My bets are this will be more vaporware, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Has anyone from Sofirn discussed when these might go into production?
Also, did they include you in the prototype phase, or are they going to skip that and move ahead by themselves (as they have done with subsequent LT1 changes)?
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……… 2024+ ??
Barry of Sofirn has been in contact with me much more lately for future designs, as everyone know i was in a bit of a hiatus during my move and illness the past year. Lux-Perpetua has introduced a design based from my original LT1-Mini & refined in the design group chat, and things are looking positive for the LT1-Mini, LT1-Compact, and LT2/21700 versions.
Thanks for the update. I hope you are feeling much better these days and life has returned (more or less) to normal.
It looks like the 8 x 18650 LT1 adapter never got off the ground. Its too bad that such a cost effective, simple and useful add-on made it through the prototype stage but never went into production. Id have purchased several. I always wondered what the LT1 and possible upcoming variants and accessories might have been if they had been produced by Astrolux or Convoy. Ah well… Im still very pleased with my collection of LT1’s and they see a great deal of use. Thanks again to all who were involved. :+1:
A more simple user interface like one button for mode change, one for brightness change and one on/off-switch would be awesome.
In Anduril 2, there is a Simple Mode feature… Still by using 1 button as opposed to your 3 button request, but more in line with the usual kind of UI found in most lights.
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That is planned, for the LT2. four 21700 capability, with power bank, 3rd red LED channel.
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That sounds awesome! I’m using my LT1 right now, I use it pretty much everyday. Would love a bigger LT2 but I am thinking big getting the new orange LT1 just because. They are such good value.
I liked that 8 x 18650 adapter as well, i was thinking of designing a larger ” wider” battery tube, to hold up to 8 - 18650s in parallel, and would ad stability to the LT1 lantern head. ( and look much like how the base/tank of a Coleman gas lantern is. * Hey Barry! are you listening to these ideas? 
make it a reality!
This is a great idea
So possibly a large 8 x 18650 base that would screw onto the existing 4 x 18650 LT1 (for a total of 12 x 18650). That is ingenious and I like the way you think. And of course, Id buy several! That would also make for a great high capacity power bank.
Admittedly, my vintage Coleman lantern collecting obsession has reached new heights. All attributable to my inability to restrain myself from acquiring these finger burning photon emitters.
Just stumbled on this thread - fantastic project and glad to read that OP’s personal life has gotten better
An all-aluminium body and High CRI neutral white emitter, these are just the sorts of things I’m looking for in a lamp 
As an Eneloop user, I’ll be on the lookout for the LT1-AA version.
Keep up the good work
It has a green light and has the following:
Presumably this is the latest rev?
Could anyone please help me out, my lantern’s light output gradually decreases in time? I factory reset by unscrewing and holding the button for 4 seconds while rescrewing the body back. Then I double checked by doing 13H for the factory reset in Andruil 2.0. I then changed the tint to bright white by 3H, but the issue that when the light is on the lamp decreases the brightness until the lamp is off after 2 second increments!
The batteries are charged and protective covers removed? Did you try other batteries or measured the ones that came with it with a DMM?
That is odd… never seen that happen before. Maybe Toykeeper or Barry can chime in on that… if the driver is defective, contact Sofirn i’m sure they will help! - DB
This sounds like a weak battery (getting “low-batt” or “empty”), but if the batteries are not “low-batt” (can check using the triple-click from Off for “Battery Voltage Check” function).
If batteries are not “low-batt” (not nearing 3.0v), then it could be some poor contact issue (fully-charged batteries might be detected as “weak” due to poor contact somewhere — sometimes it could be due to an o-ring that’s entangled and interfering with the contacts).
So … What model to order ??
Finally managed to figure out how to reset the lamp. I fully charged it, then had to unscrew it and hold the button down for 4 seconds. The manual had this kinda hidden and not well marked out on how to reset the lamp.
I hear a lot of people like to set the light to 4000k. How do you all set it to a specific color temp? Do you just ramp up to 5000k, release then hold it back down for 1 second and approximate that as 4000k? It would be nice if it ‘clicked’ at 500k increments.
Approximate it. See how long it takes to go from one end of the ramp to the other, and do half that.
Or better yet, don’t worry about the exact temperature. Just set it for what looks right in the current context. During the early evening when the sun has set but there is still a fair amount of glow from scattered light in the sky, I might set it all the way at the 5000K end of the ramp. As the ambient fade, especially if I have a campfire going, I adjust it progressively warmer.
I have the one with the version 5.0 driver. The firmware was updated from Andril to Anduril 2.0.
The flashing key/pogo pins did not work. I had to remove the driver and use the SOIC clip. It was successful. It is all good. The flashing kit with this flashing key/pogo pins works on other lights, so the problem seems to be in the light itself. Other than that, there is no problem. Everything works.
I am curious what I did wrong. The error showed the connections were not good. Has anybody had the similar experience?