Interested
Still interested, even though it has no magnet. Maybe I can fix that.
Okay.
I won’t say that I’m 100% satisfied.
The light itself is great. I’ve always wanted an AA based quality lantern. My problem is the 5000-6000k. Mine is definitely not warm, especially compared to the LT1. There no ‘’warm white magical camping mood’’. It works but… meh…
I'm quite sure it is in 3650-4000K for medium brightness. You mean they used new emitter now? When did you order yours?
I was among the first 30. I’ll try to take a picture compared to my LT1. It’s definitely not in the 3000K range. I would even be surprised if it in the 4500k range but I have no way to test that.
Beside the LED tint, this little lantern is great. High quality build and a lighted switch running from AA is a huge plus for me.
The CL2 has never been advertised as warm white, so why do you expect it anyway?
I wrote the exact color temperature (3650K) in post #126:
Like i wrote last month 
Thanks for the hint to the Olight Bulb, which delivers 55lm of warm wite light (:
Not neccesary, BLF LT1 has 2750K. Lumintop CL2 has 3650K.
CL2 means Clone of LT1 Too (as well)
I haven’t heard anything yet, other than the OP description.
Interested in atleast 1
After seeing this, I did a quick search for more UI info. I found that Zeroair reviewed the CL2 and has lots of info about the UI and other details.
While looking through the data there, I noticed that the efficiency seemed to be really low. So I did some quick calculations, and it worked out to:
- 55 lm/W on li-ion
- 10 lm/W on NiMH
Those are both pretty low for LED lights. Especially on NiMH, it’s not much better than an old incandescent bulb.
Then I was curious, so I checked the LT1 since the CL2 was clearly, uh, “inspired” by the LT1:
- 88 lm/W (LT1)
Not great, but not bad either. Mostly just average.
The CL2 kit comes with four 920 mAh cells, or 3680 mAh total. A single common 18650 35E cell holds 3500 mAh. After factoring in the difference in efficiency, this leads to some interesting runtime comparisons, assuming the same lumen output:
LT1 w/ 1 cell: (or a smaller 1x18650 amc7135-based light, like a Convoy S2 w/ diffuser cap)
- LT1 runs 1.5X as long as CL2 w/ 4x14500
- LT1 runs 8.4X as long as CL2 w/ 4xNiMH
LT1 w/ 4 cells:
- LT1 runs 6X as long as CL2 w/ 4x14500
- LT1 runs 33X as long as CL2 w/ 4xNiMH
Normally, a boost driver should be more efficient… but it looks like that’s not the case here. The CL2 in boost mode is an order of magnitude less efficient than a simple linear driver.
Coupon in OP.