[♛ FreemeGB] Fireflies PL47 Gen II 4*XP-L/ Nichia/ SST20 Hi CRI 21700 Right Angle Flashlight - ENDED

Interested.

No one has said it’s misleading, I’m saying it’s unfortunate that they’re deciding to go this route. The first post has been constantly updated and did not originally have any picture in it. There were also pictures showing the light in single tone formats.

I’m not really into the two-tone look either. I thought it was that way due to making a prototype out of spare parts. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve gotten a mismatched prototype. But, looking at the first post, the two-tone light is far from the hardest part to look at. The marketing side of things always makes me a bit uncomfortable, especially when it has my name on it.

Is 11/25/18 the updated release date?

Ahh. I thought I remember the first post being different. It’s funny I guess. What brought me to this thread was seeing the two tone photo of the L shaped design in some search. “Cool!” was my reaction to it. That was my initial exposure. I have much gear in FDE or desert tan if you will, guns, knives, etc. Any flashlight with this motif I will be interested in. I plan on getting two.

I like the 2 tone as well. It’s nice to have something a little out of the box sometimes. :+1:

interested

Good move to have this light include a head strap. Fireflies is one of my fav flashlight brands now. As a tip, look into how acebeam has their head strap. They are the only company to have a rubberized material on the inner strap so that the head strap does not move around when placed on your head. Genious idea if you ask me

I guess those pictures misleaded us.

Yes.I like flashlight color in last photo. Dual tone is very strange decision, seems they have problem in anodisation process , and make dual tone from defective hosts.

Could ff make at least 2 version of dual tone?
1)Black tube, white head and tail.
2) White tube, black head and tail.
Than I would buy 2 , and rearrange parts by myself))

Woah!!! Look at that! Solid champagne AND solid black! I can get two and mix and match. This will be welcome news on this thread. Can I see a black tube with champagne ends?…

And I admit I was misled!

Nichia 219b vs SST20 NW 4000K ?

I’ve been away from the forum for a while and I’m not up to date on new LEDs.
I have a few lights with Nichia LEDs and like them a lot, but I don’t know anything about the SST LEDs. What would I gain or lose if I get this light with SST20 instead of the Nichia?
I intend to use this light for relatively close-up use, so I want high CRI, and a smooth, wide, beam. I don’t want a tight hot spot.

That's the spirit! 80+% of my collection is full black light. I am open to alternative colors, including mix tone ones.

It is actually not as bad as you thought.

so is it dual tone?? or is there a choice? and what is the actual date of release?

There bound to be certain degree of color mismatch for non-black flashlight. As long as the contrast is not too obvious, it should not be a huge issue for most.

I knew it would be hard to please everyone with its dual tone finishing, and I did propose FF to consider full black (classic) option last week. FF told me there will only be one color scheme during launch.

Will there be more colors combination to choose from? I guess it will all depends to the sale performance of the initial batch. If you must have the color that you are hoping for, get your voice heard by leaving a comment here. FF visit this thread regularly.

Just give me some amount of champagne… like a magnum bottles worth!

Twisted Raven wrote a good summary of the SST in post 278: [♛ FreemeGB] Fireflies PL47 Gen II 4*XP-L/ Nichia/ SST20 Hi CRI 21700 Right Angle Flashlight - ENDED - #277 by twisted_raven

The TWO colours show side by side in an ealier pic are not too bad and We’d take one of each….

Other colours well depends on when they are released and if, also depends on if they are improvements over first batch too……

I know I for one may consider far more(around 15 more) after testing the first ones we get as I require new group/client headlamps for the caving activities we run as a business… Currently use Fenix HL55 for that purpose( Myself and my other instructors use Nitecore HC65s). So thePL47 has to stand up to what we put those through. If so then we will get more if they are available.

Thank you! I missed that post. I think I was distracted by the image of the goofy hat in the next post :slight_smile:

lohtse - How big are these caves? Does throw work best in your situation? Problems with flood lamps in cave environments?