[Available again! - BLF special edition light] new Sofirn AAA twisty high CRI 5mm LED

Djozz, thanks for the pointer.
That bare aluminum look :heart_eyes:
I am going to dress up at least one 5mm-C01 head with a bare aluminum SST20-C01-BLF body :sunglasses:
Also great Sofirn adds a BLF marking to give credit to the origin of the design.

You could carefully (gloves, eye protection, outdoors…) give your C01 a bath in lye (drain cleaner / sodium hydroxide / etc) to strip off the anodizing for a bare-aluminum finish. Just apply some petroleum jelly or something to any areas where you don’t want it intruding (threads, in the reflector area, etc) and then just clean it off after the bath.

Yeah, only problem is that I have a tritium vial installed now. That would likely not survive the heat…

Thanks for the suggestion to go with lye for removing the anodization. Already wanted to try out that to remove the anodization in the tritium slot.

We need a similar BLF edition of this fantastic AA light!

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Sofirn-New-SP10-V2-0-LED-Flashlight-AA-14500-Flashlight-EDC-Pocket-Light-Cree-XPG2-550lm/2933049_32841154512.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.3.17944773ZjzAJu

It sounds like a good idea. However, a single mode twisty seems less practical for a larger light. Another ui may not differentiate itself. Unsure how this would be implemented.

The stock UI of this light is already perfect its just the stock LED that can be greatly improve with a Luminus SST-20 95CRI and maybe a new unique color as a bonus?

I think Omega_17 is suggesting a BLF-edition SP10 V2, not a AA version of the C01.

That could be a high CRI emitter, and possibly a different firmware. Unfortunately, Narsil or Anduril would probably require a different driver, which is more work for Sofirn, and would likely mean 14500 batteries only - no AA support.

It would be a very interesting product, however.

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This is the C01 end.
Sofirn AliExpress states:

R.I.P.
Sofirn C01 - BLF Sepcial Light
November 2018 – April 2019
“Yuji golden glow
made-in-China potted light
end of an era”

I was going to get another, but the Jetbeam U is only $2 more… beautiful finish, anodizing, and I like the multi-mode. But I’m glad to have one C01.

Do you mean $2 more than the C01s?

I think the cheapest I’ve seen the Jet-u for is $14.

This project came and went so quickly!

Love my c01 lights, though I wish the beam was a bit narrower. Super excited about the c01s. Have one so far but holding out on more until if/when they release a L-H mode order.

I bought one for $9, and a 2nd one for $10. Usually there’s a coupon floating around. For one I used a $4 off AliExpress coupon. The other was on sale.

You could ve used the coupon for the C01 also so its still the same difference

all gone.

Buggar it.

You lot are 16 hrs ahead of us…
We can Never catch up clock wise…

they are still on ebay

Well yes, but for more than double the original selling price. :disappointed: