Anyone’s conversion kit ship out yet? Still at “wait for shipping” status on mine.
None of the conversion kits made it out before the Holiday in china. They should hopefully make it out next week if all goes well, although I would not be surprised if it was the week after that.
BTW, in case you purchased the 30Q batteries with your light, there is a sticker on negative/bottom end of each cell the needs to be peeled off before use.
I didn’t know about the sticker and I thought there was something wrong with my light for well over 2mins…….very stressful 2 minutes
Did you all have to pay extra for the DHL shipping through Lumintop? Or is it just their standard shipping?
That is part of the benefit of this group buy, you get the express shipping as the standard shipping method to most areas. Some of the more remote or more strict customs countries have to be shipped by other means though.
I have damage to the top edge at about 12:00 & 10:00. There is thread damage at about 8:00. (The white at 4:00 is just a piece of papertowel.)
If you look back at the 2nd and 3rd pictures above, now that you know to look for it, you can see some of this before it was taken out of the box.
Threads 1, 2 & 3 (from the top) have been damaged and (harder to see) thread 2 has a sharp point sticking up.
I don’t want to use this tube for fear of scratching the threads inside the head. (The head is far more expensive than a tube.) Fortunately I have a tube from the original BLF GT (not GT70) that I can use tonight.
To be clear – I’m not upset. Stuff happens. I have a battery tube so I can play now, and I’m sure LT will make things right after the holiday.
Also Texas Ace thank you big time for the response my friend about the shipping that is great to know about the very fast shipping. I keep going back and forth of getting a GT light but going to pull the trigger on picking it up in the AM.
How long did it take for them to ship the orders? (snip)
Once DHL gets their hands on it you should have it in 2 or 3 days.
If you happen to live in a remote area of the Wind River Range, Elk City Idaho, or somewhere similar….. it might take a couple days longer.
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
I have damage to the top edge at about 12:00 & 10:00. There is thread damage at about 8:00. (The white at 4:00 is just a piece of papertowel.)
If you look back at the 2nd and 3rd pictures above, now that you know to look for it, you can see some of this before it was taken out of the box.
Threads 1, 2 & 3 (from the top) have been damaged and (harder to see) thread 2 has a sharp point sticking up.
I don’t want to use this tube for fear of scratching the threads inside the head. (The head is far more expensive than a tube.) Fortunately I have a tube from the original BLF GT (not GT70) that I can use tonight.
To be clear – I’m not upset. Stuff happens. I have a battery tube so I can play now, and I’m sure LT will make things right after the holiday.
JasonWW wrote:
I seriously doubt Lumintop will do anything about those threads. It looks like you can easily clean them up with a little file and they will be fine.
Maybe they will… maybe they won’t.
No need for contemplation though. Lumintop will have to answer the question.
Good luck Mr. Scott, hopefully LT will just send you another tube. .
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
Is there any estimation of battery life for the GT70 NW with 8 cells (30Q) installed?
Sorry if this has been covered before but Google did not come back with any useful hits.
I’m debating whether to buy a faster charger (I currently have the Nitecore D4 and I’m looking at a Nitecore I8) for my batteries and if the GT70 chews them up fast enough then that might give me the excuse to go ahead with a new charger.
Is there any estimation of battery life for the GT70 NW with 8 cells (30Q) installed?
Sorry if this has been covered before but Google did not come back with any useful hits.
I’m debating whether to buy a faster charger (I currently have the Nitecore D4 and I’m looking at a Nitecore I8) for my batteries and if the GT70 chews them up fast enough then that might give me the excuse to go ahead with a new charger.
I don’t think there’s been any official run time tests with the GT70. With 150 brightness levels to give smooth ramping you probably need to switch to mode sets, pick a level and see how long it holds it. Maybe someone with 8 30Q can test this.
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Texas Ace Lumen Tube and JoshK Sphere calibrated with Maukka lights
I thought about that too, run time for set level should be helpful in estimating run time for other levels.
