Above two items are different. One is tactical double switches
and the other is one side switch
https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Flashlight-Sofirn-Headlight-Waterproof/dp/B0716D3P5T/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495176991&sr=8-1&keywords=sofirn+960lm
Hi Tracy,
I have sent you a PM. I would be interested in taking a look at the double switch version if you still have any codes unclaimed.
Hey, i just did a tear down topic of your K03 light. 
Bought it from your AliExpress store.
XP-L2 V6 3D :+1:
I like that.
I’ll PM you because i would like to review that one (number 2)
…and welcome to BLF.
And I like the first one…
I’ll send you a Pm, too!
And welcome to BLF!
Is Sofirn a different name for Thorfire?
Does anyone have pictures of the electronics inside? Is the e-switch mounted on the driver or the host? Mod-friendly in general?
At the link I see three models — one with side switch, one with tail switch, and one with both. They appear to be almost identical to some products from other brands like Thorfire, Eagle Eye, and Convoy. The charger looks like it could be an unbranded Xtar MC1. Any idea how these are different than those items?
I get to do a review on the 2nd one and i will do a tear down in the review.
Yeah, the C8 looks like the Convoy C8, with the short tail cap and matte finish.
Probably from the same factory?
I could use a mod-friendly e-switch / dual-switch host for development purposes… something I could put a common 17mm driver in without much hassle. So I’m curious how the SP31 / SP32 are designed inside.
I accept your PM offer to review it.
Thanks
Offer accepted PM sent. Thanks!
I also accepted a PM offer to get a review light, the 1x18650 bundled with a charger.
I recommended they ask HKJ to review that one since the charger will, or won’t, be worth recommending and he’s got the expertise to evaluate it.
I asked to see the two-switch model, so I could avoid any passive drain from a single side-switch model.
What ToyKeeper wrote above is important for them to note.
I also replied what I think BLFers will find most interesting is their 3-cell multi-emitter light
the picture seems to show has an adapter battery tube for the third cell
(and ships with three 18650 batteries bundled, meriting their own review)
(not eligible to add up for “free shipping” from Amazon, but shows as zero shipping on checkout)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MQ2IFA7/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1
$10.99 marked down from $109.99 … hmmmm ….
Say, does anyone know what an ” XK-WB LED” is?
Maybe this is a bunch of 5mm LEDs, I dunno.
They don’t show you the business end in the pictures.
Nice looking pm sent
Tracy Wan — Sofirn — can you tell us what a “XK-WB LED” is and show some pictures of the business end and the circuit board/driver board?
AND, ToyKeeper’s questions earlier: Sofirn Flash Deal on Aliexpress from 25, Feb. to 27, Feb. - #6 by ToyKeeper and following
Hmmm, Google image search
turns up this China “wholesale and drop-ship” company (worth a look for general information)
offering what might be the same Sofirn 3-cell flashlight, among much else
THe search also turns up a flashlight described as “Sofirn” that is labeled “Trustfire”
A possible reply to TK’s question — I pasted this into Google: “is Sofirn Thorfire?”
and got back some possible confirmation from the results
Shorter: China, it’s all one big business operating under many different names …
Received flashlight yesterday, good looking light, will be using it and write my review of it this weekend and post my impressions here…
I sent you a PM Tracy Wan, please read and advise…
Just got my Amazon box — I bought a couple of their 3-cell lights as mentioned above
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MQ2IFA7/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1
These now show as “currently unavailable, We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock.”
Seems like a good deal for the $10 price they were asking. It’s got the “M@glight” thread feel to it, weighty, like a club.
Came with a 2-cell charger, three “Sofirn 2800” li-ion cells.
Light is bored out for something bigger, the cells have plastic sleeves.
The bore is too small for my EVVA 26650 protected cells, feels like it would shave off the wrapper if I pushed the cell in.
Might work with slightly thinner 26650s, anyone got a recommendation?
Seven emitters, probably LatticeBright, I’ll try to add a picture later
Tube is labeled “AIMAI ARF01” — there’s one review for a flashlight using that name online, but at a site that won’t accept https and has problems with its webserver.
WARNING — don’t use the bundled 2-slot charger.
The back side of the charger gets extremely hot while operating.
The charger overcharges.
Charging the cells provided with the light, it gave me one cell at 4.21v, and another at 4.25v
So it appers they’re not protected cells.
Both cells were noticeably warm while charging
EDIT: at first I thought the driver has the dreaded “next mode memory” design flaw.
