1.5x6 mm
Thank you. That explains why I was seeing so many 1.5x6mm trits for sale, but no 1x5s.
My order placed Nov 10. Not received yet, but did get an email today that my purchase protection has been extended til Dec 27. Havenāt heard anybody else report that yet. Guess they expect a delay on my package. Heard here that those who ordered first end up on the bottom of the warehouse HEAP !! Lolā¦and that means they ship lastā¦.LOLā¦.Oh well. Wait or Wait I canāt decideā¦
same order date, same purchase protection email
then I used the tracking number and selected USPS and it shows my lights are one post office away from me.
will be here before Xmas
Yeh, I have them tracked by USPS already for couple weeksā¦but tracking still indicating sender preparing shipment. LoLā¦ nuttin here as of yet. No problema. Wait or Wait. :laughing:
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 would like to correct myself. The high CRI does makes a big impact!
My order placed Nov 10. Not received yet, but did get an email today that my purchase protection has been extended til Dec 27. Havenāt heard anybody else report that yet. Guess they expect a delay on my package. Heard here that those who ordered first end up on the bottom of the warehouse HEAP !! Lolā¦and that means they ship lastā¦.LOLā¦.Oh well. Wait or Wait I canāt decideā¦ :laughing:
I got that email too, same order date.
checks tracking number for the millionth time
THE SLOW BOAT MADE IT TO CHICAGO!
Hang in there, your tracking number might not get updated until itās in the country.
Edit: Also, the tracker on Aliās site has not updated my tracking, it may not have updated yours either. Try Universal Parcel Tracking - Global Package Tracking
Very good!!
I ordered on the 10th as well. Ali, USPS, and ParcelsApp all have the last update on November 24, 2018, 11:05 am:
Processed Through Facility
GUANGZHOU EMS, CHINA
Here or you can get them from Fasttech link - there are may others but I have used these two
There is also this 2015 BLF thread on where to buy tritium vials.
I ordered on the 10th as well. Ali, USPS, and ParcelsApp all have the last update on November 24, 2018, 11:05 am:
Processed Through Facility
GUANGZHOU EMS, CHINA
I got that same update Nov. 24, 6:07 AM. Itās possible your info never got updated.
The few other times I ordered from China through Gearbest, the updates were more frequent and detailed than this time, which did make this time a little more worrisome.
The tailcap design on the C01 is awesome! I will have to get a magnet for it once I figure out the size neededā¦
Magnet size: diameter 5mm; height of magnet 3mm. Also see the C01 specifications page.
N52 is the highest magnetic strength available.
I found 5x3mm size magnets in N52 strength on BangGood.com and in N50 strength on FastTech.com.
Edit: I added the links to several products pages for tritium vials and magnets with the right sizes to the C01 specifications post.
I wonder if thereās a magnet thatās the size of the tritium slot for those of us who want MORE POWER!!!
For the sake of safety: for anyone with young children (age < 6 years), please be very carefull with these little rare-earth magnets, and carefully store them out of reach in childproof closed containers. If your child swallows more than 1 magnet, this can cause serious tissue damage and possibly even cause death. For example see this.
For the sake of safety: for anyone with young children (age < 6 years), please be very carefull with these little rare-earth magnets, and carefully store them out of reach in childproof closed containers. If your child swallows more than 1 magnet, this can cause serious tissue damage and possibly even cause death. For example see this
Great point. Animals as well.
My last update was on 28th November, showing it is/was in Guangzhou (International dispatch).
As weāve been having some strikes in Portugal (customs and stevedore), I am not sure if the delay has to do with that or with the shipping process in China.
My purchase protection will end in 23 daysā¦I hope the flashlights arrive here before thatā¦
A fix while it aināt broken.
A possible failure point of the production C01 is that the contact flats on the driver that get twisted against the battery tube actually have very little contact area, less than the prototype because the brass is not extended fully to the very edge of the circuit board. It is one of these things that chinese manufacturers change without notice while unaware of the consequences.
So also because this afternoon I found a little piece of 0.1mm brass foil in my metal goodies drawer, I did this fix:
1) scraped away some more solder mask
2) cut two pieces of brass sheet to size, and tinned both the driver and the brass flakes with solder
3) soldered the brass pieces in place, as flat as possible squeezing excess solder out.
4) sanding away excess solder
5) after 50 or so twisting actions you can see where the contact area is now, it has more than doubled compared to stock, and the .1mm of brass takes very long to wear through.
Bad news, and good news.
1. I managed to kill a Sofirn C01 by applying a lot of heat with a paint stripper to it.
2. The potting with thermal epoxy fills the complete cavity surrounding the PCB and LED.
When I tried to remove the PCB with a sharp knive from its housing, the PCB got separated from the thermal epoxy. You can also see how the coil broke of. The Yuji LED was killed as well
The driver below is the PCB of a Gerber Infinity Ultra. In the upper left corner you can see Gerber only selectively applied conformal coating to the coil (yellow blob).
Edit 1: perhaps I should offer testing services to flashlight companies to see if their products are FOOLPROOF FULLPROOF. First I managed to break the pocket clips of the C01 prototype, and this time I completely killed a C01ā¦
Edit 2: For anyone wondering about my obsession with stuff that is robust, there might be a relation with this post
brass is not extended fully to the very edge of the circuit board. It is one of these things that chinese manufacturers change without notice while unaware of the consequences.
Thanks for catching that, and documenting how to fix it.
I noticed another corner cut. After half a day in my pocket with keys and change, the black paint is flaking off the pocket clip and the tailcap. Thereās visible rust on the metal of the pocket clip where the paint flaked off, looks like it was painted without prepping the metal.
I wonder sometimes how Chinaās going to survive the next century, if all their civil and military manufacturing is done to the same donāt-give-a-damn carelesness about specification. Things fall apart when theyāre built in slapdash fashion. How long does it take to learn that?
āMy time in China has taught me the pleasure and value of craftsmanship, simply because itās so rare. To see somebody doing a job well, not just for its own reward, but for the satisfaction of good work, thrills my heart
ā¦. the prevailing attitude is chabuduo, or āclose enoughā. Itās a phrase youāll hear with grating regularity, one that speaks to a job 70 per cent done, a plan sketched out but never completed, a gauge unchecked or a socket put in the wrong size. Chabuduo is the corrosive opposite of the impulse towards craftmanshipā
What Chinese corner-cutting reveals about modernity | Aeon Essays
As the old saying goes:
Good, cheap, fast ā you pick which two.
Or maybe pick which one ā¦.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-ab&q=chinese+"close+enough"
But I still like the flashlight so far. As U. Utah Phillips says in his story: Itās good though.
Better than I could make myself.
Tracking just put my package in Chicago.