries during a 6 hour clean-out session of his attick where there is no electricity. He was extremely happy with the lantern for that purpose.
WOW, 7x7135, wouldnt that generate lots of heat? I left mine factory⌠I believed itâs 5x7135.
mine will take itsâ rightful place as a Shelf Queen.
I wasnât there to check the temperature, but even if it became 90degC it should not be a concern apart from it being quite unpleasant to touch the top of the lantern. Iâm charging the lantern back up right now and see what it does after an hour on high.
Had it on high for an hour or so (room temp, no airflow) and the temperature of the top settled at 61 degC.
With all 7-7135s enabled correct? (my tests were all around the 60 degC mark, so that is close.