** BLF LT1M-Mini Project - The little Lantern! ( PM's sent today June 21, 2022)**

Thanks :smiley: It’s not too bad to live there :stuck_out_tongue: There are regular shipping to and from Mauritius but yeah some sellers do charge a price for shipping.

Unfortunately, I’ll have to pass the lantern for now. Our currency took a 42% depreciation against the Dollar and shipping is making the deal not that appealing. Pros and cons I guess!

Sure thing, it sounds great to me after reading about it. :sunglasses:
That is a real hit your currency took. :open_mouth:
But you’re right… Pros & Cons. Hopefully you can get one in the near future.
Best regards….

I used a Nite Ize Steelie Tablet magnet I had lying around. It has sticky foam tape on the back. They are discontinued now.

If I were to buy a magnet specifically to use on LT1 Mini, I would choose this one and stick it to the bottom of the tailcap with some double sided foam tape. That would certainly work.

It also MIGHT be possible to glue one of these inside the tailcap underneath the spring. I’m not certain it would be strong enough, but it may be worth a shot.

Thanks for the magnet info! I just ordered my two minis (a lower case m seems appropriate). I live in the boonies, without the best internet. So, what kind of foam tape do you recommend, and where might I be able to get it (I’m in the Bigfoot Country of Northern California)?

Happy camping,
Lemurian

AFAIK they’re all kind of the same. “3M VHB” is the big brand name kind. I bought a generic roll of the same looking stuff at my local Walmart last year. Before that I had a roll from Gorilla that was exactly the same thing.

Thank you

I ordered a bunch of these magnets and tried sticking one in the tailcap of my LT1 Mini. Install was super easy, I just unscrewed the tailcap and fished the magnet through the gaps in the spring. Now it just sits there under the spring with no glue or anything.

The strength is OK. Holding the light upside down on a horizontal surface is no problem. Vertical surfaces are a challenge though. There’s usually just not enough friction to prevent the light from sliding down the surface most of the time. These pics on vertical surfaces are just a couple of spots where I was able to get it to stay put after careful placement. It stayed put just fine on a thick rusty piece of steel.

This also works on LT1S to a similar degree of success: strong enough to hold upside down on a horizontal surface, but not strong enough to hold on a vertical surface.

What is the part number on the magnets you used ?

You mention “some of those magnets”. Can you tell me the specific one that you used that fits? K&J stocks hundreds/thousands of magnets.
Maybe where you got them?
I ordered some of the flat ones to use with double sided tape, but this looks a lot cleaner.

The ones with beveled holes are more expensive, but it might be possible to mount one on the outside of the base of the original LT1 with a bolt. If so, that would be more secure.

One way I have figured out to increase friction is putting a thin layer of soft UV curing glue on the magnet, putting a flat glass (like a lens) on top to make the layer totally flat and then curing the glue with UV through the glass. Upon removing the glass the outer surface of the magnet should have a thin flat uniform thickness layer of cured glue. This layer should be very grippy, so the magnet should not slide down too easily. This worked for me, hopefully it works for you too

For everyone asking, the magnets are linked in the post I quoted. I’ll go back and edit my main post to include the link as well.

Just for clarification, are you putting the UV glue on the outside of the tail cap. Just trying to visualize how putting glue on the magnet (which it seems like you are saying) would increase friction between the light and the surface we are trying to fix it to.
Thanks for your patience in answering my possibly dumb question.

So when it’s on its lowest setting is it brighter than the larger lt1 on its lowest setting or about the same? Thanks

About the same

Sorry for the confusion…

I almost always affix a magnet on the outside of the tailcap of my flashlights. I know this way the light becomes longer, but at least the magnet can be substantially stronger than one that could fit inside the tailcap (if fitting a magnet inside is even possible in the first place).

When I was talking about putting the UV glue on the magnet, I was subconsciously assuming the magnet is on the outside of the tail cap.

If you have fit the magnet inside the tailcap, you will need to put the UV glue coating on the tailcap itself.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RGF7WJ2/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is amazon’s version of VHB. Just as good as 3M VHB but a fraction of the cost.

Thank you, I hadn’t thought of doing either methods, and certainly not having the magnet inside the tail cap! I’m actually from the UK, so I’ll try to find a UK source, for some reason, postage from the USA is usually way too expensive, even for something of that size. I would never have imagined that the magnet would work if put inside the cap! I may go through that route, the main reason I want a magnet for the mini lantern is so I can use it when I’m tarp camping and have nowhere to hang it, I’ll use a metal disk one the outside of the tarp and clamp the lantern to it on the inside, hanging down.

I’ve got a slightly thicker and stronger magnet coming in soon to try in the tailcap to see if it will reliably hold the light up on a vertical surface. Fingers crossed.

Guys, any one has manual for this LT mini? i cant seem to enter into Blinkies and Strobes mode unlike the LT 1.