Hi, as owner of Rofis R3, here is my take on its highs and lows:
The angular, adjustable design is very unique and practical. There is quite strong magnet that holds the light in any desired position for stationary illumination, even with the headstrap attached. Mode spacing is quite sensible and runtimes on medium/high are good. The light comes with included high capacity protected cell, ready to use out of the box. Due to the deeper, smooth reflector, the flashlight has much more throw than any standard shallow reflector headlamps. It is not a thrower, but there is quite nice, visible hotspot.
Now to the negatives: The neutral tint is not very nice, it is like warm yellow with green hue. Not that bad when outdoors, but there are much better other neutral white tints. That orange, rubber band is bit frail, could be bit beefier. After some time, it doesnt hold the light tightly - you need to reposition the flashlight frequently. There is an easy workaround however - when you use with the clip, put the “rear” loop over the flashlight itself and the dimple in the clip, then it holds firmly. My magnetic charging stopped working about two weeks after I received it. Tested the cable with multimeter, it works, so I assume problem is in the internals of the charging circuitry. Other than that, I did not notice any further issues. If you have specific questions, try to post them here.
To the Olight H2R Nova - cant comment, as I dont own one, but I would be bit worried about any headlamp design, where the light could be knocked off the headstrap, for example in a cave. H2R seems to use some unique retention strap that allows for quick removal, i would probably secure the fit with cable tie or so.
It will be used as a headlamp (in the strap) less then 1% of the time.I have no worries about the strap.
99% of the time it will be hand held or clipped in the molle of a chest or leg pack .Or using the magnetic tail.
(Dioda) A rep from Rofis actually got back to me. : (more or less in broken english) “Most” of the time the charging stops not on the light side.The cable will still show power.
(then it is past my pay grade for electronics) Something about a self healing fuse built in the cable near the charge disc.If one was to bend it slightly,it will just start working again.
No idea what that means,but he said in nearly every case…thats the issue.
* Sadly I deleted the message. This fuse had a 3 or 4 letter acronym ,perhaps SHF…or something like that.
He made it seem that you literally just bend it a bit and it works fine again
I have read this stopped charge issue many time. This is one of the the quality issues that concerns me.
I mean for 80 bucks it should work right for a long long time.
I hope others chime on on these lights
**In private 2 asked me what is the use for the lights
As we have signed no NDA (yet). A platform of some type running LIDAR was running a grid, for some reason in the Yucatan.Besides countless (100s in fact) of hidden /un known temples and various large structures made of huge stones (hidden/swallowed by the jungle),it detected a huge tunnel complex.At least 37 miles long. LIDAR can also detect different materials. In the complex it found huge amounts of gold and other large metal objects,also a heat bloom. We will be going in to clear and recon it soon. We got cool Bark River Knives Bravo Machete :). Doubt any here are knife guys. Know that they are as crazy about bladed things as yall are about lights.Trust me.
Gave us Bark River Bravo machete CPM 1V and Bark River CPM 154 Bushbat
I own a Bark River 3V kephart and Bravo 1
I EDC a Bark River Mini kephart .93 CPM 3V
Dont want to get off topic, im sure its a no no
Thanks for welcome,just here for 3-5 days then gone forever =P
Many forums are full of trolls and,well…morons. People seem oddly normal here,helpfull
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About the ROFIS R3 charging issue - yes, I saw the same thing about the resetable fuse, but due to bad english (translated from some comments in russian), I assumed the fuse is located in the cable magnetic head. Sent an email to manufacturer, perhaps they help me how to “bend” the fuse so the charging works properly again.
First step would be to locate the fuse, still not sure if it is in the cable or in the flashlight.