Sofirn SP36, impressions of a sample

That’s great news Tom E! Thanks for your feedback. :-)

If I find some time and if there is demand for a written manual, apart from the very comprehensible UI chart, I will try to do a manual for Andúril both in English and German. I must admit I have yet to get a flashlight that uses Andúril but this is more or less just a matter of time. ;-) So far, I really fell in love with the flexibility NarsilM, RampingIOS V3 and Andúril can offer.

Supplemental:

I posted the German translation of NarsilM here:

That is the point, it is an average. And combined with knowledge from marketing: Bigger numbers sell better.
The manufacturer round up.

Texas Ace previous numbers before calibration have a correction factor of ca. x0.68 .
That hurts! But hey, the light is still the same brightness.
It’s only a number that got smaller.

Other members have tested lights also in pro integration spheres and they match with maukkas values.

Now I’m thirsty

Mine is on its way!

Well I have bad news. I ordered the SP36 and got an SF36. Sent a message to Sofirn. Hope they help me out soon. Quite the dissapointment. I get it accidents happen but getting a $20 light in place of a $50 light was quite the suprise.

Ai, they have problems with their own confusing naming :person_facepalming:

I hope that will be corrected very soon!

They have not let me down yet. Granted I have only had some minor issues but not a discrepancy like this. I really want the SP36. I already had an SF36 and a SF36W. I like them but not enough to pay $55 for one.

Looks like a great light! the built in charging is always a key feature for sustainability in remote areas, if the charging circuit has the ability to accept charging devices that have various outputs of voltage and maximum charging amps. (as in Solar panels, wind-generators, thermo-electrtic generators, off-grid banks, car adapters, etc. ) they all vary a lot. I don;t have one yet to do testing on.

Sofirn is sending me the correct light. Got tracking yesterday. Didn’t even question anything. Of course I sent a pic of the package and the contents with the SF36 in the picture.

I am very interested in the charger questions DBSAR raises above.

And also very interested in how to tell one version of a Sofirn light from another version.
Are they making changes right during production, so there’s no certain way to know what’s coming out at the end?

Batch labels please!

If i had one i would give the charger system the full range of testing. I have tested many different types of lights, lanterns, etc and so far the best two lights with built-in chargers i tested that would charge from all the different sources i benched them on, is the Klarus G20 and Blitzwolf BW-LT5 lantern/powerbank light. (both these would charge from every source i tested them with.

DBSAR, that’s really helpful. Thank you.

Would you mention what you learn in the thread I started for info on USB charging?
I copied that bit over to that thread.

maybe i could to a full test of the lights that i have and charging sources i have. now you have sparked my thoughts in doing a full light charging & charger test comparison review. :smiley:

It will surely look nicer with SS bezel and/or tail cap all black is too plain :wink:

Hey, Sofirn, are you going to sell this light through USA Amazon?

Just got my SP36 the paper manual is very hard to read due to small font is it possible to download PDF version ?

Sure ;-) ► click here ◄ (just make sure you choose the "EN" version on my sharepoint for English language)

To be honest, it's "only" the NarsilM manual, so the first page where Sofirn states some information about it, where you can find more resources about NarsilM and the BLF Q8 etc. is missing. I asked Sofirn if they allow me to publish the entire manual but so far they did not want me to because it's not being sold on Amazon yet.

Thanks Lux-Perpetua I will try google translate ,any English version.

Edit:I got it Thanks again.