[Available again! - BLF special edition light] new Sofirn AAA twisty high CRI 5mm LED

Interested only if we are talking about the Fenix E01. I would like 2

Interested in 2

Thanks, informative read. Interesting to read what people write about the Fenix E01 modded with Yuji led by Vinhn

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Thanks for this suggestion, I think you are absolutely right.
It is important to explicitly state the focus of this thread.

The focus of this thread is about Plan A:
to gauge interest in a Fenix manufactured E01 with high CRI Yuji 5mm LED. I will update the start post accordingly.
And to create an interest list with as many people as possible.
The next step is to find out the best way to contact Fenix and to nudge them into producing a Yuji E01.
If there is no respons or interest from Fenix, then it is time for plan B.

Plan B: exploring other ways to mass-produce an uber-reliable high CRI Yuji 5mm twisty AAA light
is trying to convince other manufacturers to produce a Fenix E01 clone with high CRI Yuji emitter and fully encapsulated high-quality driver board. And / Or start a collective BLF project to develop such a clone ourselves, and find a manufacturer (Thorfire, Lumintop) to build such a light for us. Discussions about plan B should perhaps take place in another thread.

I also agree that the right order in this case is:
first Plan A,
then Plan B.

Only if you pick the right potting and other components. They need to have relatively matched thermal coefficient of expansion for it to work well during thermal shock. Also have to have very good adhesion between potting and PCB. Could make vibration worse, as the added mass will generate higher forces for a given acceleration due to the higher mass. Again proper material choice is key.

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  1. high CRI (Yuji 5 mm led)
  2. high reliability (twisty design, potted electronics, single mode, robust 5mm led that does not need a lens)
  3. low-price (simple design, cheap 5 mm LED)
  4. long runtime on readily available cells (AAA / AA alkaline cells) with battery vampire driver

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add a hat clip and I am in for one. ok, even without the clip, but the clip would greatly increase it usefulness for me. Warm LED for me please.

OK. I’m in.

My first step to recovery will be admitting there is a problem.

… I don’t see a problem.

Let me know if you want a thread started on CPF.

More than 20 units accounted for in a couple days seems promising, but it is worth noting that MOQ on Yuji 5mms is 1000. Probably would need at least a tenth of that to get any manufacturer to take notice.

Hi TheShadowGuy,

Please feel free to start a CPF thread to gauge interest and spread the word. :+1:

For the sake of expectation management:
I have a feeling that the MOQ for Fenix to produce a special high CRI edition of their E01 might be somewhere in the same order as that of directly ordering Yuji 5mm leds.

Perhaps around 500+ orders for Fenix to even start listening to some random internet flashlight nuts…
I presume there is a reason for the fact there has not been a special BLF edition produced by Fenix before.
If the rate of expressed interests for a Yuji E01 continues with the same speed, it is going to take a while before we reach that number. :person_facepalming:

Then again, it’s good to have a dream.
And I still believe the combination of the Fenix E01 with the Yuji 5mm (both the 3200K as well as the 5000K) LED is a match made in heaven. :innocent:

CPF thread is up!

@slowtechstef: I noticed Fenix has a specific GB/corporate order form. Might be a place to start if finding a liaison doesn’t pan out. Here’s the link.

Thanks. Just had a look at the Fenix form. Strange: in the “Industry” pull down menu “online flashlight community forum” was not listed as an option. Yet :wink:

What I would love most would be a host with 4 of these 5mm emitters, with 2 being 5600k and 2 being 3200k, for a nice floody high cri 4400k beam.

Interesting idea (think Yuji Inova X5), however the focus of this thread is the Yuji Fenix E01 :wink:

CPF thread deleted apparently with no explanation. :person_facepalming:

Perhaps people got confused because Vinhn has his own CPF thread where he sells Yuji E01’s.

I’m interested :slight_smile:

Could you put me down for two, please?

Who knows? I even mentioned it and linked to his thread with a message along the lines of ‘Here’s where you can buy something similar and they are great, but factory potting etcetc.’

If I had to guess it’s because we would need a manufacturer/price first. That would make some sense.

At least two people expressed price-conditional interest in the short time it was active, so that’s something.

Had to come here from CPF to restate my interest. In for 2 or so.

in for 1 or 2