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So is the BLF Edition SP70 dead?
It’s coming right after we make Q8 extension tubes aka never
Let‘s just hope it won’t take as long as Duke Nukem Forever :-D
Is anyone making a driver for this thing? Like TA? If I have to make my own BLF version I guess I will. I just can’t live with the stock UI.
As someone who was looking forward to this project I really hope that it doesn’t fall under the radar!
NW emitter and Anduril UI (this will also solve the overly illuminated side switch issue)
are enough upgrades for me to jump in.
TA does usually make single drivers. You can use a driver from Lexel or MTN E. It’s a standard 6v FET, no big deal.
My SP70 has become my nightly user, it’s an instant hit with everyone I show it to. I’ll probably pick up another if this blf doesn’t pan out, which would be a bummer. A blf version would be an automatic recommend to all the night guys. And all the camping guys. And all the guy guys. With just a few tweaks and a little price adjustment, I’d be in for at least 3 more lights.
I wish people would not phrase their questions like this. It’s very negative. Just ask how the project is going.
If you want it to be dead you can unsubscribe and forget about it.
If you want to know the truth, you have to be patient.
Sometimes projects get cancelled because they know the costs don’t make sense. Sometimes projects get put on the back burner until the company gets caught up with backordered stuff.
I’m assuming this project is still going forward, but Sofirn is working on a lot of things at once, so development is slow. They might be waiting on a new driver design to support Anduril or maybe waiting on ToyKeeper to tweak the software, etc… You just never know until they speak up and give an update. Even updates are few and far between. I just assume the project is going forward unless I hear otherwise.
As JasonWW already said, Lexel has an appropriate 6V FET driver that fits both into the Convoy L6 and Sofirn SP70. It uses the Infineon OptiMOS 5 MOSFET and can use NarsilM or Andúril for the user interface.
You can see a picture of the driver here:
Sofirn has a wonderful UI (very much dislike the default ramping direction of Andúril-should go down, not up; also nice is going back from turbo is a no-brainer). I wish the BLF SP70 would work like this.
Warm light would be really really nice. And an SMO reflector.
Still interested and still patient. 
Top notch driver and NW to WW led would be great.
Cheers and have a great weekend!
Nico
I am thinking about ordering a sofirn sp70 from banggood… or should I wait for the more powerful blf sp70 edition??
Just wait for the BLF edition.
Depends on how long you are willing to wait. I assume it will still take some weeks or months before the BLF edition is ready to manufacturing. We have yet collected a lot of great ideas but wait for Barry to feedback. Moreover, it would be great to hear some updates about the SMO reflector that still had some room for improvement.
BLF version should be the same power level.
Ok… I have banggood 1000 points… it is $10 off. Kind of a good deal… I can choose banggood shipped sp70 from US warehouse… where is banggood US warehouse located ?
I’m not sure, maybe California? I got some 30Q’s shipped from California through Banggood.
How difficult would it be to buy one of these and attempt to mod it yourself? Would simply bypassing the springs result in any noticable improvement?
I am excited for the blf version, but am not sure how long I will have to wait until the project is (understandably) ready to sell.