Yikes, that stuff is reminiscent of the uncured potting compound problems people encountered with the C01 prototypes. Perhaps they still didn’t get it right in some of the early production batches…
I don’t know a ton about what they used here, but I know with epoxy if you mess up the proportions of the two parts, it may never fully set. I’d complain to Sofirn about this, but maybe someone here has a trick that worked with their light?
About the two prototypes, one of them I pushed the driver out (head screwed lightly on the body so there is spare room for the driver to move, then place a thin piece of wood on top of the led and hammer the led plus hopefully the driver down until the driver is pushed out). Then clean up the mess as well as it goes. The other prototype I left alone and actually the gooey did harden enough over time that it stopped coming out of the driver. But my gooey seems not as liquid as yours.
But in your case I would just show Sofirn the pictures and ask for new ones.
Yes, all of them (actually I got 2 C01 black 3200K and 2 C01 black 5600K), and they only differ in the amount of goo that keeps seeping out. I think 2 of them seeps out a lot of goo, the other 2 pieces a bit less. But they never disappeared after the “nth” wiping…
Thanks for the info d_t_a, sorry you had a problem. But I think if you just contact Sofirn, tell them what is going on, & send them the pictures they will take care of you.
It has been my experience their Customer Service is top notch. :+1:
No need to even “complain”, just tell them things are not right and I’m betting they will take care of you right off.
Recently I saw a Sapphire for sale, and the ad included an idea that makes an AAA single mode twisty into a variable brightness model, like a peak eiger.
[QUOTE=HKdude]I dropped a pad of QTC material in the bottom of the tube and got it to light up at a very low level, then photographed the LED. Neat idea, huh?
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Anyone know where we can get some QTC pads to put in our Sofirn C01’s? I found this thread, and it points to a USA vendor, but it is out of stock
I agree with this.
I have a black, blue and red, and all are perfect (well I am a little afraid to pull the black belt clip too much). My lights are often used outdoors, so I usually order the warm tint, but got the cool tint on all of these, as they are still high CRI and slightly brighter.