Sofirn SP70 Alone $50, PM for AMZ US CODE(LIMITED)

Thats why i also suggeted a BLF multi led design with XHP35HIs. There would be the petal spill, but hotspot and tint should be much better.

Or, you can have a 3rd party dealer do it for 80bux/hr and then bill Sofirn for 3× as many units as were actually sold.

(Yeah, I know, I’m going to Hell… :smiling_imp: )

Okay guys, I am convinced. Dedoming is really a personal responsibility. And the resulting tint is currently almost totally undocumented for the LEDs.

I just wonder, that how can Acebeam achieve dedoming results with acceptable failure rate.

Keeping this flashlight budget friendly will not mean, that these experiments would be affordable.

(Also edited my previous post)

So … what if 2 versions (dome and dedome) ?

Please let dedoming go, if you want dedomed, please D.i.y.

/\ … :+1:

Agreed

Triple emitter (C8F like), 26650, anduril UI

AWESOME IDEA!!

It seems like this project is going to be a L6/S70 style light. (Which is great!)

I’m hoping that in the near future, Sofirn (or some other manufacturer) will realize that there is significant interest in a triple LED 26650 light.

Cheers!

How many people would love to have extra blinky modes like Beacon, SOS, Strobe? I think it could be made. But how do we hide them? Double click to Turbe(click to go back), another double click to SOS (click back to Turbo), another double click to Beacon1(click back to Turbo), another double click to Beacon2(click back to Turbo), make double click to cycle through Tubo-SOS-Beacon1-Beacon2-Strobe, something like that? Any ideas?

We never did a group buy before. Help will be much appreciated.

It would be great if people who get in K70 group buy come to this one. More people get in, lower cost it would be, then we can see if we can offer better price.

Furthermore, we are not quite sure if it’s a BLF SP70 or Sofirn SP70. Both works fine for us. If you guys want BLF SP70 or name it other way, anyone can make a logo for it? Is it necessary?

Personally, I can live a long, happy, & fulfilled life without the ‘blinky modes’. But if they can be added without taking away from the more important ‘good stuff’ JasonWW mentioned earlier…. why not. Just find a way to hide them away. :wink:

As far as a name & logo. Why not have both Sofirn & BLF names on it along with SP70.
There are several talented people here that have the capability to create this.

It does not have to be gaudy nor complicated. Simple & elegant will do just fine.

What your describing above has my head spinning. Lol. It sounds really complicated.

I would leave double clicks only for turbo.

Is this possible: Triple click for Strobe, then you press and hold to cycle through the other flashing modes. Then click once to either go back or turn off.

I think this would work in both groups and it’s pretty easy to remember. It functions the same way as you change brightness levels, but you have to triple click first.

I think it would be well hidden. If you don’t like blinky modes, never triple click and you will be fine.

I would be happy without blinky mode/strobe modes. No one ever uses them

No blinky modes please

If these would be implemented, I think, blinky modes should only accessible in Group 1 (set of output levels) by fast triple clicking. Looping through blinkies then should be done exactly the same way of looping through set of output levels. Then, if we would want to exit blinky mode set, fast triple click again single short click. This would practically hide blinkies for those, who do not prefer them.

In Group 2 (ramping), these blinkies should not be available then, at all. In Group 2, fast triple click could enter the flashlight to momentary on/off (emitting light while switch button is pressed) - and fast triple click again switch the flashlight off and on to return normal ramping operation (forgot, that fast triple click here could be a desired signal here).

Again, for the cost efficiency of the driver (prioritizing stable basic operation), I don't insist on asking for these modes to be implemented. These are considered not really useful for the majority of people, but a few groups of people actually would happily use these (I think, users of these functions are somewhat under-represented here).

Edit: i didn't notice, that JasonWW already answered :-)

And I think, even if these are chosen to be implemented, could be postponed to the time after the first version of this lights reaches production stage - for the first version, the UI JasonWW described originally without the blinky modes, sounds pretty sufficient to me. But again, it is not me to decide :-)

Okay cool we are here to help :smiley:

Once we get some idea of the specs we will start a new thread for a group buy.

As for price we will aim to please all! Make us an offer and we can discuss it in the group.
Say you want us to move 500-1000+ lights for this group buy make an offer based on the specs and that amount of sales that are expected? Plus any additional parts we can work out a new price if needed.

You may have to send a prototype to a BLF member to check if its okay and up to standard not sure where that falls with cost (who pays)?

Also will you be selling the light through a 3rd party vendor or your aliexpress store?

Will you stock spare parts? Is it possible to make an OP style reflector that will fit if we get enough interest?

As for the name we can have a discussion here in the thread. I like the BLF70 maybe even BLF70SP i am not that creative so some one else will have a better idea.

Also i am with every one if we have a hidden strobe it should be a triple click to access from the standard group set.

Now i will see what every one else in the thread thinks? Does this sound okay lads?

I don’t know if the BLF name can be put on any light. Especially one that does not use a BLF based driver. It may also be up to the forum owner, SB, since he owns the BLF name.

Personally I think Sofirn SP70 is a fine name. I’ll contact SB to see what he thinks. Texas_Ace as well. There might be some sort of prerequisite to use the BLF name. I don’t know for sure.

You can use the BLF name for BLF modded lights look at the older BLF group buys? This is actually a scratch built BLF light lots of BLF lights have used of the shelf parts including divers. For example the Luckysun BLF D80? All as we done was changed the LED to a DTP MCPCB and up the amperage of the stock driver.

Count me in for group buy.