Fireflies ROT66, Born for fans of flashlight

alifpb98 · July 31, 2018, 12:26pm

Beautiful pictures! :heart_eyes:
The output is great, comparable to Q8.

M4D_M4X · July 31, 2018, 12:39pm

just WOW! :)

goshdogit · July 31, 2018, 12:55pm

Nearly 5000 lumens of rosy R9080! :heart_eyes:

Great photos! :+1:

maukka · July 31, 2018, 1:10pm

Awesome, thanks! Happy it actually does 5k.

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 1:36pm

Amazing that such an enthusiast light exists in stock form.

MascaratumB · July 31, 2018, 1:36pm

Sweet flashlight :sunglasses: Great photos as always!

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 1:51pm

So how does the blue glow inside the head actually work? At first I thought it was very low power blue LEDs, but now it looks like it’s just reflection from the blue fluorescent board?

Btw I don’t know much about driver design, can someone tell me why a good chunk of those 7135 chips are missing?

MascaratumB · July 31, 2018, 1:57pm

Take a look at the picture! There is a “white” strip above the emitter board, glued to the internal “wall” ! It is Glow In The Dark (GITD or GTD ) tape :sunglasses:

Chatika_vas_Paus · July 31, 2018, 2:03pm

Is this an ordinary pcb? It doesn’t look like copper, especially DTP.

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 2:06pm

I think I see copper on the inside of the holes in the middle of the board.

steel_1024 · July 31, 2018, 2:40pm

Yes, It’s copper

SKV89 · July 31, 2018, 4:20pm

Thanks for the great preview as always! I already have the legendary 219B 9080 version on order and might buy an XP-L HI version too. I’m sure this will become an enthusiasts’ classic light like the Q8, M43, and Emisars.

One thing I noticed is that the canopy over the slide is yellow with the Q8 but washed out with the Fireflies. My flashlights with 219B 90CRI emitters render colors far better than any of my flashlights with Cree emitters so I’m just wondering is that just this one pic playing tricks.

Did you spring bypass your Q8?

Also do you think the PCB on the Firefly can be removed to reflow different emitters?

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 4:34pm

Wonder what the slide and tree look like with a daytime control shot being illuminated by the sun.

Does anybody know about the missing chips on the driver?

steel_1024 · July 31, 2018, 4:33pm

Q8, a little mod on Tail

Yes, You can replace 3535 LED

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 5:54pm

Could you add a control dayshot of the slide and tree Steel? Also, how long does the fluorescent sticker glow after the light is turned off?

steel_1024 · July 31, 2018, 6:03pm

Sorry, I don’t understand……

Very faint light
You can ignore the time because there is a side button to illuminate

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 6:10pm

A picture of the tree and slide during day time under sun.

steel_1024 · August 1, 2018, 1:11am

Oh, I see

Firelight2 · July 31, 2018, 6:28pm

Looks like nice thick traces on that copper star. :sunglasses:

twisted_raven · July 31, 2018, 6:33pm

No I meant take a photograph of that scene during day time.