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You see you need to pay attention and âbe in the knowâ with these cleverly designed lights. Many secrets lie within. Itâs pretty cool Iâm sitting half way across the world with my LT1 apart on my coffee table unlocking itâs hidden talent with direction straight from the horses mouth! (I donât mean your a horse). But itâs good, got muh HB pencil & about to do surgery.[/quote]
-We built the LT1 to have a good balance of output and run time with its factory configurations. The extra 7135 chip pencil/solder mod is there for those who want to boost the output a little more in sacrifice of runtime. (keep in mind the head of the LT1 will also get hotter too.
It has 7 7135s which means 2.45A at the head. Thatâs about 7.5W of power and the LEDs turn some of that power into light. I have a 5W little usb heater with less surface area and its heating plate reaches about 80C when constantly on. The LT1 has more surface area to shed heat and the LEDs (probably?) turn more than 2.5w of that into light.
I did the pencil trick and noticed a reasonable difference but also itâs hard to tell unless you have a modded one next to a stock one. Worked good. I like my LT1 lantern. Used it tonight loading my truck with nice cut & split Redgum for my fire. Was thinking the other night, given the lt1 battery size/tube is similar to many pop can size lights a decent âoptional extraâ could be a multi emitter head to convert it into a flashlight. But then again I thought if I had that Iâd want an extra body tube!! Looking forward to the next generation mini when it comes out.
The Q8 is on the list I saw some beam shots which looked good. I receny had a blf36-pro arrive which is kinda similar, itâs a 3x18650 8k-lumen. Im a biqt of a sucker for Sofirn lights, for the money they are pretty good. What Iâve been trying to find is the right size collapsible silicon bowl to do what DBSAR did making a âshadeâ cutting a whole the diameter of the LT1 fitting it to the top to direct light down/across. I also like being able to use 1-4 18650âs in the lamp, thatâs clever.
I put 4000k LEDâs in my Q8, I much prefer the tint! You can also get a nice plastic diffuser for the Q8, completely different to the LT1, but good for a âwork lightâ or similar.
Re. Bowls, I think itâs one of those Chinese products that are all produced in the same factory. Youâll probably want a white one to avoid casting colourful light all around the room.
Theyre pretty cheap, 3-5 USD on ebay, they all look the same- theyâre the ones with the black coloured, hard plastic rim, with a cheap and nasty carabina.
Black plastic rim can be carefully removed to help minimise pack volume.
Donât cut the hole too small- mine is only just snug enough. Iâve taken the orange o-ring around the top off and the shade fits neatly in the groove.
Re. 1 to 4 cells, I know different folks have different views, but Iâve a couple of sets of 4 cells, which I specifically keep married together so they all behave the same and are always the same level of charge to avoid any problems⊠:+1:
Iâve seen the lamps with the orange Oring, mine didnât come with one unless itâs still in the box, but it has that nice recess machined into the lid. Ive seen the silicon bowls with the carabiner. I think from memory had a little tab that the carabiner went through. DBSA has kindly put up a link below which Iâll just buy. I got 2 diffusers for my SP36pro from AliExpress Sofirn store which were the plastic testube shape. They perform well but I donât like how they fit compared to silicon ones, they seem to require a hammer to stay on! lol. Same with the diffusers I got for little SP31-proâs through Sofirn, I ordered 3 diffusers, 3 magnetic tailcaps & 3 short 18350 body tubes. They sent 7 diffusers, eight body tubes & 4 tailcaps!!! While I like the generousity of Sofirn China I just wish their diffusers fit better and stayed on the lights. Iâll only buy silicon ones from now on like I have on my MF01S, MF01mini, FW4A etc. I think the silicon shade would be good when you sit the lamp in a table and want to turn it up & not have your eyes cooked. I have 2 30qâs in my LT1 which are probably not the best cells for this light but when turned down I canât believe how little power the LT1 uses with 4x 3500mAh cells it would near outlast religion!