Sofirn C01R deep red [sold out, discontinued]

Hello everyone,

The project of a Sofirn 14500/AA light with red LED has been suspended for technical limitations (see here). After discussing some alternatives, I would like to present you a more feasible concept that Sofirn is highly interested in - a AAA keychain light using the widely known and appreciated Sofirn C01S host and driver design and a small yet powerful red LED for red light illumination.

Sofirn C01R

Typical applications:

  • Low-light usage to maintain night vision capability
  • Finding keys, stargazing, astrophotography...
  • Military/outdoor use (reading maps, orientate without attracting attention, no attraction of insects)
  • Ambient colorful illumination (nightstand, decoration)

Specifications (as in C01S):

Emitter:

Cree XP-E2 deep/photo red (660nm)

as of 10/2020: Luminus SST20-DR deep red (660-670nm)

or Cree XP-G3 deep red (660nm) not available to order from Sofirn's suppliers

Cree XP-E2 red (625nm) confirmed but not used in actual production (deep red will be prioritized)

Actual, measured dominant/peak wavelength, courtesy by BLF member Djozz.

Whitewall shot from a sales sample with XP-E2 deep red 660nm (on High mode).

Lumens output:

yet to be assessed, monochromatic light is difficult to measure

low mode will be a sublumen mode (0.5lm)

User Interface:

  • original intent: 2 modes, low - high, always start on low (like BLF edition)
  • final version: 3 modes with 2 modegroups: moonlight - low - high and high - low - moonlight

[Poll closed!] please choose your desired UI by voting here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/72855

Result of the poll (166 votes):

36% or 60 people voted for Low-High

2% or 4 people voted for High-Low

62% or 102 people voted for Moonlight - Low - High and High - Low - Moonlight

Sofirn is now introducing two mode groups with reversible mode order as desired

Body color:

  • standard red as in C01S (alternative colors are not an option at this point of time)
  • wine red or deep red are still yet to be discussed as an opportunity for a general new red anodization (not being pursued anymore)
  • alternatives: maybe "no anodization" (silver appearance) if highly demanded (like C01S BLF edition) or new LT1 colors (e.g. dark green, desert tan, orange) (not being pursued anymore)

Voltage range: 0.9V - 1.5V

Dimensions: 71.6mm (length) x 14.5mm (head diameter)

Weight: 15 grams (without battery)

Battery options: 1x AAA 1.5V Alkaline battery or 1x AAA 1.2V NiMH rechargable battery

Price: should hopefully be in the same area as C01S with SST-20 4.000K 95CRI, i.e. around $ 9.00 - $ 11.00 if I recall correctly. Price may be a bit higher with a more sophisticated 3-mode/2-modegroup UI. Update 2020/05/24: Preorder price is $ 7.99.

Lot size: to be increased from 200pcs to 500pcs with regard to increasing demand. Update 2020/05/24: Lot size will be approx. 500 pcs.

Availability: yet to be confirmed, production will not commence before February 2020, i.e. earliest after CNY holidays.

Update: Ramp up delayed due to COVID-19 until mid of June, 2020.

Update 2: Shipping has started by July 2020.

Please express your interest below with your desired quantity. At the moment, I will count any tint to gather a general lot size.

Thanks a lot for your participation - everyone on the list below helped to make C01R come true!

Interest list (closed)

