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

I told Barry to go ahead with the design. I also asked if a split ring will be included and yes it will be included (costs almost nothing but it is very convenient that it is already there).

All that is left for us in the design stage is decide on ano colours and we may as well start a poll now. Perhaps it is nice to use the poll function from the BLF-editor because this poll will probably run a bit longer and everyone will easily follow the results. I have never tried that but will have a go in a few minutes.

Sofirn will be making 3 colours, and the options that Barry gave me (I hope that they will not change that after the poll) is black, “light gold”, red, silver and purple.
I hope everyone agrees that black is obligatory, so the poll will be about the other two colours. The poll can run I guess until Sofirn is ready to start production.

Hmm, I tried for a bit but could not find it. Anyone who knows how to set up a poll inside BLF?

The only way I can think of is go to

http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/marketplace/blf-se

Under new topic you’ll see new poll. I’m guessing start it there and then post a link to it?

I’m new to this forum though, I may be wrong.

interested x 2.

Go to the appropriate subforum. Click new poll next to the new topic button.

Yes, I found it, but it seems that there is only one poll option: choose one from a list. What we want here is choose two (and not more), or an option to sort the 4 colours in preference.

I could list all possible combinations of 2 colours, that would be 6 options, but that does not record any strong preference for one of the colours. Maybe surveymonkey is the way to go after all.

If surveymonkey allows to see the individual instead of combo preferences, maybe it is better to use it!
For me black is taken as granted so the choice will be for the other colours, as you said!

Picking the 4 colours and asking to order them by order of preference will be enough, I guess :wink:
The 2 more voted win! I do have strong preferences for 2 colours, but it will always depend on the final votes !

I think it still does. Just compare the summ of votes for the three choices containing red vs. summ of votes for the three choices containing purple vs. silver vs. gold.

Edit:

Looking at some non black Sofirn lights, the choice is easy for me because it is less of a choice and more a process of elimination.

Black is a give, that leaves light gold, red, silver and purple.

If by "light gold" they mean the same colour that can be found on their SF34 (link to some pics) then please god no, it is an awful colour. Just NO (even if it is a slightly different shade of gold, its still no).

While I do like red, it is unfortunately a difficult colour to get right (Convoy is one of those who get it right, Olight also gets it right by doing a red that is slightly leaning towards orange). In most cases however "red" has a pink hue (visibility depends on the lighting conditions) which does not look good (the Sofirn MS11 is one of those unfortunate examples). Sadly this takes red out of the running as well.

This means all that is left is silver and purple. I'm ok with both of these, it is just a question of what shade they will be exactly. Will the silver be like the silver/clear Convoy or more of a light grey (similar to natural anodization)? Will the purple be like the Convoy violet or more leaning towards blue ("blurple")?

Pics of Convoy lights in different colours for comparison.

Interested in one of each. Shipping could be a problem, but we will see.

+1 :smiley:

Someone say a ranking survey for ano colours?

:sunglasses:

And here is link so people can see the results as they come in: Welcome to SurveyMonkey!

If we get picture examples of the light I’ll try to add them in to the survey.

Thank you, answer entered :smiley:

Entered.
4 voted, purple and silver in the lead!

I like red, and I don’t mind too much if it looks a bit pinkish, especially on such a small light as this. I prefer the redder red, though. Silver is boring to me on such a small light, unless it’s stainless steel or chrome, which is unthinkable at this price. I would prefer blurple over violet. it would be great if the black was not super glossy. A dark gray would be better than either black or silver for me. Gold is not my style. I haven’t seen the “light gold” you speak of. I might even like it better.

EDIT: I just looked at the lights at those links for “light gold” and “red” and I don’t mind either one for this size light. That red even looks good to me on the light pictured. I guess I’m too easy to please with ano colors.

I just did the survey, then checked results. So far, silver is in the lead. :weary:

It’s an extremely close race! I’m all for purple myself, and red is nice for gifting in my opinion. :smiley:

…Then there is light gold. Almost no one wants light gold, it seems.

Obligatory survey link: Ano Colours! Survey

And results link: Welcome to SurveyMonkey!

I’m in for 1x5600k and 1x3200k.

If it stays that close, it might make more people happier to use those three and NOT do black at all, if Sofirn would agree.

No, I think we need black.

black and silver should be standard.