[Available again! - BLF special edition light] new Sofirn AAA twisty high CRI 5mm LED

I donā€™t think thatā€™s the case with mine since it has already shipped out.

Looking forward to trying out my new C01ā€™s when they get here, Iā€™m especially excited for it being a good AAA light with high CRI. Iā€™ve come to appreciate the portability of AAA lights and pretty much always have one on me, usually the BLF-348. Itā€™d be nice to complement that with one of these 3200K C01ā€™s :smiley:

That is another thing you must realize defloyd77, ā€œshipped outā€ does not always mean ā€˜SHIPPED OUTā€™. That is just another thing some Chinese vendors like AE do sometimes. :person_facepalming: .
The packages may actually be sitting around somewhere waiting to start their jourjey to you. Iā€™m not condoning that practice, that is just how it is.

For exampleā€¦ mine supposedly ā€œshipped outā€ over 2 weeks ago, the day after I placed the order. But even though they have a Tracking Number they have not even entered the Tracking System yetā€¦ā€¦ they just have a number. They are sitting around waiting to actually start their journey.

I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but it is how it is. Try to be patientā€¦. they will get to you. Probably later than sooner though.

I once ordered flashlight on eBay from china. They said shipped out. Decided to order another. They both arrived in same package.

Here yaā€™ go, a picture of some packages loaded on a ā€˜tiller steerā€™ launch & sitting on the dock on the bayā€¦. waiting to be loaded on the ā€˜Slo Boatā€™ from China to begin their journey toward delivery. :smiley: . :smiley:

Any questions why Standard Free Shipping sometimes a long time?? :wink:

^ :smiley:

I was expecting a canoe.

If you order first your package is at the bottom of the pile. Eventually you will get it.

^ ā€¦ Good one oto!! ā€¦ ^ ā€¦ :+1:

Good one! :+1: ā€¦ The ā€œcanoeā€ is ā€˜Plan Bā€™, for when the ā€˜Tiller Steer Launchā€™ breaks down. :smiley:

Iā€™d be afraid to guess what ā€™Plan Cā€™ isā€¦ :open_mouth: . :person_facepalming: . :smiley:

Well ā€œCā€ obviously stands for ā€œcereal box baking soda submarineā€.

:open_mouth: . . I think you nailed it my friend!! ā€¦ :+1: . :smiley:

To all those out there waiting on your orders to arrive from China: I feel your discomfort.

One of my packages from China took over 3 months to show up at my home.
Personally I do not mind slow, however this was overdoing it ā€¦
This was an exception though, as most of my orders arrived within 3 to 6 weeks.
And up till now not a single package got lost :+1:

I am still amazed by how this ā€œfreeā€ shipping from China actually can function at all; especially when you look at those pictures of the complete chaos of the logistics. :person_facepalming:

The trade-off of no-cost shipping, however seems to be no-speed delivery.
Especially during peak periods, such as Thanksgiving, Sinterklaas (Netherlands only), Christmas, or Chinese New Year.

. Exactly, slowtechstef. I agree. . :+1: . I too have never had one not show up. It is amazing ā€™to meā€™ also that they ever get here.

This pic should be on the first page of every group buy on BLF. Holy Moly! Thanks OTO

Up to 3 months?! I think the seller shipped it late in that case. Iā€™ve never had a package take more than 3 weeks to arrive from China, but then again, this is the first time Iā€™m expecting an overseas package during the Christmas/New Year holidays.

Woohoo! Received mine today! :sunglasses:

Its so much like my old fav original Thrunite Ti, (year 2011) but to be honest the Ti has much better build. I was a bit disappointed that this is not as good as the Ti, but probably I was having very high expectations. This is my first high CRI light and I was really looking forward to it. However even there I am a bit underwhelmed, again probably I was expecting too much. Or thrunite kinda raised my expectations for a $5 light.

Check the attached comparison pics with the Ti and the beam as comparison as well. The Ti has much more throw compared to the C01. BTW, I love the moonlight mode on the Ti, its my goto bedside light.

The tailcap design on the C01 is awesome! I will have to get a magnet for it once I figure out the size neededā€¦

I just did a tracking update, and my Sofirn CO1 order is now in the USPS systemā€¦ my lights are at a postoffice 30 miles away from me. My order was placed on Nov10, it got to the cargo area in China on Nov 26 and reached California 10 days later

I am very grateful that the Sofirn C01 has built in compatibility with the Fenix E01. I also appreciate that they use the same potting material. Thanks for all you have done to make this project happen.

I think there is a slight misunderstanding about twist resistance, and threads

the stiffness of a twisty, and the amount of play in the threads is controlled by the O Ring
if you remove the O ring from a Fenix E01 (or any other twisty), you will see what I meanā€¦
without the O ring there is slop in the threads, and very little twisting resistance. This is normal.

jon_slider, thanks for pointing this out! Always great to learn new things :slight_smile:

Two arrived today. Nice.

Where can I get the itty bitty tritium vials that fit (to be epoxied into) the slot in the tailcap?

Here or you can get them from Fasttech link - there are may others but I have used these two

If I remember right, the trit slot is 1mmx5mm. Is that correct?