The flashlight was provided by Sorirn's Official Store on Aliexpress for review.
Here's the product's link: Sofirn SP32A
Recently Sofirn has started pushing quite a few new flashlight models in the market, with most of them being worthy of their price.
The $17 valued SP32A has proven not to be an exception to that rule.
Starting with the packaging, the flashlight comes in the standard Sofirn cardboard presentation box.
No surprises in the contents of the package. In order to keep the cost down, Sofirn has purposely kept the contents to their bare minimal.
Other than the SP32A, the box included a detailed user manual, a lanyard, 2 spare o-rings and a warranty card.
Coming to the flashlight itself, you get a matte black anodization along with diamond shaped knurling on the body.
As seen, the light is side switch operated. The switch is metallic and very tactile.
The head has some heatsink fins as well as some anti-roll flat spots.
By default, the light comes with a thick metal pocket clip installed. The clip is strong and provides great retention.
Both head and tail threads are square cut and anodized.
Thanks to the coating, the light can be mechanically locked by a slight twist.
The tailcap contains a thick brass spring which should easily transfer the required current without limiting it.
The driver is seated into place via a brass retaining ring.
Seeing that the driver's spring comes bypassed from the factory is definitely a good indicator that Sofirn has put some thought into the process.
The SP32A utilizes an XP-L2 emitter combined with a smooth reflector.
In my case, the emitter was Neutral White tinted, but your mileage may vary.
The head is very easy to disassemble and mod.
Under the AR coated lens you get a copper mcpcb which is secured in place via a screw.
As seen, there is also plenty of thermal paste applied under the star.
The flashlight itself weights around 68gr, which makes it perfect for EDC use.
User Interface
If I can recall correctly, it's the first time that Sofirn installs such firmware to its lights.
The flashlight comes with two different mode groups, a regular 6 mode one and a ramping group.
Regular Mode Group
Turn on: Single press
Mode cycle: Single press (Moonlight -> Low -> Medium -> High)
Turn off: Long press
Ramping Group
Turn on: Single press
Ramp up/down: Long press
Turn off: Single press
Special Modes (Accessible from both groups)
Turbo: Double click from anywhere
Strobe: Triple click from anywhere
Performance and Measurements
In order to get my current measurements I used a fully charged Samsung 25R and a clamp meter.
Mode - Current (A)
Moonlight - 0.01
Low - 0.05
Mid - 0.32
High - 4.43
Turbo - 8.21
Here's some ceiling bounce measurements of the different modes:
And here's Turbo's output compared to my other lights:
As soon I find some free time I will try to upload some outdoor beamshots.
All in all, the flashlight's performance is insane. It's the first time that I come upon a small, cheap factory light that pulls such a high current while on Turbo.
Of course, given the big wattage, the head becomes toasty pretty quick but that's expected.
Other than that, the mode spacing is great for daily usage and the ramping group, even though I didn't find myself using that much, will be a pleasant surprise for lots of people.
For $17 it's a bargain!