That is a great illustration Lux-Perpetua… :+1:
I find it sadly amazing Sofirn did not want to use it in the manuals or on the box. :person_facepalming: .
It could only help in reducing the number of needless returns……
I totally agree with you teacher. It’s sad they don’t want to take that advice. It would seemlessly fit into the „troubleshooting“ section of the manual, but it is what it is.
Do you have any lights that don’t work because the driver or leds are broken? If yes, I would be interested to get some as hosts for modding.
By the way, did you ever get an international shipping quote? Maybe fewer lights and less weight would be feasible? I wish, I would also get whole boxes of flashlights sent from Sofirn.
Don’t write it off as absolute unwillingness. It often is a mix of language and cultural differences.
Last week I (YYY) asked a seller (XXX) if he could provide me with a retaining ring. This is what happened:
From: XXX
To: YYY
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uh ,it’s old version ,it’s hard to find some
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From: YYY
To: XXX
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Hello XXX,
I have not heard from you in some days now.
Are you still looking? Please let me know.
If you are not looking any longer, that’s OK.
In that case I will try some other sources.
Best regards,
YYY
(Henk4U2)
From: XXX
To: YYY
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I reply you last time.
uh ,it’s old version ,it’s hard to find some
His second answer keeps me totally in the dark. As did his first answer.
Maybe he is just too polite, or too proud, to tell me he can’t help me.
IDK. Won’t ask him no more.
That might be the only place it’s needed. Generally, the more mainstream the shop, the lower the ratio of buyers who are connoisseurs. And a lot of people don’t read manuals. So a big store like Amazon is probably one of the best places to put extra info about basic things like battery covers.
But it could help to put a card about it into the box… similar to the card in the FW3A box about opening the front instead of the back.
I’m putting together a post with details about the remaining stock. It just takes a while because I have to check a bunch of lights again, move things around to make coherent sets, etc.
About international shipping, it really heavily depends on where it’s going to. And I’m not sure how batteries would work; it may be necessary to ship without any batteries.
Yeah, way too many buyers won’t read the manual… especially Sofirn’s, since you dang near need a microscope to see that tiny writing. A separate piece of paper or card stock with large print would work, though. “WARNING! Blah blah blah…”
Originally I was planning to make an “A stock” box with all the accessories and batteries, and a “B stock” box where items aren’t in perfect condition… but it doesn’t look like they allow so many cells in one box. Think it’s worth trying anyway, or would it be better to put half of the cells in one box and half in the other?
Is there any way to disable memory mode on the SP32a?
I’m really tempted by the box-o-32s, but I’m rather cranky about having mode memory on by default.
No, it doesn’t have a way to turn off memory. It’s always a single click to turn the light on at the last-used brightness, double-click to go to the highest level, or hold for a few seconds to switch to the other UI style.
It has two UI styles — ramping and a discrete mode group. In ramping, it’s click for on/off, hold to change brightness, double click for high, or triple click for strobe. In the mode group, it’s mostly the same except it uses click to change levels and hold to turn off.
My “Loot Box” arrived a couple of hours ago. The lights are essentially just brand new lights. All mine are 100% in appearance & working order. A handful of batteries that are the same. All very well & securely packed, delivered promptly from ‘God’s Country’ to Alabama.