Me too. Holy crap! Timing was just right. Looking at tracking, mine is 3-4 days behind yours… but I’m not complaining. These are moving way faster than the LT1 lanterns did last Nov-Dec-Jan.
This will be my first dark brown flashlight. I guess for a while I’ll be having a brown out every night.
I was going to waiting for performance numbers to see if I should get one but at this price I don’t think it’s worth it, to me anyway. The Amutorch XT45 can be had for $60 dollars with the same LED. I get that it’s bigger and the quality/service is way better but its still a bit much for me…a lot more expensive than the D1S. I would like to see a simpler stripped down emisar version with a 1S4P 18650 configuration at a lower price. I guess I’ll just wait for soemething with more throw. Since I’ve already seen what the FT03S can do this won’t really impress me.
I would think efficiency should be always associated with LEDs that are not overdriven or measured at currents that are not overdriven ones (like 1A max for XHP35 HI). But well there’s other point of views, like cost per lumen, cost per head size, cost per candela, etc.
Bummer… I was waiting for a review or first impressions, but $140 is way beyond budget territory. I hope this price hike is due to the shipping situation and not something permanent.
The LED[SBT90.2] itself went up $15 from when this version was first posted[$35], almost immediately it went up to $40, now $50.
I am hoping that I am not disappointed with performance, durability and the accuracy of the Temp. regulation. I knew when buying this it could NOT disable step down like NARSIL. I hoping the high temp setting that I choose works.
If not, More money[!] and send to Skylumen for assurance that I have no step down and 16 mode groups.
The shipping rate is 2 times higher than before, expecially for such heavy product like K1.
And the package lost rate is higher than before.
All this situation is killing our profit, we have no choice but to increase the price.
