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

That does look pretty good I must admit. :+1:

I think so too. Makes me want to spark up a fat one and mellow out to some Hendrix and Zeppelin. My 3200’s should land in tomorrows mail. They are a day late based on USPS tracking.

Well, it finally arrived! Yesterday I got my first tracking update since November 23rd (ordered 8th Nov, marked as shipped on the day after) that it had landed in London! I was starting to get worried!

What a brilliant light it is, the build is fantastic; nice smooth threads and the machining is spot on. Mine is probably from the very first batch and the pocket clip is extremely solid (I can barely flex it).
The tint is very nice as you would expect, as others have mentioned it has a slight hotspot but it doesn’t bother me.

I think this light is going to live on my keychain permanently. Now its time to order a trit & magnet…

I ain’t got no news from the tracking of mine.
I’ve sent message to Sofirn (on AliExpress) that asked me to check with my post office! Not gonna happen, they will know nothing about it… :person_facepalming:

I also asked about the coloured versions and Cissy said

that I presume will be within 2-3 weeks, maybe!

I hope I can get my black ones before that… :weary:

Absolutely ! I agree. I was worried that the clip would be horrible. But my sample is perfectly done. :+1:

When were yours ordered my friend??

10th november, mate!! I guess the following day after they were released! And radio silence on tracking from 29th November on, it supposedly is in Guangzhou still… :cry:

Thanks for the info my friend, I hope you get them soon. :+1:

I ordered mine 21 November. Latest update on mine was 11 December

By the two tracking updates at the same time on the same day, I’m not sure if the package is still in China or on it’s way to Miami (USA). :smiley:

Oh yeah…… mine was actually not accepted by shipping partner until 7 December, 16 days after order was placed. :wink: . Funny how that works, since I got a “your order has shipped” email on 12 November… the day after I placed the order. :person_facepalming:

But hey, such are the joys of dealing with AliExprese…. :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

  • 2018-12-11 00:21
    Guangzhou, leave Guangzhou sent to Guangzhou Express Company
  • 2018-12-11 00:21
    Guangzhou, leave Guangzhou and send it to Miami.
    …………….
  • December 7, 2018, 8:22 pm
    Acceptance
    CHINA

Just another little update. Others have noted the contacts are quite small, so I decided to flow some solder onto them to add a bit of durability. Seems to have worked well.

Bingo, that’s exactly what I do when they start to show any wear. I usually don’t bother until I see signs that it may wear through the surface, but you are good to go! The one thing that happened to me was I got to a point where I had to tighten the head more or it flickered. The key was the outer contacts on the BODY side. I took my Deoxit pen, which has a fiberglass point that wicks the fluid and ran it around that little ledge inside, and wiped it clean after a couple of minutes. Presto! Light twist, and it comes on solid and reliable. You could use a Q-tip and alcohol, but I think a mild abrasive is better for the aluminum, like a bit of Scotch Bright worked around there on a toothpick, or a little strip of very fine wet/dry paper. Whatever, just clean the oxidation off of the aluminum ledge when the contact gets dodgy.

Great day, my other cool and two warm C01’s landed today! Ordered two days after the first cool one, and came almost 2 1/2 weeks later, so no rhyme or reason to that.

I now have quite a bit of beam variations. The first cool had the slight hotspot most seem to have, due to the “reflector” being engaged, and I rather like it. The second cool has a very well defined hotspot, almost like a real reflector light, starting to get a bit of throw. I thought the LED might be deeper in the head, but it doesn’t seem to be. The reflector surface is a little shinier than the other, but it seems unlikely to make so much difference. My last hunch is that the spread of the beam is a little wider on this particular LED, so it’s putting more light on the reflector surface. Funny how that can work, wider beam from the LED, tighter beam from the light head!

Then my two warm units are about in between, both have a very noticeable hotspot, but not nearly so much as the tight beamed cool one. At the end of the day, I like them all for their individual merits, and the difference in “throw” for the distances that they will be used for really is not significant. My Gerber Infinity Ultra mod has absolutely no hotspot, BTW, and that may be due to it using a 45 degree LED, so no light is hitting the polished reflector (my mod).

Oh, and all clips seem fine, opened them as far as needed to go over a pocket or hat brim and they snapped smartly back. All outer contacts on the PCB go right to the edge of the board, like my first one. So these issues seem to be limited to a pretty small number of lights, at least so far.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing the tip. :+1:

Olá MascaratumB.

