URGENT for LGI Owners (MYSTERY SOLVED)!!!

[MR Bulk]

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MYSTERY SOLVED!!! (read follow-up from recipient):

"Hi Charlie,

Mystery solved, YEA. I just got home from a drill (I am a member of technical rescue team), there was a Priority Mail box in the mail containing the two lights from yourself. Sorry for panicking you. The box yesterday must have been from an Ebay purchase I made last week or so, as I mentioned in the e-mail it was from HI and I assumed it was from you, it had no packing information, just the light. The light was also an LS in a Brinkman body. Once again, please accept my sincere apology for raising the red flag. Thanks again for efforts and excellent product."

Talk about "WHEW"!!!

[this_is_nascar]

Only had one in my packaging Charlie.

[MR Bulk]

THANK YOU for chiming in, Nascar. Certainly appreciate it.

[James S]

Hi Charlie,

Just one in my box too, I'm about to go outside and play, I mean seriously work with it right now.

Thank you!
James

[Sigman]

Oh boy, it's like a lottery, you win - except you don't win! But one can feel good about getting it to the rightful owner! [img]graemlins/icon14.gif[/img]

Haven't received my "one" yet...standing by.

[Icebreak]

Mr. Bulk-

I would like one. I would probably like all of them.

Could you help a CPF brother out?

[MR Bulk]

Hey Sig, and there is a REWARD...but it will only be of use to an LGI owner...and you can't really obtain one too easily, unless you know where to look and have the bucks to spend.

Plus I bet no one has thought of using it with an LGI anyway.

So the honoree will be the one and only LGI owner on the planet to have it; I used it all the time with my LGI but lately only use it now and then (since I am playing - er - working more with the Space Needle anyway) so I am willing to give it up...

Anyway most of the LGI packages have not reached their owners yet, earliest they were mailed out would've been Tuesday, and from Hawaii it takes Priority Mail at least 2-3, and sometimes up to 7-10, days to reach its destination depending on where you live and if there's a weekend in between the ship and deliver dates.

C'mon everybody, open yore packages! Otherwsie I am out $55 as I have to give the unlucky person a refund since there are NO MORE LGIs, probably forever unless more super nice batwing Luxeons fall into my lap, which I doubt...

[Icebreak]

Originally posted by MR Bulk:
(yes, there were some female LGI buyers, and they must be among some of the coolest and most understanding women in the world!)

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Originally posted by Icebreak:


I would like one. I would probably like all of them.

Could you help a CPF brother out?

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[freeze12]

Darn... Wish I had ordered one! :-(

[Zephyr]

I received my LGI today and I only had one in my package. BTW, this thing is extremely bright Mr Bulk!!! Awesome job, and thank you very much!!

ZEPH

[W4DIZ]

I haven't got mine yet,But if I get two I will let you know.
David

[Rothrandir]

charlie, is there a reason you use batwings in the lgi's?

[MR Bulk]

SEE FIRST POST....

[ramptapult]

got my one i ordered wow wish i was put in that quandry thanks

[MR Bulk]

Rothrandir,

In smaller AA lights they provide the best beam patterns. The Lams do not work well with the NX-05 optics and any reflectors need to have a much larger surface area in order to properly focus the beam with Lambertians.

Plus I have found certain batches batwings to be the absolute brightest among the 1-watt Luxeons. If I were to select another Luxeon 1-watt style to mod, especially for throw, it would be Lambda's Cyclops arrangement...

[James S]

Mine has the printed label, but it is circled in black ink, looks like a sharpie, and the line goes through the fancy bar code like thing above the endicia.com text. Also the big barcode at the bottom is crossed out with one line written in regular ballpoint.

I know that the post office or various handlers can write on the mail, but still seems strange.

This is becoming quite an interesting mystery, please keep us updated!

EDIT: Well, I suppose I can take a picture, even though mine isn't particularly interesting.

[PeterM]

Charlie
Received my LGI today. What a nice job!! The printing was standard stuff and, unfortunately [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] , I just received the one. But what a one it is. You're my Mod hero.
Pete

[Rothrandir]

well, this is an interesting and disturbing situation indeed. i hope the perpetrator (if it is indeed theft) is discovered and gets the missing item shined at his lidless eyeball for the entire duration of the battery...

