Take the lens and optic off, 10K, done 
No real argument with anything youve said here. Except maybe the “trend” part—consider this.
1)- this is a hard crowd to please. Very detail focused. So things that would pass in conventional, commercial releases are a little more under the microscope here. A good example is the screw placement and broken optic leg. To notice this nearly invisible flaw, one has to disassemble the light. That is under the hood. In most applications this is where one sees how the sausage is made. That is a fussy detail. This is a fussy population. It does not from what i have read affect the function of the light. BUT, it is a fussy detail some people have taken exception with.
2)- some of the complaints i have seen are very subjective. Meaning they will not apply to everyone. Battery fitment as an example. Ff made a dimunitive light and it takes batteries on the smaller end of 21700 variability scale. This is frankly, in my opinion an age old Li-ion issue. All of my 18650 lites and batteries do not always fit nicely. I consider this subjective. Not necessarily a fault. The recommended solution is to buy batteries that fit based on advise in the thread. The problem is most folks are trying to make batteries fit that dont. This seems silly to me. And a “user operating error” category of problem.
3)- i just ordered a 2nd e07. My order number was 87x. Which suggests nearly 900 orders placed. Lets say there are 50 folks who have had complaints that should be rectified thru warranty. The subjective issues i dismiss. 50 is a high number based on the thread. But lets use 50 (as a totally arbitrary number) of problems that need to be fixed. From ~900 orders. Thats still a ~95% success rate.
What i have personally noticed in this thread a bit less than in the pl47 thread is there are some folks with very high expectations for a 55$ flashlight. There are some folks that really zoom in at impractical levels of perception and pick out stuff that almost seems irrelevant and at times rediculous. This results in an examination mainly by the 50 unhappy folks, and consequently very little is heard from the [presumably] ~850* happy customers. *(850 customers. Some likely purchased multiple lites per order, as i did.)
I do not consider it logical to consider the 50 negative experiences as a trend, if there are in the neighnorhood of 850 people with positive experiences. Perhaps, we differ on the meaning of trend. I dunno.
I buy alot of tools. I think long and hard about duty cycle when purchasing tools. If it is a one off gig, i may purchase at harbor freight or similar import cheap type outfit. With the expectation it is about 50/50 the tool will fail or will have a less than optimal duty cycle. If i need the tool to be used 8 hours a day for a year i will opt for a more reputable brand. Even the reputable brand will have failures. And need fixing ay some point but the understanding is that there is a higher quality control and better components.
In this analogy harbor freight is within 50-70% success rate. A milwaukee (similar) tool is in the 90-95% success rate.
I would argue that ff is in the 95% success rate category. But charging harbor freight prices.
That said, its your money, and your decision. I felt i had to provide some perspective because this place is a microscope that isnt always rational.
Again, just putting that on the table.
A too short battery compartment isn’t a “manufacturing error”. It’s a design error. Basically, Fireflies should have just designed the light a couple mm longer so there would be more space for the battery.
I certainly don’t think of my E07 as a “manufacturing mess”.
- Mine appears well built and looks great especially with the purple LEDs.
- The UI is awesome
- The beam pattern and tint look great
- The lumen output is astounding.
- The price is right
Sure you could spend $300 and get a few more lumens and better build quality from a Nitecore TM10K, but for the price the E07 is a superb light. And I quite like my ROT66 too.
well said!
i still like my E07
but FireFlies should use our findings and opinions for a V2...
Yes, I think there is a space for official or silent revision with longer tube. I plan to buy another E07 (and maybe more than one), but I will wait for longer tube. I’m quite happy with the form factor, UI and lumen output, so I hope they will fix the issues.
The Emisar lights are designed with specific batteries in mind. Most flashlights with a battery carrier or multiple cells have specific battery requirements. This is just how it works with certain lights. They want to make a compact/high powered light and this is how it’s done.
Received mine today from Neals Gadgets. I can see a philips head screw under one of the lens legs, so I have the screw issue. This doesn’t bother me too much.
I ordered a Samsung 40T along, it came undented since both threads were not fully tighened. But I was stupid enough to dent the top while tightening the tailcap, even though it didn’t feel like I was pushing it too hard. It’s a really tight fit. Later on I noticed that the solder blob on the head spring was pretty tall, so I reflowed it to gain additional space.
Also I feel like the switch could be more clicky.
But even with those issues I love this light. Those blue aux LEDs are gorgeous! The output is plain stunning (I’ve got the 6500k XPL HIs)!
I measured the standby drain with aux LEDs on on mine: it’s 0.56mA. Not sure how accurate that is, but this should give it about 9 months of standby time.
Yes, it says a lot about Fireflies as a company.
I’ll reveal you a secret - they don’t even reply to emails.
Adhara, you ARE aware that Fireflies is a new company with a grand total of 3 lights in production, right? 3 lights. Yours is the 3rd. Have you yourself ALWAYS been 100% perfect on your 3rd attempt, at ANYTHING? If the answer to that is yes, let me introduce you to Tom Tom…
On top of this even good companies have issues. First, troubleshoot it properly with FireFlies, not the court of public opinion. If they do not come to a satisfactory resolution, continue your bitching.