I ordered on 11-11 still not received, i made 7 orders that day in Aliexpress i received 6 but not this one! Maybe next week(or not) :smiley:

From CTT tracking:
2018-11-28 05:07
GUANGZHOU, International dispatch
2018-11-20 23:33
Non-defined location, Acceptance by the Post Services

From China Post:
2018-11-29 13:37 Leave [Guangzhou Terminal], next stop [Guangzhou]
2018-11-29 05:03 Air transport
2018-11-29 05:00 Arrive at [Guangzhou Terminal]
2018-11-29 02:55 Leave [Guangzhou Terminal], next stop [Guangzhou]
2018-11-28 13:33 Arrive at [Guangzhou Terminal]
2018-11-28 11:55 Leave [Foshan City], next stop [Guangzhou Terminal]
2018-11-28 05:01 [Guangzhou Interchange Bureau] has been exported directly
2018-11-21 17:58 Arrive [Nanhai City]
2018-11-21 00:43 Leave [postal Foshan City Letters and Posts Bureau], next stop [Guangzhou International]

Dec 18:
there are 49 left in 3200k and 45 left in 5600k

I predict no red or blue until this Black batch sells out.
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5 days later

39 left in 3200k
36 left in 5600k

Please post when you see the Red and Blue show up.

Merry Xmas

I wonder how many solt thusfar. I will ask Barry tomorrow.

website says
368 transactions in last 6 months
it also says the first 300 sold out

that suggests that the second run was 75 3200 and 75 5600 lights, and about half of them have been sold. Im happy to see they are selling in equal quantities, so far.

If so, that leaves about 1500 Yujis to sell… in Red and Blue
my guess is they will make 150 of each, after new year, and then wait to see when they are gone before making more.

So far, less than half as many lights have sold, than there was interest expressed in this thread… sounds about normal. My guess is some of us are waiting for the non black versions. IF they had made some red and blue in time for Xmas, they might have sold more. We shall see what happens next year.

Im glad I got one of each Color Temperature, I think they are great, and would like a couple more, a Red 32 and a Blue 56… then I will give my Blacks away…

I like the 3200 (7 lumens) after my brain is white balanced to my house incandescent (3000k), and in fully dark adapted situations. The 5600 (10 lumens) is nice at other times, when my brain is white balanced to cooler ambient light.

Yep, that’s what I (and I assume a lot of others) are doing. I’d like my 3200k in red!

I might even buy a third… or a fourth…. Or a fifth… :wink: Okay maybe that’s a bit excessive. I really like this light and don’t anticipate many alternatives coming out in the near future

from CPF

[QUOTE=Batang Regla;5267507]in my country online shopee website, it has the blue and red option.
https://shopee.ph/BLF-C01-Mini-LED-Flashlight-High-94-CRI-Yuji-LED-Flashlight-i.114044534.1771438484 [/QUOTE]

thanks!
that link says:

pre-order, ships in 7 days
4440 piece available

blue 3200, 985 available
red 3200, 257 available
black 3200, 965 available

blue 5600, 963 available
red 5600, 686 available
black 5600, 585 available

Looks good, the first sign of the coloured C01 really existing :slight_smile:

Yeah the colored look nice also!! :+1:

The journey of my CO1’s continues. Apparently being “processed” by US Customs in Miami, Florida USA today…. 23 December 2018.

Getting closer…… :wink:

From 17Track
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Destination : United States

  • 2018-12-23 06:42
    Inbound Into Customs -> Your item is being processed by United States Customs.
  • 2018-12-23 06:42
    ISC MIAMI FL (USPS), Processed Through Facility
  • 2018-12-08 04:25
    CHINA, GUANGZHOU EMS, Processed Through Facility
  • 2018-12-07 20:22
    Origin Post is Preparing Shipment
  • 2018-12-07 20:22
    CHINA, Acceptance

Origin : China

  • 2018-12-23 06:42
    United States, arrival processing center, from Guangzhou, China
  • 2018-12-11 00:21
    Guangzhou, leave Guangzhou sent to Guangzhou Express Company
  • 2018-12-11 00:21
    Guangzhou, leave Guangzhou and send it to Miami.
  • 2018-12-08 00:01
    Guangzhou, has left Guangzhou Post Express logistics company International Business Branch, sent to Guangzhou International Letter Operation Center
  • 2018-12-07 20:22
    Guangzhou, Guangzhou Post Express Logistics company International Business Branch has received the receipt (name of the range Agent: Dugale, Tel: 13763310318)