Fireflies E07 preview

Still waiting for word on copper and/or titanium version!

Just a few xpl hi 5000k and nichia 219b comparisons.
White door plus shadows from chandelier
Xpl light
Nichia light
Room chandelier light on wood dressers
Xpl on dresser
Nichia on dresser
Love the throw/lumen power of the xpl, but the nichia really makes the browns and reds look deep and vibrant. On turbo the xpl looks “to the eye” double the lumen output of the nichias. You can see the xpl has tighter hot spot also. I’m glad I have both. If they start matching the button leds with the aux lights, other than purple, I may be getting the sst model. It’s just hard to beat the the amazing output of the XPL HI emitters they offer.

If you adjust your aux lights make sure you don’t use any precision screwdrivers. One of mine broke off when trying to adjust with a micro screwdriver. Be gentle and use your finger or maybe a pencil eraser for grip. I thought I saw a slit for a micro screwdriver in the center but it isn’t. So be careful. I ended up dripping a solder blob to obtain max brightness back on and now the only way to dim is remove that blob……

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Thanks for the tip Firemedic, I totally would have done the same thing!!!

Edited below to add measurements with Lishen LR2170SF and Samsung 50E. I believe the LR2170SF is the best cell for the 219B version eventhough it outputs the same as the 50E at full charge, but as the battery depletes, the LR2170SF will be able to output higher than the 50E.

Fantastic work, Firemedic. :+1:

does samsung 50e really fit this light ? 40t seems like a tight fit.

Yes, I’m using mine with the 50E and 48G with perfect fit and electrical connection.

okay good to know.

This was posted by TwistedRaven on CPF

Luscious! :heart_eyes:

And I found it from xamsiem on Reddit.

I may be tempted to mix and match.

Maybe put this head on my clear coat body. And the copper body on my clear coat head. I don’t know….

I’ll taker an all copper one.

I did find out about this light about 2 weeks ago, I thought that this was the ultimate EDC light. Was little bit surprised never heard about the manufacture before.

I have spent the whole saturday to read this thread. In general its way too much off topic in this thread especially of people who dont own the flashlight.

Here is Some observations and questions to summarize this thread

1. It seem Fireflies first of all have done a bad job giving back feedback, about all manufacture and quality problems, I only have seen one post, about the thermal paste. From that point forward we know they are aware of the problem, but we still see no confirmation that all flashlight from a certain date should not have this problem, all I see is people from left and right have this problem, right now I cant make purcahse cause it feels like russian roulette and its a big pain to send back stuff and get it fixed even if they pay for everything, I rather wait until beta period over.

2. Its a lot of of battery discussion in thread, some battery discussion are valid, especially those regarding size of battery, It must be under 70.8mm in length. The other discussion of the danger to use to powerful batteries might make some emitters blue or stop working is also very important disucssion,

The other dicussion regarding fake batteries from fireflies, well, first of all fireflies should not bundle with battires, its a risky business its easy to get fake batteries, especially since they most likely want to make as good profit as possible so they buy the batch that has best price. Fireflies will earn money of bundle fake batteries. Its better to buy batteries from shops that only sell battires where their whole reputation is on the line if they sell fake battries, here in EU I recommend NKON.

3. There is very little comparison between emitters in this thread, I think there is a lot of “Nichia” fanboyism in general on this forum, sometimes its well deserved but that does not mean we should give other emitters a chance. I am in the market for the 4000k range myself, but the CREE XPL HI V2 5A 4000k emitter have 2400 more in lumen output, then both Nichia and SST20 4000k, so yeah thats a really big difference in output, so there should be a very good reason to choose the Nichia over the SST20, sure I dont see the CRI rating on the Cree XPL, but I would prefer to see actual photos to see the difference in color/tint/beam/battery efficiency.

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Now it has gone almost 2 months, have we seen any “official” proof that it will be released ? and when ?
I rather way for the premium edition with Copper and that have hopefully fixed all the glitches in the manufacturing. Black body and copper head would look sexy (just like Manker E14 II).

I’m also keeping my eye out for the premium copper/titanium E07. I might splurge on it. My nichia 219b E07 is one of my favorite lights now. I love the size, it looks awesome, and performs great.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned the 219B version is listed as in-stock again, for both the E07 and the ROT66 (but not the PL47).

The listing does not explicitly say SW45K (I don’t know for certain whether it did before), but it does specify R9080.

Does any one have a beamshot comparison between XPL Hi V2 5A 4000K and SST20 4000k. I am not interested in the Nichia, they have more quality problems and the blueshift problem is not something I want to risk.

There is a big lumen advantage over the SST20, I also read that the XPL HI have superior thermal performance it means that I would be able to run on turbo for longer periods then the SST20.

Noticed that the banner to the left is now advertising an E07 VII. The website says new version since the beginning of March, but does not say what the changes are? I assume it probably has the cooling fins rounded off on all colors now, but can anyone confirm? Any other changes?

I have one that I’m pretty sure is VII, slightly bevelled fins indeed, undamaged optics and a ledboard that sits flat on its shelf with ample thermal paste. I’m not sure if there’s more changes. I modded it with a few new leds already: What did you mod today? - #7230 by djozz