I have a Spyderco knife that I just got like 3 months ago that rattles, it’s one of their newest knives and they have a good track record. I’m going to let them warranty it. If they don’t resolve it you better believe I wont be buying another, but i’m pretty confident they will make it right so I will withhold judgment until then.
Hey Hobo, did Neals send you tracking once shipped and how long did it take them to ship?
Yes they did. Ordered on December 27th, got shipping notification with tracking info on January 7th and it arrived today. So shipping to Germany was actually really fast.
That’s quite a feat, but… I don’t think I’d want to carry that thing.
Whoa there fella. You certainly are a bit excitable. I think you just voiced all your issues in public. Perhaps, you do this with whom you purchased the light from, firstly. Secondly, it is possible you got a bad light (or) a bad battery. I dont know that i had singled you out. I have been following these fireflies threads for a few months now. It has been my observation that it is often “user operating error.” Because wrong batteries were purchased or whatever. This is not black and white one or the other scenario, there very well could be milling errors and assembly problems. But i tend to think everyone wants it the way they want it and that doesnt always mesh well with reality. Someone earlier wanted to fit a rofis protected cell in the light, for example. This is a battery thats about 7 inches long.
Beyond that, things do happen. It is possible that the light you received is garbage and such. Maybe you got the bottom of the bin. Maybe it was a shift change on the milling machine. Who knows.
It is, however, equally possible that the battery is not a representative sample for whatever reason—and you got unlucky. Talk to the person you purchased from. See if they will make it right.
If you purchase something in a store and its not right you bring it back and get another one or your money back. You dont call up your local news station and scream at the top of your lungs, “i just bought a bluray player and it didnt work. The cord didnt fit right, the screen was fuzzy…etc. etc…grrr…grrrr…”
No. You just go back to where you bought it and swap it or get $ back. Not this whole dramatic woe is me tirade. You just get another one.
This sort of behvior seems rampant here. And maybe its tolerated for a reason. But i dont know what that reason is. I am kind of new to blf. So i have yet to grow accustom to this infantile and obnoxious behavior. Kind of like the behavior of little children. When i was speaking to the fella above i was warning against trusting in folks that are, shall we say, excitable. Because we only hear from them. They are upset and angry and frustrated and feel cheated and dissappointed etc. These sorts of emotions tend to bring out the loudest and most intense, and frankly uncivil behavior in folks.
I was simply trying to provide a different perspective—something other than the few who are angry talking most and loudest—skews the sample a bit. i am sorry if i ruffled up your undershorts. I think you said your light performed well. Which suggests that your problems are also subjective. And you are now in the camp of folks speaking loudest and angriest. But i think your group is small.
I could be wrong about everything, but not usually.
About people’s UI questions, the manual might answer a few things. It’s written for Anduril in general though, not for any specific model of light. So some details will probably differ on a per-model basis.
I’m on Johnny’s team… agree with going the simpler route first, allowing the mfr to correct the possible issue.
I also have so many lights, so much experience with so many more, I don’t typically expect much one way or another at entry level prices… especially not from a new company. These days a meal for two can easily exceed the price of these lights. That said, $50 or so is virtually expendable. If you don’t think so, perhaps you shouldn’t be purchasing lights from China in the budget arena. Really that simple. Reasonable expectations, and a calm attitude prevails.
I have found that I don’t usually like the high priced top name brand lights as they come out of the box, not any more than any budget light, so if I’m going to have to mod them to make them perform to my liking why spend so much? Not to say I haven’t modified expensive lights, I have, but over the past several years I have not once filed a claim or returned a light. Not once. And I’ve had well over 300 lights of my own. I simply fix it and move on if there’s a problem. Pretty much expect there to be something to fix, almost disappointed if there isn’t…
Got my e07 in today and the light was smaller than expected even after seeing all the pictures. And was impressed with the light even after hearing all the positive reviews. This is my top and favorite smaller size light out of my fairly large collection. The only con I have is the heat sinks are kinda rough…almost a bit sharp even.
So I looked over my instruction and even the pdf manual but I can’t seem to figure out how to change my UI to the smooth ramp.
It’s set to the step ramp currently. I would like to make it to have the lowest floor possible and have the highest ramp the same as turbo.
Can somebody help me please.
I don’t think that example is valid. If you buy a blueray player and it does not work, you know something happened and solve it through the warranty. If you find out that a car has bad passanger safety and even in a slow speed accident, it will crush your legs, you take it to the news station to warn people. One emitter does not work is a situation for warranty. Mnf. probably does not know about it. Big portion of flashlights have worn out screws and misplaced one resulting in the leg broken of, speaks about mnf process quality issues. Everyone in every review speaks about host quality, too sharp fins, not matching anodizing or strait bad finish. Why it won’t be allowed here? And for the battery fitting, that’s even more important and I don’t think that mnf does not know about these issues now.
Got it working. Thanks Adhura! I like the light even more now. Fireflies is doing big things. Love all three of their lights. So darn bright.
See post 746