BLF member Quantity
Lux-Perpetua 4
Propeak 1
Unheard 2
nobody 4
candor 2
qandeel 1
dk21291 3
Omega_17 1
TMaxxJJ 2
donj 1
drewski 1
MascaratumB 2
Walter Sobchak 2
lotrbfme 1
ActiveAl 4
malkoffdevices 1
Cosmodragoon 2
lumiere 2
peg matite 1
Noctiluco 2
adam7027 2
mikeyx 2
lightdecay 3
Anthon 1
GreenLights 2
Mikesch54 2
blind-eye 3
Muto 2
wapd2 4
Klotski 1
Geese 2
matjeshering 2
Cereal_killer 1
amishbill 4
mili111 2
Ryzbor 1
Ilumenati 2
olles 4
DrDevil 1
Chatika vas Paus 3
netprince 1
oOFOXOo (TLF) 2
shirnask 3
Thunderstruck (TLF) 1
Photonica 1
808Hi 4
AndyMac2272 1
Skuzapo 1
2Ace 3
cyropro 2
nastynate 1
t-soung 3
OldSkol 2
mxyzptlk 2
1stein 2
pies 1
Phosphor22 1
DAGG3R 1
Propeak 3
Wrathbringer27 2
Pwsmith 2
Andy76 (TLF) 1
der_horst 1
Chronovore 1
mikelights 2
zipelgas 1
Tally-ho 2
Ilmatic 1
Esociform 1
Slayer1 2
mortuus 1
telephoneman 2
Slim Pickens 3
Ucm45 1
Helios azimuth 4
brenden23 1
PreacherCasy 1
tomas_f 2
chinooker 2
SwissFlashy 1
Henk4U2 2
led_400 2
Nguyen 2
man of light 1
johnpc 2
ridepacker 1
riffraff 2
JoeH12.81 1
LightintheNight (TLF) 2
Pino (TLF) 2
Flaschenlampe (TLF) 1
Nagonka (TLF) 1
superbirne (TLF) 1
Dachfalter (TLF) 1
FrankFlash (TLF) 1
Nightscorpion (TLF) 1
hornet (TLF) 1
Onkel Otto (TLF) 1
chesterqw 1
khaleeq 2
18650 (TLF) 2
Esmi (TLF) 1
Tomogchi 2
Phoneas 1
cwb (TLF) 1
denkiman808 1
KevinZA1988 3
Grigio 1
withoutink 1
jcs0001 2
Xoden 1
apt323 1
TAK 2
Andrew_Debbie 1
jaykay7 2
buck91 2
marcus_z 3
nydude 1
Kalihi 1
Jinx 1
Dutcheee 1
mountainair26 2
Plat 1
eule (TLF) 1
Ryzbor 2
twodollarbill 1
Sparks65 4
Kilroy 1
d_t_a 2
Victorio 1
P33 1
Nismo 2
mitsuki08 1
cujo255 1
Ivanmm77 2
mattlward 1
Jensen 2
Foghorne 1
nibble 1
fourbyfive 2
KJ4BXT 2
BazzH 1
Forever 3
Dutcheee 1
lachesis 1
JaredM 2
thisnameisvalid 1
RVDWB5 2
Gj 4
yelve 2
Cythras 1
Ivanmm77 2
influx (TLF) 2
ennokin (TLF) 3
cri_ocd 2
Langer (TLF) 1
Romancho (TLF) 1
Noir 1
Kosta(s) (TLF) 2
Kindle 1
zaxar0580 1
hank 1
OtisCampbell 3
lunchbox 2
agent80 1
CJ Avlis 1
Komtesse (TLF) 1
gravelmonkey 1
sassaquin 1
Starkm32 1
Balazs 1
SamHaLeKe 1
karmii 3
TheOidter (TLF) 2
stefle (TLF) 1
Kabukimann (TLF) 1
the_holodoc (TLF) 1
MoreLumens 1
Ragsy 1
DunchBlaster 1
Moloflashy 1
CalDellinger 1
Esko 1
lamppu 1
Hank33 1
Nine9n1ne 1
korpzgrinda 1
mustig 2
Nicolicous 1
Foxfire (TLF) 1
Hugh Johnson 1
sbslider 2
ikkentobi (TLF) 1
dreamer38nrw (TLF) 1
bidas 1
realc 1
hypertonie (TLF) 1
pedro353 (TLF) 1
Wiegand (TLF) 2
Discharger 2
Neilrazer 2
Hoosh 2
Oenanthe 1
Novesky 5
Natewar 1
Ringmaster242 1
Bernd1209 (TLF) 2
jknut 2
muellihenry 2
polarweis 1
litenutz 1
drewski 1
Blggg 1
worker 4
Kavin 2
GDF 1
Dougdimadome 1
Zeige 1
Noctiluco 1
paosms 2
Petroleum Lante... 1
KalmJ 1
Phoneas 2
asdqqq 1
Serifus 5
Itsme 4
vandasian 1
Rat_Racer 2
Ryzbor 2
112chris (TLF) 1
Total (05/24/2020) 379

The final manual of C01R is now available to download here:

Please click ► here for the English manual.

Please click ► here for the German manual.

Interested!!! What price would this be at? Will help to know how many for!

I assume the price will be very close to C01S if we get to buy it. :-)

Oh dear. Interested in one depending on price sigh.
Please ask Sofirn if a deep red anodization is possible :smiley:

Will there be an optic? The C01 is made for a 5mm led (which is its own optic) without ledboard so will not fit a SMD led just like that. Maybe Sofirn will use the C01S host with C01 driver? So what current will it be driven at?

Interested

As far as I know, they want to use the C01S flashlight but with XP-E2 red instead of SST-20. I need to wait for Sofirn's engineer to do some testing with the current.

I’d like two if there’s enough to go around.

Interested in one with red body :smiling_imp:

Interested in two or three, depending on price :+1:

Interested. There will be two modes?

Interested in a couple please!

Interested

Interested!

INterested :wink:

Interested! Thank you!

Interested!

Interested in two. Thanks Lux-Perpetua!

hi I am interested.
I am using Clemence Virence JetBeam Nichia Deep Red LED at moment AAA.

any differences ?
thanks.