Searching for a 26650 light

Thank you, the light does look interesting, but

that’s all things that I do NOT want! I don’t like loong click for Off and I do not like Mode-Memory! So: it’s out.

Sofirn SP33 made the run today with just 21,-US$.

I would go with the Sofirn SP33 IMO, and replace the LED with a Nichia 144AM 4500k 90CRI, or an XHP50 90CRI from Arrow.

Both are good options.

Hello!

My Sofirn SP33 arrived on 24th Dec. Sofirn needed from 11.11. to 26.11. to give it to post. Not very good.

My first impression was: good light, well machined, fits very good in my hand.

My second impression: Disappointment. Really just disappointment.
Why? The light is far away from that what I was awaiting from a 2500Lumen light.

The beam is fine beside of the awful yellowish center and spill. The rest is coolwhite, at least more cool than my BLF A6 3d which is rated with 5000K (and is my favorite color atm). The yellowish center does look like a donut hole. Not what I expected.

But the really disappointment to me:
The light is too gloomy! When comparing to the BLF A6 (both on Turbo) I would call them same brightness on about 15-20m distance. When laying one beam on the other I can only distinguish them from the beam color.

This is really disappointing to me, where are the ~900Lm gone?

I really wanted a light which is significantly brighter than the BLF A6.

Just buy an Imalent DN35 or 70.
Read reviews. Great beam great “controlled” spread.
They give all you need. look good 26650
2200 at max and on coupon I paid $46us.

It’s my fav all round walkabout outside light
with fav sized battery. Fits nicely in hand,
don’t get really hot here in tropics
where our nights are often near 30c.

A C8+ with 26650 would sell a few too.
I find that D4 sooo bludy ugly.

You would be hard pressed to blame the 15 day delay between order & posting on Sofirn. Most likely this delay lies with AliExpress. They are most always slow to get things out & this super busy time of year only makes it worse.

Are your positive you have double clicked the SP33 & have it in Turbo Mode??

The reason I ask is that my Sofirn SP33 is definitely brighter than my BLF A6 with both on Turbo…… and both with freshly charged batteries.

With the SP33 on High & the A6 on Turbo, to the eye they appear about the same brightness.
My SP33 is a bit warmer than my 1A ‘A6’ & cooler than my 3D ‘A6’.

I have not measured the output of either light, this is simply my visual observation…. but the SP33 is surely brighter to my eyes when matched Turbo to Turbo.

Yes, I am sure. And same prerequisites than yours.

Imalent DN70: Long click to power OFF. That’s a show-stopper for me.
The more lights I own the more I think I am really a fan of hardware-tailcap-clickies, especially like in the BLF A6 with half click to go forward and long half click to go backward.

There’s a C8+ with 26650?

I would sooo like to buy a light like my BLF A6, with more Power, the same UI- and clicky-behaviour and a 26650.

Isn’t there any light like the Kronos BLF X6 but with 26650?

For a long time it was said the X7 / X7R used the same reflector as the X6 but then someone actually pulled both reflectors and compared them and that’s not exactly the case… Similar yes, identical (as in, they used X6 reflectors in the X7), no.

Having said that, I have an X7R on order after I put a white flat in my X6. I liked the old beam profile of an XP-L HI in the X6 so much after I replaced it I wanted it back so I took a chance and ordered the X7R hoping to get that beam back (and powered by a 26650)

:+1: …Thanks, just checking. Good luck finding what your looking for.

On the way to my best buddy I’ve tested it again. The SP33 on turbo is definitely nearly the same to the BLF A6 in my view.

So the disappointment stays, although I really was awaiting the arrival of this light. :frowning:

What a great tribute to the A6 if it is outperforming the SP33 :wink:
But I do think there HAS to be a problem with your sample of SP33 if this is the case.

No, I don’t think so. Maybe that overall the SP33 is brighter, but as the A6 has got a better visible center it seems to be brighter.

Brightness and spot intensity are two different things all together. Sounds like you’re confusing kcd with overall lumen output.

I’m confused with nothing. The SP33 does not look brighter, that’s it. It’s a bummer to me.

But that’s what I’m saying, if you’re shining both lights on a wall and judging which one “looks” brighter the A6 would “look” brighter as it has higher intensity.

I can take a 5000 lumen Q8, shine it on a wall on turbo from a few foot away and then take my 1200 lumen A6 and shine it at the same spot, from way further away and the spot of the A6, just a 5th of the lumen output of the Q8 will “look” much much brighter and be easily visiable against that 5000 lumens of the Q8. That’s intensity and has nothing to do with overall lumen output.

No. I’ve tried that and it does not work :smiley:

And: I didn’t mean whitewall-shot, I mean looking somewhere in the dark: forest, urban place, wherever you want.
The Spot of my A6 is brighter and on a longer range visible than the spot of the SP33, and my intention buying the SP33 was to get an overall better light with the better battery-life of a 26650. What I’ve got is only just the better battery-life. Nothing else.

It sounds like you are looking for something more throwy. I really think you would have been much happier with D4S XPL HI.

DB dedomed his, maybe this helps?

Maybe what is wrong is that your battery voltage is below 3.7 volts. Turbo becomes only high after it goes below 3.7v. Also , no 2 minute step down below 3.7v.