All the black boxes I had to buy with my own money except Noopsyche who gave me one light and the control lights. I contacted each and everyone of them in China and they basically ignored me, even contacted Ledzeal and after hearing about the study they refused to contact me back. I think it is a language barrier thing.Four thoughts;
1.) IMHO, and as it has been mentioned by numerous people, separating the threads is not necessary. You're conducting a light study. They are all lights. Keep them together. Additionally, should the lights be separated, some may think Noopsyche was shown some sort of favoritism. I believe if you give Noopsyche their own thread then each BB should also be given their own thread.
2.) Should you decide to separate them, can you not simply change the title of the thread? (I don't know if this is even possible and that's why I ask.)
3.) Have you contacted any of the BB manufacturers, told them of your study and asked them if they'd like to donate lights to be included in the study?
4.) And finally, don't work too hard overnight on Friday because you have to work @dantimdad exceptionally hard on Saturday. (While trying to work him to the point of having hallucinations, do your best to keep him just short of having another stroke!)
As for thread separation:
I will do the study on all black boxes I have, and post and compare each light with our baseline we have established.
No thread separation will be needed as we can post numbers on the front page for all to see.
Thanks,
Matt