The 12th Annual Old Lumens Challenge - 2024 - Winners announced!

[Dandyhorse]

I’m super excited to make a build for this! I don’t have a ton of time but I should be able to do it.

I’m entering into the modified light category
Here’s my build thread

[pinkpanda3310 (Pinky)]

My entry into the modified category. Thanks Hoop

Pinkpanda3310's 12th annual challenge entry - modified

Not sure if I’ll have enough time to finish this but there’s still a month to go so fingers crossed. I’ll enter the modified category with this convoy m21a. The plan is to go from single reflector to 7x optic.

[Serlite]

I’m entering the hand made category!

Here is my entry topic: Serlite’s 12th Annual Old Lumens Challenge Entry - Hand Made

After years of collecting and learning about lights, I’m excited for my first time participating!

[chipmunk]

My machine made entry:

chipmunk’s 12th Annual Old Lumens Challenge Entry - Machine Made

[RobotSquid]

Here is the thread where I will post updates on my entry:

RobotSquid’s 12th Annual BLF Old Lumens Challenge Entry - Machine Made

Hi everyone. This is my first entry into the Old Lumens Challenge and my first post here. I am in the process of building a dual flood/throw headlamp from scratch, and will periodically post updates here. I have a decent amount of work already completed, and while I will be writing it all up in a nice format here, feel free to see here and here for a preview of what is to come

Good luck to everyone!

[clockwork]

Hey everyone,
here’s my entry in the machine made cathegory for this years contest: [FINISHED] Clockworks's 12th Annual Old Lumens Challenge Entry - Machine Made

Good luck everyone and I hope you’re having fun.

[turbiny]

Hi All,
here is my tiny mod entry in the Modified Light category
[Finished] Turbiny’s entry for the 12th Old lumens challenge. Modified flashlight category
its the thought that counts, good luck and have fun

[GorgTech]

Hello,

this is my last second entry for the Machine Made category

GorgTech’s 12th Annual BLF Old Lumens Challenge Entry - Machine Made

Hello, this is going to be a close one, more or less a “last minute Project”. I spent exactly 1 hour thinking about what I could build with just a few parts I already have at home. How about a small desk lamp, something I would use for small electronic repairs? It will use a generic 3W Star LED (which is more than enough for what I want to use it anyway), a DIY 4S 18650 Battery Pack and selfmade 3D printed parts…which right now I´m working on under heavy time pressure. I hope I can finish i…

Best regards,

[Skylight]

Another last minute entry for the modified flashlight category:

Skylight’s 12th BLF Old Lumens Contest Entry - Modified flashlight - Giveaways and Contests - BudgetLightForum.com

[lumenzilla]

24 hours to go.
Good luck to all participants!

[YuvalS]

@lumenzilla

24 hours to go.
Good luck to all participants!

Well …

I am counting on these 13 hours

[Skylight]

My modified triple XHP70.3 flashlight is finished now:

Many thanks to Hoop and everyone working in the background to make this contest possible.

[The_OL_Contest]

That’s a wrap for the build period.

Thank you to all participants. The turnout was especially high this year.

Next the judges will deliberate.

Happy new year!

[Ruckusmattster]

cant wait for the results, typically how long does judging take?

[The_OL_Contest]

The process of judging has taken 3-4 weeks in recent years.

Finding judges can be a hurdle.

A thread has been created to ask for volunteer judges:

Requesting volunteer judges for the 12th Annual Old-Lumens Challenge

We are in need of judges for the 12th Annual Old-Lumens Challenge. This year we had quite a few participants, and it would be nice to have quite a few judges as well. Qualified judges should be active or long time members with modding experience, and familiarity with the Old-Lumens challenge. Judge duties: Examine this year’s build threads. Assign points to each entrant based on several factors, as described on the scorecard. An interactive (browser based) scorecard (spreadsheet) will be p…

Direct solicitation generally works to get some judges on board, whereas asking for volunteers does not.

[MtnDon (Don Miller)]

[The_OL_Contest]

Congratulations to everyone who completed this year’s challenge!

This year’s challenge winners are:

Hand Made Category

• First place: Ruckusmattster
• Second place: MtnDon
• Third place: NeutralFan
• Fourth place: YuvalS
• Fifth place: TIE between Serlite and TheEinherjar

Machine made category

• First place: RobotSquid
• Second place: clockwork
• Third place: Saltyboi6704
• Fourth place: GorgTech
• Fifth place: chipmunk

Modified Light Category

• First place: Worrub918
• Second place: Hunter-Jackson
• Third place: Köf3
• Fourth place: TIE between Dandyhorse and Skylight
• Fifth place: QReciprocity42
• Sixth place: turbiny

Ruckusmattster gets first choice of prize, RobotSquid gets second choice of prize, Worrub918 gets third choice of prize, next MtnDon, next clockwork, next Hunter-Jackson, and so on. PMs incoming!

Here’s a group shot of this year’s builds:

Thanks again to all participants, judges, and sponsors, for helping to make this year’s event a success!

[MtnDon (Don Miller)]

Congratulations Ruckusmattster and everyone else!

[TARTARACERBERUS]

Excellent contest, congrats on the winners, the participants, judges and donors !

[raccoon]

Congrats!