what's your plan for the BLF LT1 Lantern?

I don’t know of any reason why that wouldn’t 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. :smiley: Just in time for the longer winter nights here in the north, and the winter power outages.

:+1: :smiley:

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 — 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 :+1: ! (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, can’t wait til summer.

I will be camping Black Friday weekend - after Thanksgiving :+1: Although the LT1 won’t be with me :frowning:

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 didn’t 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 it’s 5x7135.

mine will take its’ rightful place as a Shelf Queen.

I wasn’t 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. I’m 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.

I tried my LT1 in two very different use cases this evening.

Case 1 - on our nightly walk around the block, the LT1 was not a hit. We were very visible, and could see decently well in front of us (as well as all around), but a lantern held a bit below waist level is not really what its designed for. My wife tolerated it for the walk, but was not really a fan. That’s likely the last walk the LT1 will go on at home.

Case 2 - a year ago we were going through a kitchen remodel, and ate dinner in a darker than desired room often. I used my Q8 in ceiling bounce, but it was not really that great. Likely the diffuser would have helped significantly, but I digress. Tonight, when we returned from our walk, I turned off all the lights in kitchen / dining area/ living room, and put the LT1 on top of the door. The room was fully illuminated. My wife was very impressed (as was I). LT1 is fantastic in its intended use case, illuminating a wide area from above. (also as noted by djozz in this post)

Thanks Sofirn and team for the tangible beginnings of bringing this project to fruition. We will continue to PATIENTLY await the availability of the LT1 for the remainder of the group buy.

Same with me, the default 5-chips enabled is plenty for a lantern use in most all cases, (unless you’re trying to light up a stadium) the fact that lanterns are a light source that is intended to run constantly for hours & days at a time non-stop, even on maximum, (something a flashlight does not be used for) the LT1 has that ability that no other consumer lantern i have seen or tested can even come close to. if you have 3 or 4 LT1s in your house during power outages, or use at cabins & cottages, it is really good to have a lantern that can provide light for hours each night for many nights without needing battery recharges or replacements, (and in this case with a great tint & CRI that can be adjusted to one’s likes, not seen in any consumer lantern before.

I have a dilemma with my first LT1. I like it a lot. But, I have a relative in California who has been a recent victim of one of the PG&E intentional power outages outages. For those in other countries, PG&E is the electric utility and has not maintained the infrastructure well enough for a decade or more. Their equipment has been the cause of several of the devasting wildfires in CA in the past couple of years. In an effort to prevent more wildfires when winds are very high, the utility is turning off power to hundreds of thousands to millions of customers at a time and for several days running. Hence the LT1 is an ideal light for general purpose emergency illumination. I have my name in for more LT1’s so I may send this one off to where it may be a very handy thing to have. I’ve waited since 2016 so I guess being w/o a little longer is not so bad.