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

Mine also shows it as still in China. Ordered it as soon as they first became available.

I am still amazed at how ingenious the Sofirn C01 tailcap design is given the size constraints and all the included optional functionality. Thanks djozz and Noir! I presume this is the most advanced tail cap design of any currently available AAA flashlight.

Like djozz stated earlier:

Ordered november 10, received today 28 in Spain, it is a very decent waiting time. With tracking number.

When i saw the first image of the tailcap, I thought it seems ugly, but now I love that little tailcup :laughing:

To set history straight, the idea of this tail is all Noir actually, I just took part in the discussion about it and translated his drawing into accurate dimensions to be sent to Sofirn. Here’s his drawing that had all the details already:

Thanks for clearing that up :slight_smile:

Just saw that the Fenix E01 is no longer available... coincidence?

Ha. I actually just posted in the other forum and asked Fenix Store if the E01 has been disco’d. Still waiting on my Sofirn and good to hear that the “frosting” has hardened up nicely :smiley:

mission accomplished
:smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Also for the record….I wish they had NOT potted the light so we could mod it with the same emitter that the E01 currently uses :stuck_out_tongue:
Joking of course.

Thanks for your first impressions all who have already received their lights. Great to see that Sofirn got the potting right for the production models.

I'm looking forward to the red and blue versions, hopefully they'll arrive soon.

OK…. I see what you are referring to now…. the difference in the potting compound used.
That is basically a non-issue to me on these lights, but…. I understand it might give some pause because of making the light basically unmodable. :+1:

I’m kinda slow, so I’m not sure where the video you linked to [It’s good though. ] fits in with ’potting’…… But the video is hilarious!! :smiley:
Thanks for sharing it…… :+1:

^ did we do that? :innocent:

Do what? Force Fenix to introduce HI CRI update of E01? :slight_smile:

Ali says…

I mean, I have patience. Some (kind souls) may even say that I embody or personify patience. But if you’re asking me to BE PATIENCE, WELL THAT’S JUST GOING TOO FAR!! THESE ARE FLASHLIGHTS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT!!! I want them NOWWWWWWWWWWW!

Would that make the new Fenix a C01 clone? The plot thickens.

No, Fenix did.

Just to be sure, today I made a phone call to Fenix Netherlands. A nice lady on the phone told me that the status of the Fenix E01 in her computer system was “discontinued”, since autumn 2018. “Discontinued” according to her meant that this specific flashlight is no longer produced by Fenix, and they no longer could order new E01s for sale in the Netherlands. Then I asked her if there would be an updated version of the E01, and she told me she could not find any information about a newer version. Adding: “But we have lots of other new keychain lights, which are actually much brighter, and some even have a usb port…”

If anyone from Fenix management ever reads this message:
You should proudly care for your E01, it deserves your love;
and not silently walk away from your creation, to let it die, alone in the dark.

R.I.P.
Fenix E01
April 2008 - September 2018
“Enlightenment over illumination.”

Sir, you have hijacked your own thread. :wink:

the Fenix thread is here.

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THIS it is the Sofirn C01 thread

with all due respect, I suggest we stay on topic
or, not?

Change Happens
Resistance is Futile
Merry HolyDays

Has anyone else received their C01s yet?
And if so, what is your first impression?

Nope. Ordered it when it first became available.