---Charlie says---
---In smaller AA lights they provide the best beam patterns. The Lams do not work well with the NX-05 optics and any reflectors need to have a much larger surface area in order to properly focus the beam with Lambertians.---

i was under the impression that hd's worked better with the o5's (farther throw). also, what do you mean by "properly focus"? beam quality...side spill...?

[Saaby]

Hmmm...well my box with a single LGI in it (One more than I ordered, mind you) hasn't arrived yet, but I'll let you know if it does so we can get it on to the right person [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[MR Bulk]

JamesS. Thanks for letting me know AND the great picture. Actually it might explain what the other person was talking about -- I am waiting for a reply from him to my latest solutions (postal inspector, refund, etc.) because he did describe sharpie and ball point pen markings, but then went on to provide the return which was totally foreign to me...so I wait.

Sig, yeah hate to wait myself, but that's just the way things are until we invent transport pods like in The Fly.

Freeze12 and Icebreak, unfortunately hindsight's 20-20...mebbe on the next run if there ever is one.

Zeph, W4DIZ, ramptapult, PeterM, thanks indeed.

Rothrandir, you will find it is impossible to focus the Lambertian to a nice, wide, smooth even beam using optics or small reflectors. Lotta artifacts still. The best 1-watt beam, IMHO, is still the batwing w/NX-05 "new" style optical collimator.

Saaby, don't worry, you concentrate on graduating Summa Cum Laude from college and land a super CEO job or something, and by then we will have a 100-watt Luxechia flashlight that will light up a football field all by itself. And you'll be among the lucky few who can afford it...

[FalconFX]

Charlie,

Haven't gotten mine yet, but once I do, I'll let you know if I spot what you've been talking about...

Choua

[MR Bulk]

Thanks Falky.

[Icebreak]

Charlie-

Freeze and Ice were joking a little. Typically a woman would not understand, much less go to the trouble of finding and purchasing an LGI. I'm sure dialog with one would be engaging.

I did pay for an LGI and am looking forward to next week.

I didn't realize this was about a federal felony.

After you've solved this mystery you may be able to look back and think, "They had no idea who they were messing with."

[this_is_nascar]

Charlie, I just retrieved by packaging from the recyling can to inspect it. Everything here looks to be on the up-and-up. The label is attached and has no foreign markings.

I hope your suuspisions of theft are incorrect, however if they are true, I hope you go forward and prosecute the bastard to the full extent of the law.

[beamer]

As usual,mine will likely be the last to arrive.Given the situation, I'll be happy if they arrive at all,especially since I'm one of those who ordered two.I'll let you know as soon as the package gets here,Mr.Bulk.

[freeze12]

Quote:Charlie-

Freeze and Ice were joking a little. Typically a woman would not understand, much less go to the trouble of finding and purchasing an LGI. I'm sure dialog with one would be engaging.
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Yes.. I was joking in a nice way :-)
But..If someone feel's that they want to part with their "L.G.I" I will buy it.. as Mr. Bulk said,"hindsight's 20-20..." (sigh) :-(

My E-Mail addy is: quickbuyman@hotmail.com

P.S.: Hope the THEIF is caught!!

[treek13]

Hi Mr. Bulk,

My LGI arrived today. Unfortunately there was just the one that I ordered in the box. It did have a printed label on the box just like your example.

Good luck tracking down that stray LGI.
Pat

[W4DIZ]

Mr. Bulk,
I just got the LGI today.What a great job [img]graemlins/icon14.gif[/img] .Man this thing is bright [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] .I only received the one that I ordered.There was no problem with the lable.Thank you for doing these mods.
David

[Darell]

YC's arrived in my mail box yesterday. Just the one unit. After loading it and firing it up, I'm still in a quandry as to IF I should send it along to its rightful owner... [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[LoneRebel]

My LGI arrived today. There was just the one I ordered in it. I turned it on and compared it to my streamlight 4AA 7 LED. The streamlight which I originally thought was bright is pathetic compared to the LGI monster. I cant wait to use the LGI when its dark tonight...

Thanks alot Mr. Bulk, my first luxeon is fantastic [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Its now time to make a pilgrimage to Costco and stock up on Kirkland batteries. How long do a set of batteries last on this baby?