The NEW Sofirn C8F Triple XP-L W2 w/side e-switch

Sorry for offtopic again! I like old fords :wink: I had 4 sierras, two Scorpios. One scorpio still mine. 2.9 V6 estate.
The escort cosworth basically a shortened sierra cosworth with escort body. And now I have a Volvo S70 T5 turbo with the scorpio. Oh that 5 cilynder sound with BOW. …

Sorry for the continued off-topic chatter, but yes… I love me some old Fords! The 255 flathead in my ’49 won’t be racing anytime soon though…

Flathead V8, man those were the days! My Dad had a ’37 Cadillac most of my life with a flathead V8 in it. The hood had front to rear panels that lifted and folded in half, propped open…. one on each side of the engine. Big Teardrop headlights. Dad would prop open the hood on both sides so you could see the engine running, couldn’t hear a damn thing, then he’d balance a Nickel on it’s edge on TDC of the teardrop headlight and let it sit there, engine idling. I’ve seen people say it wasn’t running, he must have a small electric motor turning the pulleys… he’d reach in and grab the carb feed and rev it up, Nickel still sitting on the round teardrop headlight. It was the smoothest gasoline engine I’ve ever seen.

Edit: Yes, I grew up with my Dad in the Antique Car Club, we’ve been to car shows in many states, I’ve seen more old cars in full restoration that I can remember. The old boat tail Duesenbergs were a favorite of mine, with big long engines and flex tube ss exhausts exiting the side of the hood then disappearing under the running boards.

Grrrrrrrowwll! :slight_smile:

Oh the days, when a car was the epitome of style…

I miss the sound of those big unbridled engines….

This is what my Dad had for so many years, we rode in it in the 4th of July parades that Belton TX is famous for, when I was a kid…

Dad sold it to the son of an old friend who is fully restoring it from the ground up (as if it needed it) He found that even in 1937 the original exhaust was ceramic lined, had a bear of a time finding someone to do that on the new exhaust to make it fully true to the original.

For those that’ve never seen a flathead V8, Cadillac style…

And why’d they do away with hood ornaments, anyway?

Sweet :) Thank you for the information. I’ll pick up a few of these for my next build :)

Yeah, they’ll be no nickel-balancing on my flathead. It’s less “purring kitten” and more “cantankerous mule”. I’m not old enough to remember those days (I was born in the 80’s), but early cars were really works of art. And now we have cars like this… what’s wrong with us?

Some sweet pics (and rides) there, Dale. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to see a Caddy Flathead. Very nice!

It wasn’t all glory days, when we were little Mom and Dad made us dress in the style of the 20’s and 30’s and participate in Antique Car Club fashion shows. Big crowds, like the Omaha Hilton, and the clothes sucked! Hated it. My little sis ate it up though, of course. lol

A better view of a restored flathead in an old Caddy….

Dad bought the ’37 not long after he and Mom got married in ’51, he hand sanded it down to bare metal and primered it, took it then to a friend that painted it. Dad likes to tell the story of his ’48 Chevy that they honeymooned in, he rebuilt the engine and put it back in the day before they left here in Texas to go to New York, Niagara Falls. He’d never worked on an engine before, just winged it, and they drove all those miles as newlyweds in that car. Yep, they’ve been married 66 years…

’Cause little SOBs would go stealing ’em or just knocking ’em off, unfortunately.

Rolls Royce still does a hood ornament, but they make it retractable so as to deter thieves. It’s a very expensive mechanism.

I had a ’77 Cadillac Seville that had the Cadillac wreath hood ornament, it was affixed via a short cable on a spring, it’d flex over without breaking off. I liked seeing that ornament when driving, and the flying woman on the old ones was really graceful.

Times change, too fast it seems…

That reminds me, some of those old style hood ornaments may not even be legal to use on modern cars as they would not conform to the pedestrian-protection requirements all new cars must conform to.

Nowadays, with manufacturers putting padding(!) in the hood, bumpers, etc., to make it “safer” to hit pedestrians (at your own car’s expense), that’d be a dangerous proposition.

Having a “flying woman” in front would probably impale some idiot who’d walk in front of your car, face planted in a cellphone, and you’d be on the hook for driving such a dangerous “assault-car”.

I just opened my newly arrived C8F. :slight_smile: It is very nice. :heart_eyes: I have the cell on charge and in an hour will be out for a walk to try it out. I’ve switched it to the mode 3 group for now. Probably leave it there unless it gets modded. The e-switch sold me.

I can’t wait to get one of these :slight_smile:

Look forward to hearing your opinion after playing with it some… :wink:

I notice in Amazon, there’s the (older?) Sofirn C8F with triple XP-G3 and it only costs $16.87 (includes an 18650), fewer mode groups
https://www.amazon.com/Sofirn-Flashlight-Rechargeable-Waterproof-Emergency/dp/B075VRL9GD

and there’s also the Sofirn C8F with triple XP-L (the one mentioned in this message thread), but it has no price indicated since it’s out of stock:
https://www.amazon.com/Sofirn-Flashlight-Resistant-Camping-Rechargeable/dp/B0778FLG6P

Though Amazon does not ship to my country…

I can’t seem to find the cheaper Sofirn C8F with 3x XP-G3 with 18650 battery in the AliExpress store, if it’s priced similarly or close ($16.87), I think that’s a nice price.

The Sofirn C8F with 3x XP-L is listed at $34.79 in AliExpress: Page Not Found - Aliexpress.com Any discount for this item in AE?

Sweet ordered the push button C8F, thanks! :+1:

Impressions from an hour and a half hike through the woods; two track and single track dirt. No moon tonight and 3/4 overcast so not much starlight either. I played with the level switching quite a bit for the first few minutes. For my hand I find the side button should be further forward to be used with my thumb. However, the button is well placed for using the pointer finger, light held with the switch facing down.

Level 2 (~80 lumens) was used for most of the walk. Just enough light to keep from tripping over roots and so on. I used level three (600+) lumens on a couple of winding stretches of single track. I sort of wish that level was a little lower, maybe 350 lumens or so.

It did not take too long to get used to the UI. Like anything new it takes a little getting used to. All in all it is a good UI. I consider it to be among one of my favorites. The biggest thing I miss is being able to “back down” the modes like Bistro or ramping Narsil.

I have to admit that I still prefer the ramping operation of Narsil over everything else. However, there is a lot to be said for using other UI. Use of different UI should help keep one’s mind nimble. :slight_smile:

I’d like to thank Sofrin for the discount code I used on the Amazon purchase. That made it an extra sweet purchase. Even without the discount this is a fine light!

I too find that using it switch down and with the “trigger finger” makes it more intuitive. And yes, the output level does take a pretty big jump going to the mosfet, we’re spoiled to ToyKeeper mapping all that out for us and also to her reversing UI. :wink: