As i have been quite out of the loop over getting sick, the move, etc. I have not heard from Barry about the colored versions. I hope he can chim in with updates on that.
I joined the forum because I have the same problem with two received the same time from an October 27th order. Glad I’m not the Lone Ranger. I was really BS at myself thinking I’d managed to lock it up, but three resets didn’t do anything. I can’t find anything telling me what the amber in the switch means. So it worked out of the box on the batteries. Charged and the green lights were lit. Unplugged the cable and nothing. Close inspection shows two green and two amber LED are lit under the switch cover. Very open to ideas. I’ve contacted the manufacturer, will report back when I hear something.
FYI, as in a later comment, there are also black stickers. The light WILL come on at least once with only the top/positive removed. Obviously there is a capacitor involved. But it fooled me into not looking for a negative end shipping barrier.
OK, because my light had come on with only the top battery shipping barrier removed I “assumed” it was a battery charging problem. Obviously there is a charged capacitor that ran the light without batteries. The battery negative end barrier black dots blend into the battery and look like part of the cell. They are attached with a good adhesive so while not hard, good enough to make me wonder if I was being smart or not. Manufacturer was very responsive. But one asked if the switch lights were covered in the instructions. I’ve honestly miss-placed mine is a big clean but nothing I found on line spoke to them
Given the Black Friday sales coming up (and a $5 discount code you can get from [Black Friday Deal]Sofirn Aliexpress Store~Deal price for all products), I’d recommend Sofirn’s AliExpress listing. Don’t forget to also stack a store coupon (orange one) with your other discounts! Not sure about accessories, I don’t think there are any official ones (some people have taken to 3D printing a reflector to make it more directional, though).
Just registered to say - don't buy it from the Sofirn official store with shipment from the US, as they will charge you more and ship it from China anyway.
I was just about to post and say to order from Sofirn directly but wow. My LT1 is on the way from them but shipping from China was my only option since I’m in Canada.
Unfortunately, I haven’t had the best luck with some Chinese sellers of late. Both Sofirn and Thrunite allowed me to order items that were not actually in stock. Had no problems getting refunds but cmon, how hard is it to manage inventory these days? It looks as though they didn’t have stock in the US warehouse and simply shipped from China instead. :person_facepalming:
Hi all. I have just received my Lantern and couldn’t be happier. What a terrific peice of camping equipment. One thing I have noticed is when the latern is OFF there is a very very faint glow from 4 LED’s. Is this able to be turned off ? I have read through the instructions but I couldn’t see anything obvious. I have factory reset the light but it still persists. I have Ver 5.
Your help would be appreciated.
No acknowledgement of the problem nor apology. Sure it’s not going to affect my life too greatly but I’m sharing it here so people can consider it in their purchasing decisions.