Fireflies E07 preview

Ceiling is set to 120 out of 150

Floor is set to 20

^^ Dale is probably right as I just used defaults from the Anduril manual and he would know more for sure

I had thoughts that floor may be set to 3 by default, not 100% sure there but I am pretty sure TK said ceiling was set at 120.

The default values for the E07 are in the PL47 config file.

Smooth: 1 - 120
Stepped: 10 - 120 / 7

The stepped values were chosen to make sure the highest regulated level would be included. It’s step 5 of 7.

When the battery (samsung 30Q) is 3.6V, in lowest mode, my E07 nichia is blinking some sort of “lightning storm” when floor is set below 6.
My PL47 is fine with a floor set to 3 and same battery at 3.6V.

I will probably be fine with a floor at 6 but is there a way to fix this, please ?

That sounds like a HW issue to me… Do you have the same emitters in both your PL47 and EO7?

I have been glueing my washers down with Goop. I use a tooth pick to apply a very small amount around the switch, push the washer down into it and let it set up overnight. While I have removed some washers, it takes some prying. It definitely will not come off on it’s own. The nice thing is that it is a completely reversible procedure. Once the washer is off, the Goop is easy to remove with your finger nail. No damage to the finish.

Yes, nichia 219B.
The E07 flickerings are bright flashes like the “lightning storm” mode, contrary to the low flickering of the PL47 when floor is set below 3.
Don’t know if it is a bug which activate the lightning storm as the flickerings in lowest mode are really looking like this strobe mode.

Thanks a lot for all the answers about the levels. So if I understand correctly, I have to go into Ramp Configuration, wait for the first flash, click once, then wait for the second flash and click 120 times?

I’m very pleased with this light. I don’t know if it lacks thermal paste, but it heats up immediately when I’m in Turbo (Nichia version), so I guess there is still some decent dissipation. I’ll still have to check before really abusing the turbo mode.

The red auxiliary leds are beautiful, and it seems that the low voltage ones are purple in my case, which makes a great combination with the purple switch. I wish I could force the inner low voltage auxiliary leds to stay on.

This is my first Anduril light. I had one with Narsil before (BLF Q8), and I knew both UIs are great, but I have to say I love Anduril a lot more. I believe it is much more flexible, easy to remember, and it is always the best compromise in terms of number of clicks or click combinations to use specific features. It is obvious that everything has been carefully designed, the possibilities are very comprehensive. Being able to go into smooth ramp from the floor or the ceiling, the way the memory works for turbo/ramp/special modes, the adjustable frequency of the strobes, the candle and lightning modes, the muggle mode, the lockout still allowing some low light. There are really a number of advantages compared to Narsil in my opinion, and I’m very grateful to ToyKeeper for this amazing work.

Floor: yes click once, but if it flickers on the lowest level try 3 instead

Ceiling: no click 150-120 = click 30 times, I believe it counts down from the top.

Perfect, thanks. I’ll try that.

Glued the finishing washer on last night.

Used epoxy so this is permanent. Removing it would probably damage the finish. Didn’t see the post about Goop till I’d already done it.

Still the final result looks pretty good. The gap below the sides of the washer are covered by tiny bits of aluminum strip. It hides the glue and makes the light look like it was manufactured this way.

Here are some pictures:

that looks really cool!

Almost. It’s 151 - N = click 31 times. :slight_smile:

(because 1 click is 150, 2 clicks is 149, 3 clicks is 148, …)

Looks good.

Received my three E07 lights today. I was worried with all of the issues that have been reported, but I’m very happy with mine. I purchased a clear, black and tan.

None of them seem to have sharp fins to me. They can kind of grip your skin occasionally, but I would never have considered them sharp if I hadn’t read it here. I’ve tried to give myself a scrape or a cut and I can’t do it.

Switch feels similar to my Rot 66. Prefer the defined click of the Emisar lights, but I wouldn’t call it an “issue” on the FF lights.

One leg optic is broken off (on purpose) on two of them. One has no screw on the circuit board and all 4 legs on the optic are in place.

All of my batteries fit in them just fine. I do lots of research to try and always get genuine cells.

I got one of the last purple/blue aux emitters before the option was taken down. It looks WAY better with the purple switch than the all blue imo. Wish I could shut off the switch leds on those two.

Fit and finish is great on all three. I love the rougher anodizing texture on the Black and Tan version. I wish Emisar still offered the grainy options that they used to. For some reason to me a smooth and shiny finish just reminds me of a cheap Walmart light, and the grainy finish looks and feels like a quality light that the military would use.

I love the real low moonlight. Much better than my D4s flashlights.

Only complaint is that the AUX LEDs were too bright for a nightstand light. Thanks to this thread I turned them down and I’m happy now. Just wish I could turn the switch down of off now.

So I’m not sure if FF is listening and upping the QC, or if I’m just less picky than some people. Either way, I’m very happy.

When in Lockout mode, I noticed that sometimes the auxiliary LED stay on, sometimes they are off, and sometimes they blink slowly (short duration on, long duration off). Sometimes, the pattern even changes without quitting the lockout mode: pressing the switch once to enable the temporary moonlight can alter the pattern; but not always. Has anyone found out what determines the pattern in a reproducible way?

[Edit] Seems that if the auxiliary LEDs turn off after a temporary moonlight in lockout, three fast clicks will re-enable the auxiliary slow blinking. After a few seconds, it turned on permanently again… Except it turned of after a moonlight again, and then permanently on again after a few seconds without any clicks. Weird.

The pattern of the Aux LED’s is dialed in through clicks of the switch button. If they change and you haven’t changed them, there is a problem.

3 clicks while locked out will cycle through the aux LED modes. Like Dale said, if that happens when you arent pressing anything then :question:

Where can I find the instructions on how to alter the pattern? Maybe I’m randomly doing the procedure.

[Edit] Oh, I see. Thanks. So it’s 3 fast clicks while in lockout and it cycles through Off/On/Blinking, right? Maybe I was just using moonlight with 3 or more fast clicks and altering the setting by mistake.

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~toykeeper/flashlight-firmware/fsm/view/head:/ToyKeeper/spaghetti-monster/anduril/anduril-manual.txt