Fireflies E07 preview

First impressions of my yellow E07 now that I’ve tried it with a fully-charged 30T:

  • Ridiculous output. MUCH brighter than a D4. It’s basically as bright as a good popcan light, but in a much smaller package. My XPL HI 4000K E07 is noticeably brighter than my Nichia 219B ROT66 in a ceiling bounce test.
  • The light looks good with good looking anodizing. The bezel and switch lights look great.
  • The yellow anodizing is grainy, like fine sandpaper. This provides better grip, but many people dislike it as it feels a bit like holding a stick of chalk. Comparable textured anodizing is found on the grainy Emisar D4.
  • As expected the E07 is a bit too large for pants-pocket EDC. The size is better for jacket pocket-carry.
  • Even though the output is like that of a big popcan light, the E07 is much smaller and is much easier to hold in the hand.
  • I like the Anduril UI better than the D4 UI. Electronic lockout is a more sensible 4 clicks instead of 6. And I like having double-click from off go to an adjustible ramp.

Overall, this is one impressive light. Well worth adding to any flashaholic’s collection.

So i fully charged my samsung 40t and let the light run for 15 minutes @ 577 lumen… i detect some kind flicks or PPM later. the light is xpl hi 6500k. how can i fix it ? Thanks

You are correct. I love my E07 and just ordered a second one. It is insane bright. And beautiful!!

Have you tried adjusting the temperature setting? If you check out AdventureSportFlashlights E07 review it looks like it drops output before even getting hot. Lame default setting for sure.

Beware that even if one looks completely different, you can still have optic without any broken leg. My optic is fine and one hole looks different. That is because one leg is dirty - it’s bottom part is slightly covered by excess thermal paste. So, you will never know until you take it apart :slight_smile:

Mine arrived today. I went for grey with 219B and purple aux, and a 40T.
Of course it has a screw in the wrong hole, and a broken leg. I can see the stripped phillips head through the front. Also, the switch lights are not aligned with the body. :person_facepalming:
Apart from these issues, the light looks and feels great.

I appreciate that and understand your point completely.

Still, it’s hard to ignore that Fireflies has had some challenges with each of their last three releases. Not just one or two reports, but there have been more reports of complaints that make me think I see a trend.

I’ve said before (maybe in this thread) that this light could be a game changer with the output, size, UI and even the awesome looks. I would love to buy one, but the repeated reports of very similar issues makes me pause at this time. I’m not asking for perfection, just tightening up on the details, which I’d bet could be solved down the line with a little care and attention.

I’m not trying to dump on Fireflies. They are putting out lights that appeal to many of us here. They’re doing their homework in the areas of size, features, UI and power. Now if they could work out the kinks. they’d be quite the company.

Yeah I’ve watched Blippi’s review.

I’m using default settings for my review but tbh having the temp set low allows me to reapply turbo within 10 mins. If you knocked the temp allowance up you could get another 10 seconds maybe initially but you would have to dial it right down or it’ll continue to get really hot and going to turbo again would be pointless, it’d step down in a second and get you over 60c as it continues to step down to a few hundred lumens.
I’ll probably whack it up a bit though as I only use my lights for reviews and showing off, never for sustained use.

So… there were complaints about short/narrow battery tubes and the wrong assembly resulting in them damaging the optics to somehow make it still work, damaging screws and other parts too. In the thread the manufacturer himself started. And the manufacturer keeps quiet the whole time? Not even a “we will look into that” or any explanation? Meh.

I’m one of the ones with the issues. To be clear the broken leg on the optics and the screw in the wrong hole does not affect the function of the light in any way and the short tube can be worked around by several different methods. I’m not happy that my lights have these issues but I still like the flashlight and am still glad to have it. For me the more irritating issue is the mushy button.

Is the E07 switch same as the PL47 switch?

Cold fingers trying to bash turbo mode isn’t easy.

But unlike Imalent the button is easy to locate!!!

Does Sunset mode do anything?

dimming down to off in 30 minutes iirc

yeah, you know, like the sun setting… sunset. :wink:

Do you have to press hold to access a timer on it?

I just seemed to get a moonlight mode and nothing else

If you do additional clicks it adds time (in additional 30min increments) so perhaps you accidentally added time and didn’t wait long enough? I’ve never actually tried sunset mode, I like to use candle mode though (and set a 30 min timer) and it’s accurate to within a couple minute margin.

An additional click turns the light off, the detailed user manual doesn’t list additional options, surely it does more than be a moonlight mode.

It’s like a night light that turns off, or a reading light that will dim and shut down when you fall asleep reading. That was the intention actually, according to TK.

I use Candlelight a lot, love it. Even with the big 17 emitter Ham’r, I primarily use it in candlelight mode. Lightning mode is impressive, sure it is, as is the tactical strobe, but I use it in a medium level to walk the trash to the road or when taking a hot bath to ease aching muscles/joints… so candlelight is the most used mode for me.

I think it uses the lowest ramp setting, so you can set it to be higher by raising the floor. I don’t believe there’s a settable timer on it like the additional 30 minutes on candlelight. Turn it on and leave it. See what it does…