No, typically a group buy is a special low price for people who want to buy a new light early. Sometimes before it goes on sale to the general public. You do have to sign up to BLF to post on this forum and to join any BLF specific group buys. It can be any type or brand of flashlight or any product really. Could be a battery charger or flashlight accessory.
Sometimes BLF members will help with a product design or help with organizing the sale on this forum by answering questions or updating information on the sales. This reduces the workload on the company selling the light. It also gives the company a certain amount of sales right away. It can also help a company know if their product is desirable or not by how many people want to buy it.
I got the Polished Ti Thor last night. Finishes are fantastic overlay but design on tailcap is too busy in my taste. I wish I can turn on and off tailcap led too. Somehow I got the information that it wouldn’t included extension tube, so when I saw that inside box, it was pleasant surprise. It took only 9 days from China to USA west coast. Thanks freeme.
I have the Acebeams W10 Gen 2 and W30. Not surprisingly, the giant W30 makes a more intense spot on the wall, but the W10 is pretty close and it’s significantly bigger and the design looks plain and ugly next to the Thor.
The 3 brightness modes are great too. It would be cool if it had a strobe but that might be a limitation of LEP tech.