Banggood have a flash sale, AUD73.07 cheaper than the group buy last year due to FX variation 
Can’t justify a third 
:+1:
Colors… I want colors
Sofirn said that a new batch of LTs are coming soon in green, orange, and desert tan. In addition 200pcs will have USB-C output functionality (not sure what colors for these).
Sounds nice, can I reserve a desert tan with powerbank function? 
You might want to PM the BLF Sofirn rep to see if that’s possible to do. All that was mentioned was that they’re coming soon but didn’t mention price or where they would be sold from.
Yes. It will be available again soon.
Considering previous timelines, I cant help but wonder if “Soon” means the same thing in Chinese as it does in English., I guess we will know ‘sometime’ in the future.
LOL on par with Chinese lumens ?
I have seen in the latest users photos of Aliexpress that the newest LT1 come without any pads connected. Has anything changed? Maybe now the solder it’s inside?
The newest LT1 uses 0Ω resistors instead of solder blobs, because that allows automated manufacture instead of manual soldering, which helps Sofirn’s quality control.
If you look very closely at the image, you’ll see four tiny resistors, two labelled R_AMC4 and two labelled R_AMC5. Those are the ones. There’s one of each on the WW side, and one of each on the NW side.
The solder pads were left to give people flexibility in changing the maximum brightness of their lanterns. If you desolder the resistors to reduce brightness and increase runtime, but change your mind, you can increase the brightness again by soldering the pads and save yourself messing about putting the resistors back.
Thanks for the explanation. If I understand correctly the pads 4 and 5 are connected with two resistors and the pads 6 and 7 are not. So if I want to unlock all the power I just have to solder the pads 6 and 7 like I did in the old version.
Yes, that’s right.
Many thanks 
Sofirn I signed up for a group buy for two, but bought one. Will I be able to get a discount on the new version?
Don’t you think it’s too much overhead to maintain the quantity used by each signators ? Much simpler, Sofirn is giving discount codes regularly openly or through a PM . I was late to the party but i got the same price .
+1 on this. I’m holding out until a 4×21700 model is released.
Forgive me if this has been asked.
Is there a plan to have the 18650 version have power bank functionality?
My question is whether or not there anything concrete about a version 2 of any kind or is this all simply theoretical; a wishlist?
Nothing concrete at this time, but everyone is aware it is a frequently requested feature. DBSAR and Lexel have both needed (and very much deserve) some time off from projects like the lantern, so I would not count on any updates in the immediate feature.