Well, I hope he brings some AAA batteries, at least he’ll be able to do a “test-row” to my lights 
Here is all the tracking info, that I can see now. I didn’t track it daily, so I don’t know when the tracking went back “online.” I do know I had no updates at all for about two weeks.
2018.12.15 17:16 (GMT-7): Delivery
2018.12.15 10:56 (GMT-7): Out for Delivery
2018.12.15 10:46 (GMT-7): Sorting Complete
2018.12.15 10:35 (GMT-7): Arrival at Delivery Office
2018.12.14 12:55 (GMT-7): Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
2018.12.14 00:00 (GMT-7): In Transit to Next Facility
2018.12.12 14:40 (GMT-7): Departed USPS Regional Facility
2018.12.12 14:31 (GMT-7): Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
2018.12.12 09:21 (GMT-7): Inbound Out of Customs
2018.12.11 11:04 (GMT-7): Arrival at Sorting Center
2018.11.25 22:46 (GMT-7): Despatch from Sorting Center
2018.11.24 11:05 (GMT-7): Processed Through Facility
2018.11.20 21:21 (GMT-7): Posting
2018.11.20 21:21 (GMT-7): Acceptance
They just extended my purchase protection to January 6
When was yours ordered & what country are you in??
Nov. 10th I’m in Mississippi next door to you.
Yep, we’re neighbors. :+1: . I ordered 22 November & got a ‘6 January extension email’ today also. I’m betting we will both have them before Christmas or shortly thereafter.
Time will tell if that prediction is correct or not. 
Gave you code for nitecore ea45s.
Mine a favorite. The new version is 1800 lumens but must be real floody cause the throw is less.
Looking forward to receiving this light, hopefully by the end of this year. I signed up for USPS email notifications since I was tired of checking on my USPS bookmark
Oh yeah, I remember now that you mentioned it!! I feel the same way, the EA45S is a great light. In fact, if I was forced to choose 1 light…. I think the EA45S would be it.
I did not realize there was a “new version”…. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the heads up. 
Ea42 i think.
Did you know Sofirn is going to
make a C01 Pro with 100 lumens?
Did not know that… but bring it on. :+1:
Yep, EA42…. you thought right. :+1:
It looks interesting, but it will have to be extraordinary to top the EA45S…. even if it does have 1800 lumens. 
How do you know and which led are they gone use?
I do not know how he knows, well, actually Sofirn folks tend to talk all the time about their new projects
But yes, there will be a C01 pro, but it may get a different name in the end. No idea if it will get a TIR optic or a reflector, but the led will very probably be SST-20 95CRI (4000K and/or 3000K), and there will be two or three simple modes (it being a twisty). I have not seen a design yet so I would not expect this light within the next few months.
Hmm, I was very proud to have succesfully hardened my C01 clip, but I should have known that the rough way I did that was an insult to the noble art of hardening. 
Next iteration (I have one more bendy clip leftover) will be waiting 1 second longer before quenching under the tap.
crap haha. If you temper it after the hardening it should be better. and tempering doesnt take away any of the hardness if im correct. It just realines the carbon atoms.
Will try
Yes, quench hot and fast - you want a 100% transformation from austenite to martensite, and slow cooling will result in retained austenite or pearlite at room temperature. The tempering will lower the hardness, but if done right not below the properties of a proper spring. Not knowing the steel, I would try tempering at 500 - 600 degrees Farenheit, or perhaps as much as your oven can reach. Let it cool slowly after reaching full temperature. The structure will still be martensitic, but it will relax the carbon and iron matrix adding ductility, as in making it less brittle, which is your problem after the quench.
Holy crap! I came here for flashlights, dammit, not to learn about hardening/annealing/tempering steel!! 