The LMH and no-blinkies kinda sold me. Think it squeezes more lemons than the other, no? 500 or so.
This I remember seeing in someone’s review. Kinda struck that off my list.
Funny, ’cause that’s also why I didn’t grab any TG06Ses, because of the start-on-high and nomem. That would drive me batty.
Okay, so I guess I can strike this off my list, too. I hate H→L, even worse with nomem so that it always starts on high.
Thinking of giving away my Tool for starting on medium instead of low. Ugh. Beautiful light otherwise. Lotta OnTheRoad lights do that, too, if I recall.
Hmm, I don’t remember lumens, but the sf14 is definitely brighter than the tool AA using eneloops. Tomorrow I can compare all of them with each other with AA and 14500s
The sp10a/b are side e-switches, the sf models are clickies, but as far as I remember it’s close to the sf14, but I gave away my sp10a, so I can’t re-check. Build quality is good, but I find the switch a bit flimsy, good for the price thou
Actually, as someone who had an original ’10A and still a few ’10Bs, I think the 10s in general are the best of the bunch.
I like the doubleclick-to-turbo even from off (or on), and with true firefly mode (’though I’d want the 3 modes + turbo to be more evenly-spaced), and pretty-well-hidden strobe, plus lockout (’though for me a TCLO is more convenient and what I usually do anyway).
Still, for a pocket-light, it does everything from firefly to decent-brightness turbo even on an eneloop, so what more could you want?
SF10 and SF12 are about as bright as the Lumintop Tool AA, maybe a bit brighter, but the lumintop is floodier, so it’s hard to tell
The SF 14 is noticeably brighter than the previous 3, but for some reason mine starts blinking sometimes a few seconds after I set it on high with an AA, doesn’t happen with a 14500, weird, driver might be having some problem
The SF14 high is between the utorch UT01 high and turbo,
I have one, its very bright for it’s class, my only gripe is the tail switch is too sensitive, you can easily turn it off when tryting to switch modes.
i am thinking of ordering sp10b but if its brightness with eneloop is the same as sf10 maybe i give up…i am not a fan of side switch as well and many are saying they’re flimsy on sofirn…sf10 is even more waterproof being ipx8…and it’s half the cost of sp10b…on paper, i can’t say what’s the upgrade from sf10 to sp10b…?
The upgrade of SF10 is SF14: reverse switch on tail, 3 modes, no memory (always start on low), no strobes or SOS, XP-G2 Neutral white, provides a “long” distance illumination range (at least on 14500 batteries, near 60 mts), no visible PWM.
The SF10 is a nice host, but the driver and UI is not the best I’ve seen (according to my preferences, of course). If you can mod it, go for it, it worths a try, as host!
BTW, I’ll be grabbing a SP10A to replace my damaged “old” SP10B AliExpress anniversary is something that can’t be missed :partying_face:
to make things more complicated i have seen around something like sf10A? how about that i get mine couple of days ago so i think i have sf10A…i’ve seen some youtube clips where sf10 doesn’t have pocket clip, does have 4 modes instead of 5, and declared as 100 lumens on nimh…mine manual says 180 lumens with nimh…so, go figure…
btw, i don’t know what the package says but mine sf10 is neutral white as far as i can tell…
SF10’s, despite the drawbacks (for us flashaholics) stated above, make a nice gift to non-flashlight people. Super simple to use, always start on high (at least the ones I got)
Got my first SP10a in yesterday. My wife now has it (big-time muggle). I got to play with it about an hour before she go it though. It runs pretty good on a AA alkaline (compared to my fancy UR14500P I also tested in it). The double click turbo is COOL… I like that you have to know to double click to get to it— otherwise, it doesn’t come up in rotation (again thinking muggle use here).
I looked at a few of the others above, but with the features, UI and price point of this Sp10(a or b), I’m just going to buy more of them. I donno exactly why, but this UI just feels good timing wise. The lock-out is also a great option for the pocket/bag (love the double flash letting you know it’s locked out). Just a cool UI for the extra few bucks over the other offers IMO. AFAIK, the the 10a and 10b is the same light now-days (except for the color of the host). I am waiting on a BLUE SP10(b) still. :sunglasses:
I did whip out my old set of AA NiMH batteries thinking I’d use them: “2700mah” batteries (from 2010— WOW! they were high capacity back then ) Of course they were all DOA (now landfill).
I looked into a few replacement options for AA batteries in NiMH (as I have TWO, four bank battery chargers with nothing to charge now) and didn’t see anything that “wowed” me. Then I saw the “Soshine” AA (in the 14500— with a decent review here at BLF) for about the same price as the “better” NiMH batteries I found. Cool I thought.
Newby question: are the eneloops REALLY worth it for these AA lights? Seems like there are also some very good options from Camelion, etc. (and even the Amazon AAs)… thoughts? — 14500s or (superbadass) NiMHs???
i get mine couple of days ago so i think i have sf10A…i’ve seen some youtube clips where sf10 doesn’t have pocket clip, does have 4 modes instead of 5, and declared as 100 lumens on nimh…mine manual says 180 lumens with nimh…so, go figure…
) Of course they were all DOA (now landfill).