JasonWW wrote:
flashycali wrote:
Is there any estimation of battery life for the GT70 NW with 8 cells (30Q) installed?
Sorry if this has been covered before but Google did not come back with any useful hits.
I’m debating whether to buy a faster charger (I currently have the Nitecore D4 and I’m looking at a Nitecore I8) for my batteries and if the GT70 chews them up fast enough then that might give me the excuse to go ahead with a new charger.
I don’t think there’s been any official run time tests with the GT70. With 150 brightness levels to give smooth ramping you probably need to switch to mode sets, pick a level and see how long it holds it. Maybe someone with 8 30Q can test this.
I know that I need to use matching cells within each 4X battery carrier and I ordered 8 30Q batteries with my GT 70 so I’m good to go.
I currently have a Nitecore D4 charger that only charge 4 cells at a time which means doubling the time needed to charge all 9 of the GT70’s batteries.
My question is if I don’t have time to charge both sets of 4 batteries and only charge one of the two battery sets, will it be safe to use both sets together with different charge state since they are connected in parallel?
Never put cells in parallel in different charge states. That is really bad for the cells, as there is going to be a huge amount of current flowing only limited by the voltage difference and internal resistance of the cell, well above the maximum charging rate of 4A for the 30Qs.
I ‘fixed’ the image for you…..
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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Is there an anduril build available for the GT70?
I don’t know actually. It uses the same driver setup as the MT09R, so firmware for that driver should also work on this one.
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Just received message from DHL that the GT70 will be here in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
I would love to see that as well! Been on the fence about dedoming it for a while now due to the tint shift.
There’s no replacement for displacement.
Anyone’s conversion kit ship out yet? Still at “wait for shipping” status on mine.
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Anyone have the original FW and fuse settings? I can confirm that the existing GT FW does not work well.
None of the conversion kits made it out before the Holiday in china. They should hopefully make it out next week if all goes well, although I would not be surprised if it was the week after that.
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Easy comparison tool for all my LED tests
Nope, the stock firmware would not work well at all, completely different driver.
I posted the source code and driver designs in the firmware thread recently: 46mm Texas_Avenger LDO Driver for MT09R or GT70
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My LED Test series - XP-L2 V5 - Nichia 219C 90+ CRI - Latticebright "XM-L" - XHP35 & PWM efficiency - XHP50 - XP-L V5 - XM-L2 U2 - XP-G3 S5 - XP-L HI V2 - Oslon Square & direct comparison to Djozz tests - Nichia 319A - Nichia 219B 9080 CRI - Nichia 219C D320 - Nichia 229AT - XHP70.2 P2 - XHP50.2 J4 - Samsung LH351D
Easy comparison tool for all my LED tests
Did you all have to pay extra for the DHL shipping through Lumintop? Or is it just their standard shipping?
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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Just got mine delivered by DHL.
BTW, in case you purchased the 30Q batteries with your light, there is a sticker on negative/bottom end of each cell the needs to be peeled off before use.
I didn’t know about the sticker and I thought there was something wrong with my light for well over 2mins…….very stressful 2 minutes
Enjoy!
That is part of the benefit of this group buy, you get the express shipping as the standard shipping method to most areas. Some of the more remote or more strict customs countries have to be shipped by other means though.
Texas Avenger Driver Series
My LED Test series - XP-L2 V5 - Nichia 219C 90+ CRI - Latticebright "XM-L" - XHP35 & PWM efficiency - XHP50 - XP-L V5 - XM-L2 U2 - XP-G3 S5 - XP-L HI V2 - Oslon Square & direct comparison to Djozz tests - Nichia 319A - Nichia 219B 9080 CRI - Nichia 219C D320 - Nichia 229AT - XHP70.2 P2 - XHP50.2 J4 - Samsung LH351D
Easy comparison tool for all my LED tests
Thanks, TA! I should have backed up the flash…
It is well packaged:
Out of the box:
Wait:
I have damage to the top edge at about 12:00 & 10:00. There is thread damage at about 8:00. (The white at 4:00 is just a piece of papertowel.)
