Sofirn SP70 Alone $50, PM for AMZ US CODE(LIMITED)

I think its a safety issue for non flashlight people and Sofirn are concerned? Using high drain cells is probably not recommended for every one. Lots of 26650s are not suitable to be used in series where as most brand name 18650s will have no issues.
Check out HKJs charts and heaps of pair of 26650 don’t match which can be an issue. At what point does it become an issue? Well for some novice that may only charge cells when they are flat its a bit of a worry where as we probably charge our cells more often.

The S70S had a really high drain of 4.43 milliamps. I don’t think the mcu went to sleep. Plus the green led was an inefficient one that needed more current than some other green leds.

That was a linear driver of some kind. On their C8F, which is a FET driver, they got the drain down to 77 microamps. Much, much better, but it’s not using a constant on led like the SP70. So I hope the SP70 drain is under 400 microamps. Under 200 would be even better. I’m not too worried about it though. For storage I would cut the main power.

There is review in youtube.

This was posted and talked about a couple pages back.

Thanks for the video Tangra, I guess I missed it when it was posted before. :+1:

It’s sweeps week…

I just sweeps once a month……

OMG! I was supposed to SWEEP? :person_facepalming:

I thought she said sleep…

Is there going to be an SMO reflector available for this light in the near future?

They may use a SMO for a special edition SP70 with other tweaks, but I don’t know if it will be available separately.

So the SP70 performance is very similar to a Q8 ? you must really like the form factor then to want one (or be prepared to go through the trouble of slice/dice the led).

I’m not sure who your talking to.
I definitely prefer the form factor. I can slip it in my back pocket. I also prefer the dome on.
My Sofirn Q8 gets no use. It’s just too bulky. The beam is a bit too narrow, as well.
Everyone has their own preferences and needs which is why there are so many flashlight models on the market. Something for everyone. :+1:

Yea i prefer this style over the Q8 feels more ergonomic to me. I think we will see more throw than the Q8 maybe double once we test it. Plus out of the box the SP70 can hit 7000+ lumens without any further mods fair bit brighter than a stock Q8.

As I noticed before, many people like the classic flashlight shape for various reasons. My remark is because the SP70 is considerably bigger than a Q8 while the performance increase is less than the size increase, and the battery capacity is less too.

But you are right that with both lights stock, the SP70 likely has 1.4 times more output, and I guess from the head size and better finning that the maximum sustainable output is a bit higher too. This all counts for something.

Still, I suspect that a preference for the form factor has a lot to do with wanting the SP70.

Got mine yesterday. The finish is not quite Matt. Output on turbo in a ceiling bounce test comfortably beats my Olight X7 and is about 10% brighter than my SP36. its about double the output of my D4s. I would say 7k lumens is reasonable.

That non-english review video earlier showed his lux numbers. The numbers themself seem off, but the comparison seems valid. The SP70 has more distance than the xpl-hi Sofirn Q8.

Sofirn Q8 - 65kcd
SP70 - 85kcd

My Sofirn Q8 measured 120kcd
Sofirn measured the SP70 at 150kcd. They also seem to get conservative lux measurements for some reason.

Anyway, it should throw further than the Sofirn Q8, but probably not double.

I was really hoping to have all the measurements before it went on sale. Mine is still in transit. Sorry about that everyone.

I shoot a video of SP70 with my Xiaomi Mi8 smart phone

https://youtu.be/8SXOKEej7bE
About 1m against the wall at different shutter speed

Thanks for the pictures Barry. Does Sofirn know when the light will be on Amazon US?

That’s why I think the BLF Q8 has a much more useful beam. Warmer and floodier.

Both the Sofirn and Airpro have the cooler spotlight beams that are… meh.

That’s why if you want/need a thrower, get a dedicated thrower (L2, SP70, etc.). Don’t think Q8s were designed as throwers. Might be wrong, but…

The stock BLF Q8 has a throw-cd/output-lm ratio of 13, that makes it not a thrower. A common up-to-date C8 with XP-L Hi does 100, six times better (the first GT is 500 even). But with the many super-flooders with multi-TIR’s today, the Q8 is pretty throwy in comparison.