Thanks everyone for a smooth and pleasant BLF Group buy!

I am working on some other projects as well, Hopefully they will be ready for announcement before long.

Official Updates will be posted below here with the latest being on top:

Updated 9-21-18

9-21-18 Next milestone : The NW LED's have arrived at lumintop and they are set to begin packing orders next week. Based on past shipments they usually drop the packages off at the forwarders at the end of the week and they actually start their journey the following week. There is a Holiday in China on Oct 1st, so hopefully that does not cause any further delays.

: The NW LED's have arrived at lumintop and they are set to begin packing orders next week. Based on past shipments they usually drop the packages off at the forwarders at the end of the week and they actually start their journey the following week. There is a Holiday in China on Oct 1st, so hopefully that does not cause any further delays. Estimated timeline until next milestone : ~1-2 weeks

: ~1-2 weeks Steps to reach this milestone: Lots of orders to pack and get shipped out.

Update History:

11-01-18 - The group buy is officially closed! All ordered up to 10-18 have been confirmed shipped and most orders since then should also be shipped within a week of the order. Time to start working on the next project, hmm, just what could I have in mind....

10-24-18 - The group buy will officially be closed on Oct 31st. So if you want to take part in the group buy this is your last chance.

10-18-18 - All of the GT70 and Conversion kits have been shipped out as of today! Tracking numbers should hopefully be available next week but they are on the way.

9-12-18 - The Neutral White LED's are ordered and on the way. They should arrive later this week if all goes well and they can start being packed for shipment the next week or possibly the week after. This group buy should be finished by the end of the month if all goes well.

9-11-18 - The NW GT70's are finally for sale along with the conversion kits! You can order them here. You simply select the tint you want in the options, the NW link in the email was incorrect.

The conversion kits can be found here. Please send Texas_Ace or JasonWW a PM if you need the coupon code for the group buy discount and did not get the email.

9-10-18 - The group buy is still open but the sign up form has been turned off. From now on you need to send Texas_Ace or JasonWW a PM to get the group buy code. It is unknown how long the group buy will remain active, there may not be any warning when it ends.

8-31-18 - There was a delay in the neutral white LED selection as we tried to track down 4500k emitters but they are not available it turns out. We are now back on track for selecting either the 4000k or 5000k emitters next week. A poll is being run here for anyone that would like to give there opinion: http://budgetlightforum.com/node/62274 This is not the deciding factor, simply a poll for curiosity's sake. Hopfully the NW will be ready to go in the next 2-3 weeks after the delay.

8-18-18 - The 30Q button top cells are now available to add onto your order if you already ordered the CW GT70 or for those placing new orders. If adding on to an existing order please order the batteries by 8-20 to ensure it can be added to your shipment. The batteries CAN NOT be shipped separately from the lights. More information is available here

8-16-18 - The Cool white GT70 Giggle Monster is officially live! You should of received an email with the coupon code and details, if not please PM Texas_Ace and he will send it to you. The CW lights and batteries should start shipping next week. The bags and caps are out of stock right now, they should be available later when they are back in stock for the same price.

The Neutral White version and the conversion kits should be ready in a few weeks, they are still having trouble deciding on the exact LED to order, I am hoping to get them to order both 4000k and 5000k but no promises. There is a 50/50 chance of either tint at this point if they do not offer both.

Those that have signed up for the Group buy after the ~8-10-18 can PM Texas_Ace for the code to order the CW version or wait for the next round of emails to be sent when the Neutral white versions are ready (They will be sending emails to everyone for those as well).

8-6-18 - The parts for the GT70 are finished and are set to arrive at lumintop this week minus the Neutral White LED's which are taking longer.

7-21-18 - We have officially crossed the 200 reservation line and the price now drops down to $225!

7-18-18 – The Cool White LED’s have been found! Cool white 1A 6500k P2 bin XHP70.2. The Neutral White LED is being debated between a 4000k P2 or 5000k N4.

7-3-18 – We need a minimum of 100 sign ups to get this group buy price, I have no doubt we will reach this many sign ups. We will get further discounts as we get more signups but please do not factor that into your decision to order in case we do not make the next tier.

7-2-18 – Project Giggle Monster is officially going live after more then a Year of pitching the idea! Thanks to those that purchased the prototype lights and proved to lumintop there is a market for this light!

Early 2018 – The BLF GT starts shipping and a NASA research contractor asked me to build them a custom XHP70.2 GT for research testing, Lumintop pays enough attention to help me get the sample prototype parts to make this light for NASA and a few extras.

Early 2017 – I started to pitch the idea of this light to lumintop

BLF GT70 dedomed beamshots from Rockjunkie15:

Beam profile

1128 meter beamshot

BLF GT70 (Left) vs Acebeam X65vn (Right)

Hi all,

The Roster is listing anyone that has taken the time to go through the sign-up and survey questions. If you only stated that you wanted something in the Thread and didn’t go through the form, then you are not going to be listed. It would be a nightmare to try and go through the threads to create such a list. I hope that this is clear now.

The last time that we went through the shipping process, the shipments were broken down by the ranges of the sign-up numbers. While I’m not certain if it will be handled in groups this time around, I took the liberty to make the list to help everyone to know where they stood if in the event that it would be approached this way again.

The pie chart is depicting the results of the survey relating to the desired temperature of the emitter. However the chart does have the total Flashlights commitment quantity number and the commitment for the conversion kits in the upper left hand side of the chart.

Last but not least, I created a goal chart of the total GT70 full flashlights being committed to and contrasting that quantity against the quantity discount for said amounts. Once again, I made this “At A Glance Form” for everyone to see our progress.

Please note the date of the charts. If you don’t see your name listed and you did sign-up, then you signed up after I created that particular chart. No worries, I’ll be updating the chart quite often.

Hope the above helps,

HazG

Next update - September 15, 2018