Sofirn C01R deep red [sold out, discontinued]

I may have understood that the C01S driver does not use PWM to produce the low mode.

Hello everyone,

I was kept busy for a while but now I got the chance to update this thread again. So, now we are at 361 pieces accounted for BLF and TLF users. Not too shabby if you ask me. $) However, Sofirn is slightly afraid that demand may not fully meet supply. They seem to be producing a larger quantity of this little special one. I do not know the proportion of ones with 625nm (XP-E2 red) and of ones with 660nm (XP-E2 deep red) but I hope they will focus a bit more on the deep red ones as first results looked very promising.

In any case, I am confident that there IS a considerable demand for such a special light but I do not expect this one to be a "category A" product like SP33 or C8F with many thousands pieces being sold in a year. Depending on Sofirn's sales plans, this light might also be an interesting device for authorities (policemen, soldiers), space programs, laboratories, research and so on. I wonder how far demand could increase if this light got enough attention in worldwide advertisement.

Maybe Ridley Scott should introduce this little gadget in the next Alien movie or Horatio Caine could wave around a bit with it while investigating another crime scene on CSI Miami? Then, everyone's wanna get their own C01R. Just thinkin'... :-P

Just found this picture of the latest Predator movie. Well, it could have been a Sofirn C01R attached to the predator's head. :-D

Interested

Interested in 2 please

If at all possible, please put me down as only wanting 2 deep red ones with the wine red anodization (instead of 2 deep red and 2 red). Apologies and thank you in advance… If my quantity cannot change, I will still buy four as I originally stated.

The C01R will has two groups while C01S with white led has the same simple L-H

Interested in 1. Prefer Wine Red ano and deep red emitter.

Although I’m not a fan of the C01 / C01S design, I have a lot of them because it’s not easy to get hold of 1 x AAA flashlights with good CRI emitters at affordable prices. Also, the 1 x AAA format is my favorite because it is not uncomfortable to always carry one of them with you, and the batteries are everywhere and cheap. I greatly appreciate SOFIRN’s efforts to please the BLF community

That is why I am very interested in the new anodizing that Barry announced: desert tan, green, orange, etc.

And I say: the next step will be: C01S Ti, Cu, Brass, SS? C01S camo?

I have tested this last pattern, but very amateurish:

Put me down for 5 deep red

Very nice!

I hope the head and tail pieces will Lego with different bodies, so we can make multicolored lights.
That’d mean someone would run a computerized lathe with consistent settings to make the threads all match rather than just eyeballing to approximate the thread cutting, of course.

4 wine red with deep red emitter for me please

I've finally managed to source some XP-E2 *660nm* Photo Red emitters. They are without doubt by far superior to the regular "red" 625nm xp-e2's. The 660nm has a beaurifull true crimson red tint, while the 620nm is closer to being orange-rosy-reddish than being actual red. I don't understand why anyone would chose the 620nm led over the 660nm besides the 620nm will have a bit more lumens.

Not just a bit, the human eye is 6 times! more sensitive to 620nm compared to 660nm (link). So you need 6 times the radiometric power for 660nm to get the same brighness as 620nm light, or the other way around, at the same radiometric power 660nm appears 6 times as dim.The crimson is lovely but it comes at great costs.

Apariently 730nm “far red” xpe’s are a thing, well looks like im going to have try and find some, and see if it will ruin 660nm photo red for me like, photo red ruined 620nm for me. I find it really amusing when it wears off and i start seeing 620nm as red i turn the 660nm on again.

Kinda want to do a kd 3 colour p60 in red, photo red, and far red now just to see, or do amber, red photo red, if its less discernable

Is the SST-20-DR viable? It looks like better performer than even XP-G3 and costs roughly the same.

XP-G2 Photo Red [650-670nm] 450@350mA, 1A max
XP-G3 Photo Red [650-670nm] 525lux@350mA 1.5A max
SST-20 Deep Red [650-670nm] 950lux@350mA, 3A max

SOFIRN got this emitter last year. The mass production of C01R is delayed. Hope to make C01R in the end of May.

But you can buy bare led now.

https://sofirnlight.com/xpe2-red-led-660nm-p0113.html

Anyone knows about SST-20-DR Deep Red (660 nm)?

Which model should it be used in? SP31V2 or C8F?

A powerful, deep red C8F would be intriguing, especially with regard to the small die size of the LED and the triple reflector the C8F would offer. Eventually, this would result in high intensity numbers. However, these sensitive LEDs do not really like high currents and therefore need another driver than C8F's standard FET driver.

OP is updated (as of May 13, 2020).

I changed your desired quantity to 2 pcs. Please note that I cannot promise that your preferred version will be realized (...even though the majority seems to be longing for the red wine anodization with the XP-E2 deep red LED).