If you look back at the 2nd and 3rd pictures above, now that you know to look for it, you can see some of this before it was taken out of the box.
Threads 1, 2 & 3 (from the top) have been damaged and (harder to see) thread 2 has a sharp point sticking up.
I don’t want to use this tube for fear of scratching the threads inside the head. (The head is far more expensive than a tube.) Fortunately I have a tube from the original BLF GT (not GT70) that I can use tonight.
To be clear – I’m not upset. Stuff happens. I have a battery tube so I can play now, and I’m sure LT will make things right after the holiday.
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I seriously doubt Lumintop will do anything about those threads. It looks like you can easily clean them up with a little file and they will be fine.
Texas Ace Lumen Tube and JoshK Sphere calibrated with Maukka lights
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My NW BLF GT70 was just delivered. Looks good so far. Charging supplied batteries. Will test drive it tonight.
BTW, I'm surprised how fast it was shipped by DHL.
Also, just sold my original BLF GT yesterday
But I still have the BLT GTvn
It will be interesting to see how the BLF GT70 & GTvn compare.
How long did it take for them to ship the orders?
Also Texas Ace thank you big time for the response my friend about the shipping that is great to know about the very fast shipping. I keep going back and forth of getting a GT light but going to pull the trigger on picking it up in the AM.
If you happen to live in a remote area of the Wind River Range, Elk City Idaho, or somewhere similar….. it might take a couple days longer.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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Rudeness Level _ mΩ _ {width:70%} _ LightWiki _ LED Tint Chart
Xlamp size chart _ BatteryU _ Flashaholic? Need Professional Help??? TheOriginal _ TAB _ LightSearch _ BatterySearch _ 14500's _ DiCal
No need for contemplation though. Lumintop will have to answer the question.
Good luck Mr. Scott, hopefully LT will just send you another tube. .
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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I love blf gt so much..
I might give one NW to my dad, since I already got one NW from TA.
Is there any estimation of battery life for the GT70 NW with 8 cells (30Q) installed?
Sorry if this has been covered before but Google did not come back with any useful hits.
I’m debating whether to buy a faster charger (I currently have the Nitecore D4 and I’m looking at a Nitecore I8) for my batteries and if the GT70 chews them up fast enough then that might give me the excuse to go ahead with a new charger.
All 88 is good, but they sell for $55 plus s/h
http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=79&pr...
I don’t think there’s been any official run time tests with the GT70. With 150 brightness levels to give smooth ramping you probably need to switch to mode sets, pick a level and see how long it holds it. Maybe someone with 8 30Q can test this.
Texas Ace Lumen Tube and JoshK Sphere calibrated with Maukka lights
Click this to go to signature links. I'm still around, just not reading many new threads.
I thought about that too, run time for set level should be helpful in estimating run time for other levels.
Just received my unit and charging all 8 batteries. w00t!
Dang, waiting for the batteries to charge is like watching water boil.
Another question on batteries.
I know that I need to use matching cells within each 4X battery carrier and I ordered 8 30Q batteries with my GT 70 so I’m good to go.
I currently have a Nitecore D4 charger that only charge 4 cells at a time which means doubling the time needed to charge all 9 of the GT70’s batteries.
My question is if I don’t have time to charge both sets of 4 batteries and only charge one of the two battery sets, will it be safe to use both sets together with different charge state since they are connected in parallel?
NOOOOOO…
Never put cells in parallel in different charge states. That is really bad for the cells, as there is going to be a huge amount of current flowing only limited by the voltage difference and internal resistance of the cell, well above the maximum charging rate of 4A for the 30Qs.
My very own high current Beryllium Copper springs Gen 3:
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/67401
Liitokala Aliexpress Stores Battery Fraud: http://budgetlightforum.com/node/60547
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