OK, just posting an update. It’s Tuesday, April 16th, I got my E07 a little earlier, and as of right now, it looks good, appears to function normally, and has no obvious flaws with aux LEDs, as others have reported. I ordered it when the website said it was the second production run. The QC stamp on the box is dated February 15, 2019. I have no way to confirm if it has the correct amount of thermal paste and don’t feel like unscrewing it at the moment. Overall, I really like it. This has the Nichia 219b emitters. Very nice amount and quality of light. Edit: Just played with it in the back yard at night and WOW, what a beautiful effect that pinkish tint has on the budding trees this time of season. Lots of heat generated very quickly, though. I spent about 20 minutes playing with the dog, shining the light into the woods on turbo periodically, and when I came in, the battery was at 4.1 volts, which seems pretty good to me.
It took a total of 8 days from order to when I should have received it (there was one extra day because the DHL driver had it on his truck yesterday but didn’t drop it off until today), which is a good turnaround. In reference to my comment above, the initial tracking number that Jacky sent out, which had the format “L########D” was in fact on the inner box, but DHL also gave the package a second tracking number, attached to a plastic wrapper around that box, which I didn’t get until I started getting SMS updates about tracking. I assume that the first tracking number is internal to China, since it was useless for DHL’s international site.
For the new updated version they should add usb c charging, this should be standard…cant be that expensive to add ?
I gladly pay 10 dollars extra for it
I would pay 15 extra for USB charge version. Would be eve. Better if it can function as power bank like the TO56R or Rofis MR50, MR30. Great for taking on trips
Not me… I think USB charging on the E07 would royally screw up a great light. I hope FireFlies leaves the E07 as is with no USB charging…… ever.
The size it is now is perfect.
I came to like cells that feature charging (and sometimes even powerbank). Buy 1 cell like that and you can upgrade many lights…
…but that works only for lights that support protected cells. And E07 is not one of them.
And it doesn’t wor perfectly for super hot rods - because these cells don’t tend to be high discharge ones. And E07 is one of them…
:+1: … I understand that, it’s just my opinion on the matter. Just as your preference is yours.
I could say the same thing to you…. Just because you want it, don’t ruin it for others who see it as a useless feature that is not wanted in most lights. Consumers appreciate functional simplicity more than unneeded or unwanted bells & whistles.
See what I did there??…. Neither one of us is right, or wrong; completely.
It is simply “our individual opinions”.
No it is completely not the same. You are telling them not to create a usb alternative when there is already a non usb version. There does not exist a usb version for those who want one. We want the option to buy a usb version which is none of your business if you dont want one. Why dont you just go buy the non usb version and be happy?
I have no problem at all if they want to create another version of the E07 that has USB & whatever else. (Call it the ’E07-b&w’ maybe)
But that is not what Ekstasis asked for. He asked for a new updated version. That would take away our choice to buy more E07’s without USB, which many consumers consider a useless/unneeded feature in a light. I am proudly one of those consumers.
And so because someone wants something they should have it? Regardless of the inherent danger? The Emisar lights have a focus on ultimate performance in a compact structure, the entire design concept leaves no room for the charging circuit being asked for nor the likely ensuing loss of performance. It is not so much WE should be happy to “mind our own business” as it is we should help protect muggles that do not know what they are doing. Cells such as the high discharge non- protected 21700’s this light is designed to use should be charged outside of the light, carefully monitored to preserve a safety margin the users life may well depend on. Li-ion safety is extremely important, one major incident where poor design costs lives could impact us all in ways we’d truly hate to see.
My vote, my experience, goes with no built in charger for ANY light, you want easy stay in elementary school. Life, and it’s inherent pursuits, is not easy.
And of course, that’s my opinion and you are welcome to it.
Yeah, I’d like to see E07 with usb charger, but I get that E07 is too small/compact to accommodate usb charging. That’s why I’m looking forward to Astrolux MF01 mini.
This is plain wrong as muggle will buy a flashlight with a battery OR forget to buy a battery and complain about it later (that flashlight was sold without battery). He will most likely buy some YourHouseOn*Fire* brand with 9000 mAh and cheapest wall/usb battery charger. I did not see the picture of “2 bay 21700 / 18650 charger” FF sells as an optional accessory to E07, but I highly doubt that it is in any way better than usual in-flashlight charger.
No USB for me. Please keep the USB OUT of the discussion..
the light had already many problems we don't need to create a new one. Not to mention the water proof issue this one alone can make. And this can make it completely useless light
Charging in or out the light is not just about easy vs. hard. For me it’s more about convenient vs. inconvenient. In this case I actually prefer the inconvenient way….but that’s only because it’s cheaper and available. If the cost difference was marginal and lights with built-in powerbanks were abundant - I’d clearly prefer built-in. And I actually fail to see why one would prefer hard for the sake of hard unless improving skills was a goal by itself. Which doesn’t seem to be the case.
And I’d say that built-in is the safer way. It can prevent many kinds of user misuse, both caused by lack of education (inserting a cell the wrong way) and not (mishandling).
I disagree. I believe it is far more dangerous to give muggles a lithium ion cell light because the likelihood of them charging the cell in a non compatible charger is far higher than a built in usb charger causing explosion. In fact I dont think anyone here has heard of a flashlight with built-in charging exploding.
. I like that…… 