Whew! List is updated. That was a lot of new interest! We’re over 1000 lights now!
I slightly changed the format of the list to make it easier to read.
As before, note that I am not tracking anodizing color preferences, but you are welcome to specify desired colors in your post in case Sofirn checks the thread to help themselves decide how many of each to make.
As far as I know the driver/led cavities are potted.
When I confronted Barry with the gooey in my samples a few weeks ago, he was first quite shocked, then he went talking with the Sofirn engineers, then he assured that it was a very slow curing stuff that may take months to cure, then I showed a lot of doubt about that and suggested to look at two-component solutions, then he talked again with the engineers, then he told me not to worry and that the potting would be alright and that was the last I heard about the subject.
In the meantime, the gooey in my samples seemed to be hardened a bit more but still far from fully cured, and I do not know if they put the same stuff in the production lights and if it really will be hard and functional eventually.
In the meantime II, my and Sofirns torture tests of the sample lights have shown that even without functional potting the C01 can withstand quite extreme abuse while still staying fully functional.
That’s all I know about the status of the potting of the C01
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Nothing worst than with any website outside of china. Your payment is encrypted like anywhere else with https.
I made hundreds of “cyber” payments before paypal exists and never had a problem. I’m never using “the one click” payment or equivalent that save the credit cart number and info on the website (ebay, amazon, aliexpress, etc).
It was not a complete runtime test but one that started with an almost empty battery to check the ‘vampire draw quality’ of the light.
An actual runtime test starting with full battery was never done but a very likely runtime number can be predicted when you know that the current is supposed to be set at 25mA. You get more than 40 hours out of an alkaline battery then. Maybe someone can do a review with an actual runtime test. Or maybe I will do it one of these days
Many people buy trits at Mixglo.com, you need the smallest type 6mmx1.5mm.
I have ordered some 5mm diameter x 3mm thickness neodymium magnets at Fasttech many weeks ago but I must say they are slow to arrive. Another test that is not actually done (will the C01 succesfully stick to a vertical metal surface with such magnet)