Excuse me….with all cells in parallel, there is no way for them to not be balanced. 4 cells put into a carrier where all 4 positives touch the same conductor, and also terminate to the same ground will immediately start balancing. The higher potential cells will start charging those of lower potential until all 4 have equal potential.
Is it supposed to look like this on the board? I hate to come off as rude but it just looks sloppy. Maybe it is normal?
Also, what is the adjustable component with a Philips head for?
The thing on the board is flux residue, it’s from the reflow soldering process and helps the solder flow well by enabling a better heat transfer and it also removes some corrosion from the copper and such. It’s no problem it’s still there but it does indeed look a bit dirty.
I’m pretty sure the adjustable component (potentiometer), in combination with the solder bridge on the left of it, can be used to increase/decrease the glow of the button.
I didn’t mean the flux. The outer ring is missing some material. Also why put solder on half of the “B” stuff like that.
Hmm, I’m pretty sure the solder on the B is excess that came from under the ring… They must have applied a little bit too much solder paste or something. About the ring I don’t really get what you mean unfortunately…
On the bottom right if the picture the layer what looks like gold. It looks like it a piece was scraped off. It was like that when I got it.
The solder thing makes sense, thanks. I feel like that could of been a safety hazard. Glad it didn’t short anything.
Sofirn has a small batch of LT1 with Anduril 2 and powerbank function
https://sofirnlight.com/products/new-version-blf-lt1-lantern-with-anduril-20-power-bank-function
No Green option? 
Does anyone know if the extra spare parts (additional o-rings, button cap, USB connector cap) are included in the normal (“without-battery”) option? Or only with the “with-battery” option?
My first one was ordered w/o cells and came with the spares you asked about. That was from the first batch but I don’t see any reason that would change as other lights I have purchased w/o cells have included the spares as well.
Does anyone know when sofirn might restock the colours?
Anyone tried the new board with power out?
I will, sooner or later 
Ordered one last Friday.
BTW, I also asked Sofirn some technical questions prior to making the purchase. Which they answered quite promptly:
- Is it possible to use the power-bank function while the lantern is lit? >> yes
- Is it possible to charge the lantern, while it is lit? >> yes
- Is it possible to operate the lantern directly from an external (Type-C) power source, while no batteries are installed? >> yes
- Is maximum brightness (maximum LED-driving current) achievable in any of the above scenarios? >> yes
If those replies are accurate, it is pretty damn impressive. (Although I admit, I am not sure how I should interpret the answer of “yes” to the 4th question: “yes, in all of them” vs. “yes, in some of them” 
) I guess I’ll have to wait and see.
Amazon has some Prime Day deals on the LT1 in green, brown, and orange.
Price is about $66 with batteries, before tax.
These appear to be the ‘older’ models that don’t have the power bank function.
Do I remember correctly that flat top NCR18650GAs are also suitable for this lantern (i.e. it is not necessary to go for its less common and more expensive button-top counterpart?)
(Because the flat NCR18650GAs also have a slight “bump” at their positive contact.)
Do you know of any reliable sellers with reasonable prices in the EU? Unfortunately NKON.nl don’t seem to have either variant in stock now 
Has anyone asked Sofirn if they are willing to provide the new driver board, with power bank function, for someone who already has the LT1, to replace the old one?
Yeah, but Sofirn has been offering to email a coupon code to BLFers for an even better price, $62.24 including batteries, for most of this month. linky
You’re right, thanks for posting. :+1:
Looks like they’re offering an Amazon code that brings the price down to $61.03 with batteries, more info in this thread.
It sounds like they will also honor the price for the new colors, according to their recent replies in that thread.
They sent me a code for an orange one.
You need button top, or the battery fouls components on the driver board as I recall, details are in the thread already if you use thread search (I know what you mean about the NCR bump but I think it would still catch)
Can anyone verify if these have the power bank feature?