Well, I'm hoping to get one soon, and I have a pretty beefy L6. If you meant compared to a stock L6, I can't help... other than to say this one will outshine a stock L6 ;)
I just have to order a few more 26650s now...
That’s what I have heard as well. All my L6’s have the Resistor upgrade and I have put 70.2’s in all of them. I also bought one of the new L6’s with a 70.2 in it. Supposed to be about 500 lumen brighter than the original.
I done a resistor mod in my S70 it does like 10amps or so. The SP70 will still be like 2500+ lumens brighter. It should be able to get about 18-20 amps in direct drive.
As of today, it looks like if we want to purchase both the SP70 light AND the Sofirn HD 26650 batteries together, we have to go through Aliexpress.
I assume Bangood didn’t want to stock the batteries.
I also assume that Sofirn’s suggestion that USA customers should wait for the light to show up on Amazon (to shorten delivery times) might be waiting a while.
1) I’m not familiar with contacting Aliexpress with my BLF name to get the discounted $50 price but is anyone else familiar with that process? Do I just email them before I order or do I email them after I order with some order information?
2) Also, does Aliexpress offer a BLF discount on the Sofirn HD26650 batteries?
Thank you.
@ cncyana…. On AliExpress do the whole order process EXCEPT submitting the order.
Al that point there will be an option to contact the seller.
Contact the seller, tell them your BLF Username, and that you want the Group Buy price.
They will adjust your price & send you an email asking for payment.
Then you pay.
The price adjustment usuall takes from 10 minutes to 2 days…. depending on what they are doing or if it is a weekend or whatever. But it will happen.
Hope this helps…. 
PS… I don’t know about batteries, just ask I guess.
1. Add the SP70 & HD 26650 batteries to cart
2. Go to your cart & select Buy from this seller
3. On the next page scroll down to Payment Method & select Other Payment Methods
4. Select Confirm & Pay
5. On the next page select Cancel payment and return to AliExpress (found at the bottom)
6. Message Sofirn with your BLF username and also ask for the batteries to be shipped inside for free shipping.
7. Sofirn will correct the price
8. Go to My Orders and complete the payment.
Thank you everyone for the instructions!
There are some countries where people can’t order batteries seperately. This is why Sofirn sourced some HD batteries to sell with the light. People in USA have lots of battery choices.
Amazon probably takes an extra week to get the lights in stock, but shipping from them should be shorter with better tracking and easy returns if the light gets damaged, etc…
I am trying to buy it in the app
I see that Sofirn has added the HD batteries to their Aliexpress store (in addition to the existing E-Battery store listing).
Two cells are $13.49 and four are $22.49. Shipping is $3.72 (to USA). That’s some good prices.
I suppose if you buy the light and 2 cells together they might be able to get rid of the $3.72 shipping charge if you contact them and ask.
Sofirn HD 26650 Battery 5000mAh 25A Discharge Power 5C 3.7V Rechargeable Battery
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/CxyhAiy
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Is it working?
This is what I stated above and is what Sofirn have done for me 
Ok, i asked Sofirn for the group buy price with HD batteries , right now i have the Sofirn SP70 and Emitting Color: with battery charger from 68,34 € price dropped to 58,76€ - is this all.correct? Does this option include the 2 batteries with the light? By the options shown i don’t get it to clear 
FYI: As there‘s Qingming festival in China you might get replies from Sofirn later than usual. Their employees probably face some backlog due to these days off once they get back into the office on Monday.
Yes… it includes 2 batteries.
If you had scrolled down further you would have read what is copied & pasted below……
Choice 1:without battery
come with 1pc flashlight, 1pc strap, 1pc replace rubber cap for side switch, ,2pcs replace Orings,2pcs key rings,2pcs battery adapter
Choice 2:with battery charger
come with come with 1pc flashlight, 1pc strap, 1pc replace rubber cap for side switch, ,2pcs replace Orings,2pcs key rings,2pcs battery adapter,2pcs 5000mah 26650 batteries,1pc double slot battery charger
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Hope this helps…… :+1:
Reflector looks awful shallow, orange peel looks pretty dang robust… according to the cut-away the emitter should be just behind the second set of cooling fins, but the photo’s make it look like the emitter is just ahead of the cooling fins, shortening the reflector considerably. Time will tell I suppose.
Overall it’s a good looking light, am interested in what the beam profile looks like at some distance, not necessarily throw distance as the 70 emitter is just so fat that I don’t consider it for throw, but at 50-100 yards I’m wondering about the relationship of hot spot to spill area? Might be perfectly usable, a good general purpose beam, more along the lines of what I would actually use.
For example, I put a domed SST-40 in a Fenix TK61Vn and find it not so useful on my routine walk, the hot spot is really too tight and the spill is too dim. If I want to see a coyote at 400 yds this is fine, but seeing or finding a skunk within 250 yds is more difficult with too tight a beam. 
Only my perception of course, YMMV.
How thick is the lens? AR coated, 2 sides? Wondering what the diameter of the glass lens itself is. Sofirn may have done such a good overall job of this that I have to buy one anyway…. lol The specs will have to prove out pretty well to get me over them dropping the Q8 extension tubes…
There might be some confusion. When your talking about the options on the light and including a battery charger, that’s probably not the HD batteries. That’s probably including the regular non-HD cells.
You would need to order 1 light and 2 HD batteries. These are two seperate listings. No charger is involved.
The orange peel is very light. Just enough to make the beam look a bit better. I’ll try to answer some of your questions once I get a sample light to test.
You mentioned “2pcs 5000mAh 26650 batteries”.
The 5000mAh 26650 batteries are the High Discharge (HD) batteries. The regular 26650 batteries are 5500mAh.
1) Which batteries come with the flashlight “kit” ($75.59) ?
2) Any further small discount on 2+ lights (other than the discount coupons which already exist for larger overall purchases)?
Hmmm, I have no idea which batteries the 2 x 26650 are. All I did was copy & paste the 2 options avaiable on the product page.