List of participants in BLF/CPF: (After the 50th order, anybody can buy anytime)
tatasal 136. Ray-o-light
tatasal 137. wight
Nightbird 95 138. FrickelFreak
Allthehelpicanget 139. aoeu
FmC 140. Adoby
arekm (as per pm) 141. Ryuuden
blfdemigod 142. Lothar
daylighter 143. bobmtb
M4D M4X 144. emardee
sturr (as per PM) 145. nitro
bygen 146. cloggy* (CPF)*
sempra 147. InfinitusEquitas
jealous57 148. Pulsar13
peterscm 149. FlashKat
peterscm 150. tempo
dthrckt 151. carry16
ramblings 152. 264
kevster 153. jping
TexasToasted 154. tkmckay
brad 155. cat eyes evil twin
fotovideo
fotovideo
fotovideo
dbramm22
Kurt_Norway
Oscar M
borstar_micke
cjw
rova2014
magnet
jack83
mhemling33
leaftye
boro
kuoh
cnlson
XChesser
banker
glockboy
mattheww50
Stephen Wallace
fricco
gbuyer
processengr
bkling
Toastpower
ramius
Tiggis
dekelsey61
imanz
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fireblade893
rollinstone157
Skylined
Skylined
SmilingCat
zelee
cicciocant (cpfitalia)
pipifax
zizouuu
Angel Martínez
Icon
qandeel
danjayh
zeremefico
zerg32
spydernico
Jesaul
ivan_n_t
maxmarr69
chenko (cpfitalia)
dwd47
Not listed here are our fellow enthusiasts from the other fora world-wide who ordered directly to Gearbest without posting in BLF/CPF. They now comprise a lot more than the ones listed here.
I heard there could be a production revision with some of the issues HKJ spoke of fixed, is this that version or is it the same thing he reviewed? Sorry for the thread clutter, but this decides whether I’m in or not.
Thanks for that info. Since no one has confirmed the shipping units have the new firmware and (more importantly) it hasn’t been tested, I’ll pass. Thanks for offering this great deal though!
I just want to inform you guys that I spoke with Banggood and they WILL NOT be able to match this price on the Powerfocus BC3100, and lowest he can go is $43, so it looks like this Opus BT-3100 is the best deal we will get.
I wish there was a way to know if this had all the fixes, but there's really no way to know unless each and every batch was tested. There isn't a chinese vendor I trust enough to do that. Opus really screwed up by not putting some kind of indication on the charger and box like a revision number imo, so now we're left with gambling at least $41. This looks like a good deal for those that were perfectly happy with the version HKJ tested though. They might even get lucky and get one with all the fixes.
This is not a perfect charger, mind you. Even my $90 iCharger does not give accurate IR readings, among other things. Personally I find its shortcomings not a real safety concern as to make me NOT buy this charger, and putting into account the great number of features it offers which are not even available in maybe at least 3 different chargers, with spikes and all, I think I can live with this charger.
Conclusion in HKJ’s test:
Can the charger be used?
I will definetely say yes, the discharge test works fine and charging LiIon in the center slots does also work fine.
NiMH works perfectly in all slots and all modes.
Not a perfect charger, but good enough for me, at least. haha
Agreed. There needs to be a v1.1 or v2 branding, and we need HKJ to test the revised edition. I think Opus should seriously consider this as I'm sure there are lots of people willing to spend $40-50 for a charger that have all that functionality but that functions 100%. I know I would :)
I agree, they dropped the pooch and screwed the ball on this one. Even if its decent, the fact I could have one that is better (corrected flaws) for the same money will just annoy me.
In order to preserve the essence of this thread, may I respectfully suggest to those members who do not intend to join this Group Buy to create another thread where they can discuss their concerns (positive or negative) about this item?
