Yeah, a 4 pack is currently like $11 plus $8 shipping (to the US). They’ve been less in the past. Seems like bulk pricing is better, as a an 8 pack is $17 (~$2 per cell) plus shipping. So if a bundle happens, it should be an opportunity for Neal to make some margin on the batteries and save the end customer money… win win.
I experience with protected 14500/16340 from Nitecore and Fenix were unsatisfactory. All went unresponsive after above two years with minimum usage. Especially those with built-in USB port, avoid at all cost.
interested.
Interested
Keeppower has protected, unprotected, and button tops in 14500, my choice is whatever would work best with the onboard charging
I am hoping the group deal is a really sweet price. In order to not directly compete with the BLF LT1 you have to be cheaper than the LT1.
Interested.
I think for a lantern, LVP for both 14500 and AA would be important. Hopefully the lantern has proper LVP.
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Waiting to see specs.
Might be interested
hopefully it’s not as pricey as freeme’s website leads me to believe 
I’m taking that info with a grain of salt as:
- the package supposedly includes a LEP and a short tube
- the webpage title says it’s a “Lumintop GT Nano Copper Brass”
I don’t really understand the 4x14500 battery choice…that is 28 mm battery width. Why not 1 x 26650….narrower, could use 18650 with tube. Am I missing something?
AA compatibility is the only thing I would say. Which certainly has it’s uses.
Maybe that is it, but they have used 3 x aa adapters in flashlights forever, and the adapter could be in series for 4.5 volts, so not have diminished brightness.
Come to think of it, with a wide center positive you could use 3 parallel 14500, 3 series AA in adapter, 1 26650, an 18650 in a tube, and with a little longer spring perhaps even a 21700. All would be 4.5 volts maximum.
Not to try and blow up the thread, but the only reason I use 14500 batteries is to get more power from a tiny light, but 4x14500 batteries delivers less current than a single 26650, so I am struggling to figure a good reason to have to deal with 4 batteries.
Yeah. That’s why there was no 4x14500 version of the LT1. It just didn’t make sense. Pretty much the only practical reason to do that form factor is for AA cells.
If AA isn’t necessary, it usually makes more sense to go with a single 18650, 26650, or 21700 cell. More power in less space, cheaper, and easier to charge. Add a diffuser cap to a 26650 light, and it makes a nice compact lantern.
Listing up at Neal’s: LUMINTOP CL2 4x SST20 650LM Lantern Campling Light – Nealsgadgets
$59.95 retail price, 84.95 with 4 H10 batteries. No charging for nimh.
Press and hold for off. Boo.
Moonlight is 2 lumens. Boo.
High with AAs is 50 lumens? That seems low.
-edit Couldn’t see it on mobile, but there is a turbo of 90 lumens for AA. Still seems low and weird spacing, but better.