It does not — it has mode memory that requires the light be for maybe 30 seconds before it memorizes the mode setting. Which is ok with me.
High, medium, low, strobe, SOS
hank - I’m curious if the light will work with either 1 or 2 cells. Regarding the bore width, maybe it’s made to be the width for those 3xAAA adapters?
If you go to the website listed on the Sofirn manuals, you’ll see lots of AIMAI branded products there. Not sure if it is the same company? Maybe same company but they brand stuff for different regions? Maybe a parent company? The relationships of the various companies/brands is not clear.
Today rec’d a one-button (side button) Sofirn SP32 flashlight in the mail, given to me free with a request I review it as noted earlier.
First take — I can recommend this one for bicyclists.
Nicest features noted are
— tailcap lockout works with less than a quarter turn
— NO SOS, and a hidden stutter-strobe very useful for crossing busy streets at night (pedestrians live in terror in my town, and drivers are often oblivious to foot or bike traffic)
— tightening the tailcap after lockout leaves the light off, then a button tap restores the previous brightness level. That’s nice.
(exception — if the light is locked out from strobe, then tighten-and-click restores one of the four brightness levels, I haven’t quite figured out what the logic is, sometimes it comes back on low, sometimes on a brighter level). This isn’t annoying as the strobe is so quick to access with a double-click.
(I had asked them for a 2-button light and did not get one, for just that behavior, which I prefer)
— two quick taps on the button starts a “stutter strobe” — alternating moderate and fast blinking, good attention-getter cyclists will like
— regular taps cycle from low through high, with 2 intermediate settings
— there’s a brief fraction of a second ramp up as it’s switched to a brighter level rather than an abrupt increase, a feature I like visually, so my pupils don’t contract when the light gets brighter. I’ve noticed going to a higher brightness can cause a little ‘flinch’ with lights that brighten suddenly, though they accommodate fairly quickly. Maybe that’s an age-related effect.
(I’ll leave to the driver experts whether that’s a feature that protects the emitter from sudden power increase)
— 2-second hold for off
No comment yet on the included 1-cell USB-powered charger, except that it looks familiar
Familiar snap-on belt clip, chromed steel
Light is slightly — about 1cm, 3/8inch — longer than a Convoy S2, not the marked length increase I’ve come to expect when side switches are build in. That’s nice compact design.
Driver held in with a threaded retaining ring. Blue-green film on the back of the driver board around the spring base, no writing
Threads on both ends of the battery tube were a little hard to get started and dry; added a dab of thread grease and ok after that.
Bezel appears to be either extremely tight or glued on (I’ve asked) so I could not get a close look at the emitter.
Beam pattern is moderately wide, entirely useful, a bit yellow at the center with a blue corona. Probably a high CRI emitter when the two are mixed.
Nice flashlight. Some thought went into this one.
More later.
EDIT — good little manual included in the box.
One added feature I discovered after reading it: from off, a long (about 1 second) press turns on moonlight; from there, a single click turns it off.
Very handy. Moonlight is rather brighter than I like for dark sky camping but fine for city nighttime use. I’ll compare it to real moonlight when full moon comes along.
So for those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you’ll like.
Easy access to both moonlight and stutter-strobe, but they don’t pop on surprising you…
Got mine today as well. Nice looking light and I’ll be giving it a review after I’ve had a chance to play around with it some. One thing to note though. Amazon did a lousy job packing it. It was sent in a large box with a few of those oversized inflated packing cushions. The flashlight box (inside the big box) had opened up, so the flashlight battery and charger were just banging around all over the place. As it was almost free, I’m not complaining. But if I had paid $30 for it I’d be ticked.
Thanks for your interest in our brand. However, the brand Thorfire belongs to who? Our factory owns two brands—-one of these is Sofirn which aims to different kinds of batteries and lights. Sometimes the flashlights are not multifarious as womens’ skirts. Many brands seems similar as we browse webpage. I once thought Convoy, Fenix and Anker are similar. But they are not in fact.
Hi Socaltiger, the AIMAI and sofirn belongs to one company. But the Aimai was abandoned in the USA. markt from November, 2016. The reason is that there is a brand “AMAI” on Amazon. It is hard to tell the brand “Aimai” and “AMAI” for customers.
Sofirn aims to manufacture better and better budget but high-qaulity LED lights, and we welcome to accept your or flashlightaholics’ feedback, suggestions or even criticism. Thank you for your interest.