According to Amazon
Part Number SF14
Item Weight 1.44 ounces
Product Dimensions 3.8 x 0.7 x 0.8 inches
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So it depends on the āaudienceā which UI is better, but it was quite nice to have the choice between A or B in the same light.
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I THINK the original āAā version is no longerā¦ my (wifeās) BLACK SP10a I got in yesterday DEFINITELY has the new UI with the firefly and hidden turbo. My understand is that they shifted the UI in the rev āBā to this new interface and just called the BLACK host light the āAā and the colored hosts (Blue and Red) the āBā now. But yesā¦ confirmed the new UI in my black SP10A.
If I lived near an Ikea I would drive there tomorrowā but any alternative (online) options are also of interest. āHey, I live in the middle of āNOWHEREā Kansas. My mailman and I show pictures of our family to each other and know where the best coffee is found (the only coffee in the county).
I will delete the alki-leakers as soon as I find me some good AAs for sure! Good tip!!! :+1:
The SP10A name must have stuck because they had stock after changing the UI, and the colored ones must have started manufacturing after
That is the way I recall reading about it here a while back. So there could be old stock in some other resellerās stock, but itās gone now at Sofirnās outlets. Btw: mine came from Sofirnās AE store- I like working with Qidong. He lets me switch C8F tails to C8A clicky switches (when I ask him nicelyā¦ and am willing to wait even longer to get them). Cool dude anyway.
Thanks, I should have thought to look on amazon.
Was getting frustrated after reading 3 reviews on it here and only one has a measurement, but only the length! (96.1 measured)
Still canāt believe itās not in the aliexpress listing.
And then of course amazon only lists inches, so I had to convert:
Length: ā¦ā¦.96.5 mm
Head: ā¦ā¦ā¦20.3 mm
Tail?: ā¦ā¦ā¦.17.8 mm (or maybe this is the middle tube?)
Looking more at the SF14, the mode looks great! NO strobe :heart_eyes: , just LMHā¦ hum, might have to get a few of these for my āmugsā (and wife) to useā get my SF10A back!!!
blue sp10b ordered! just for a change after sf10a 
and itās already on its way to me, woohoo! they were sending it only couple of hours after my orderā¦.good job sofirn so farā¦.
In my review I made some measurements and weighting of the SP10A and Sf14: DOUBLE 1 AND Ā½ "REVIEW": Sofirn SP10A and Sofirn SF14 *[added night / distance shots]
BTW, just ordered a ānewā SP10A and a driver for my SP10B host 
Dangā¦ my wife is going to kill me. Maybe Iāll let her keep that SP10A after-allā¦ since I ordered THREE more today! :sunglasses:
Now I HAVE to go to Ikea- need batteries for all these lights! :person_facepalming:
Can anyone confirm their SP10a or b has short press instant access to firefly now as mine has? Also the Fenix 800mah 14500 protected has worked great in mine. If you live in the US , it ships free from a US warehouse so also comes fast.
Pennzy, that looks like a nice battery, but these Soshines (at $14 shipped) were reviewed well here at BLF and are also shipping within the US. Iāll probably grab a pack of these for my personal stash, and then get a few packs of the Ikea (enloops) for my mugs Iāll be giving some lights to here in a few months.
I just remembered I have a retired mother-in-law who likes to shop and lives nearby an Ikea so Iāll have her pick me up a few packs. She needs something to do (daily) so Iām doing a āgood deedā keeping her busy 
On the SP10Aā¦ timing is a little tricky on the memory function. If you hold it off, then hold it onā it comes back to the last setting (except Turbo). But if you turn it off then fast click- it starts at the bottom (on FF). I need to play with it more, and I am wondering if the memory is holding over-night right now. But with both my wife and I playing with it these last few days, Iāve not had enough time to test that suspicion.
I would look into that store before buying . Only 96.6% positive feedback. This ebay seller has been recommended :
http://stores.ebay.com/GenuineCells?\_dmd=1&\_nkw=14500
i have over 60 ikea ladda so farā¦not all them are for flashlights of course, i am using them among other things for sound recorder which is using 4xAA and all around houseā¦they are one of the main reasons why i am avoiding lion batteries, too much hassle for my taste, do this, donāt do this, take care of this and that, nahā¦nimh rules
I received a SP10a from the Sofirn Official Ali Store yesterday and can confirm that new lights seem to have the ānewā firmware with a single shortclick to moonlight mode.
Thanks. I have 2 , purchased about a month apart . One has this and one doesnāt. One has a true firefly and one has a moonlight.
Of course, IF using a 14500, the FF lumen output on mine goes from 1 to 2 (as all mode levels increase).
Ya, as I am gifting to some family muggles AND I have the surplus NiMH chargers in the hand (and these Laddaās cost about 1/4 of the better 14500s)ā¦ I have to agree on the NiMH as a standard load for gifting to some family. My mom-in-law already has her mission outlined for an Ikea run 
But I will be using the 14500 for my personal AA lights because I like the idea of using one charger for all my lightsā a lithium ion multi-sized charger- and call it good enough. So I did order the SoShine 14500 set this am (Iāll report back on them when I get and test them). I did snake my one UR14500P off eBay on an auction (for $2.50 shipped- poor guy didnāt make anything on that sell :cry: ).
it is interesting, but in this exact case there is not much difference between nimh and 145000 with sp10ā¦brightness and beam are almost the sameā¦
Yes I read that, great review thanks, however I only saw the length measurement - not the diameters, unless I missed that? :nerd_face:
Sorry, youāre right :person_facepalming: I just read the length part!
Here it is: tail and head diameter = 19.8mm ; ābase of the headā = 20.4mm
Hope this helps! And thanks for your words
Humā¦now I donāt know what to expect from mine! Iāll tell something when mine arrives!
Andā¦ I guess lots of people here will be saying too :money_mouth_face:
Nice compromise would be LFP cells. 3.2V, charges from a LK-100B, but you have to remember to always press Da Button when starting it up. Otherwise itāll assume itās a Li-ion cell and try charging it to 4.2V vs 3.6V. That would be a Bad Thing. But at least youāre playing with 3.2V pretty much flat over its whole discharge curve, vs 1.2V.