** BLF LT1M-Mini Project - The little Lantern! ( PM's sent today June 21, 2022)**

interested in 2

sorry i must have missed the messages. I have tried many different types of center diffusers & shapes of it, top reflectors, (white, opaque, mirror, satin, etc) and same goes for the lens/globe designs. If i knew it would not drive inital MSRP cost up, I would still go with the down-firing design of the full size LT1, as that has tested superior than any other design I worked or or seen on any lantern or shade shoved over a flashlight. The goal of a lantern is to produce light, as evenly as possible, 360 degrees in all directions, as smoothly as possible, with as little eye-glare as possible, with the minimum hard-lighting & artifacts as possible, with as little angular-tint-shift as possible from different angles, etc. I have yet to find any factory consumer LED lantern that can do that, and the same goes for older incandescent lanterns.
as the initial cost of the host IF25 from Sofirn runs between 34 to 39 USD, by utilizing its current up-firing design the best, most light-efficient, smoothest way possible to achieve as close to that the BLF LT1 does was my goal, and to keep their manufacturing cost as close to the IF25 base regular price as possible.
I understand people will have different opinions, different design ideas, and different thoughts on it, and many have helped me with tips and ideas to work on something that works, without making it over-complicated to drive up cost. a team worked on the BLF LT1, with members like Toykeeper, Lexel working to perfect hardware & software, and other team members bringing in suggestions and ideas, as well as helping with the logistics, (interest list keeping by SigShooter, logo design refinement by amishBill, and other support from SBslider, Barry of Sofirn, etc. it was a monumental task to get the LT1 to the market as a reality.
We will be drafting up a basic cross section of the Mini and how it works as tested in the prototype soon.
I do appreciate your tips and pointers, and be rest assured most of them have been tested and still under some testing & refinement to get it to work.

Couldnt find any info around my question…Can the mini LT1 be turned to regular flash light or its always have diffusers

Just realized that I forgot to post new additions in a comment whenever I updated the interest list. Going forward I’ll do that so that it’s consistent with how things were done with the LT project.

Hi,
I’m interested in one, please!

interested

Unsure yet, but i am working to see if it possible for the LT1 Mini to be able to have the lantern head un-threaded, and thread on a standard lens & bezel, to have a LT1/IF25 flashlight variant that has the LT1 Andruil firmware and features, and it is certainly a possibility with this design.

Interested in 2, please.

In for one… perhaps more.

Has a strong magnet in the base been discussed?

The screw-on diffuser would make it very versatile for any use. This would also open the relative ease with which Sofirn can create multiple colored diffusers.

Interested!

Interested in one.

Most certainly interested in 2. Particularly if Sofirn offer with a battery as they did with the fabulous LT1.

Yes. planning to use magnet to attach a base for more stability.

Yep, its planned. likely a removable neodymium coin-sized magnet, so that the magnet can be used to hold a wide, flat base plate for more stability, and also so it can stick to metal surfaces, like car body surfaces, metal tent poles, etc.

Interested in one, thanks!

These are the entries added to the interest since 02/12/2020 11:12AM PST.

Post# / Dated added/ Name
280 - (added 02/12/2020) vinte77
280 - (added 02/12/2020) vinte77
282 - (added 02/12/2020) kemosabi
285 - (added 02/12/2020) dick33
286 - (added 02/13/2020) led_400
288 - (added 02/13/2020) el_duderino
288 - (added 02/13/2020) el_duderino
289 - (added 02/13/2020) Caleb
292 - (added 02/13/2020) Kombatt
293 - (added 02/13/2020) atabalat
294 - (added 02/13/2020) PBNinja
294 - (added 02/13/2020) PBNinja
297 - (added 02/13/2020) Marcello

Put me down for 10

You’re the new leader in mini-LT’s desired!!!

The next set of updates, whenever I get around to it, will show your 10 :slight_smile: