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.
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… Okay maybe that’s a bit excessive. I really like this light and don’t anticipate many alternatives coming out in the near future
The journey of my CO1’s continues. Apparently being “processed” by US Customs in Miami, Florida USA today…. 23 December 2018.
Getting closer……
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)
This image is a good comparison. It includes the Olight I3e EOS, the Astrolux A01, and the Fenix E05. http://i.imgur.com/0lOPuX7.jpg
The Sofirn C01 is the same diameter and about 7mm (just over 1/4 inch) longer than the Fenix E05. That puts it roughly in between the Olight and Astrolux in size.
Edit - nevermind, jon_slider already provided a real comparison. Thanks!
Great song on this Christmas Eve J_slider, made me think of my long past Dad
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So, I’ll just reiterate on the C01….really fine crafting and an apparently bomb proof design eclipsing the Iconic Fenix E01.