SunLike products are not sold everywhere, just as you will not easily find Optisolis products. The reason I think is not so much the quality, but that the lighting industry is (still?) very much focused on 80CRI, 90CRI the most. 95+CRI products is a niche market. There is a rather large german company, Lumitronix, that has SunLike products in their standard assortment: https://www.leds.de/catalogsearch/result/?q=Sunlike
About the guy from Belarus, I think that he is doing interesting stuff on the boundary of DIY and professional work, that is too specialistic for most companies to be profitable. He has his typical way of communicating things, that may be a personal or a cultural thing, but I also think that he is starting up his company, is not rich and really needs the money, and is blunt about that.
I would be interested in a red anodized LT1 that ramped between deep red and 4000K high CRI. I would not be interested in one with 2200K LEDs, or anything warmer than 4000K really.
Just got mine today. I am curious what type of add-on accessory people are buying to use as a handle? Just a big lanyard, or is there some other accessory that can be added on?
Has the option of a high efficiency driver been considered? Iād be cool to have that as an upgrade option when buying an LT1. Maybe Sofirn can commission Loneoceans like Fireflies did to build them an efficient driver? That along with SunLike LEDs offered stock would truly make this the endgame lantern for me.
Does the LT1 when fully charged, the on/off button/glow switch turn green. Mine is orange and I have put in on charge for like 5+ hrs still not turned green. Charging with battery charger that was shipped by default
The button is orange by default, and will turn red when you plug it in and start charging. It will turn green when it hits termination. It does take quite a while to charge all of the way, depending on which cells you have thereās a lot of capacity and I donāt think the charge current is very high.
With completely flat cells, it can take as long as 10 hours to fully charge. The charge current is only 1.5A.
Make sure the red LED illuminates under the button cover to indicate that it is indeed charging when you plug it in. The older rev driver board will not charge with a USB-C to C cable (must use USB-A to C).
The cost is not worth it. It might be as much as $15+ for components alone for not all that much improvement. Youāre already getting 4+ hours on high with 7 7135s.
Yes, youād gain maybe 15- 20% efficiency at the start at most but that efficiency gain decreases as the batteries discharge. It wonāt even make a difference heat wise since the LEDs are far away from the driver.
On top of that, youād have to pay people to design the driver and much more.
Some questions that have for the thread. Is it possible to run the device off a single battery? Or two? Or three? Iām looking for ideas to reduce weight. I can see that running off of USB directly is possible. I was thinking as an alternative, if there was a cap/base that could be put on the bottom to protect the inside of the lantern, and then just dedicate a USB power bank of my choosing?
This has probably been asked before, but is there a pogo pin kit I can buy to flash the LT1 with a new firmware? I already have the kit Hank sells for Emisar / Noctigon lights, so if I can use the same with another pogo pin end, that would be nice. TIA.
I can confirm it will run just fine on only 1 battery. Itās still pretty damn heavy though, Iāve just resigned myself to leaving it at home anytime weight is going to be a concern.
What is the difference between Version 1 and 2? Do I understand correctly that version 2 has an included USB C to C cable, and the Version one is USB A to C? Any other differences?
I have both, and they each came with usb-a to usb-c cables. Iāve never tried to charge either with usb-c to usb-c, but Iāll try it soon if I remember.
Hi, can someone share the latest manual PDF? The Google drive link is not working.
Also, quick question, I got 2 black and 1 orange O-ring. What is the point of them? Do I need to use them? I kind of like my light without orange, just pure black.