Fireflies E07 preview

Man do I want the clear ano E07!

Ah, but joe, I HAVE been speaking with her… the chart needs space in certain area’s for the addition of new functions… not necessarily a new block but more info in some of the old blocks. And only some lights that use Anduril would require this information, so it’s a toss up as to whether or not to add it in. Mostly it’s the aux led’s of a couple of manufacturer’s lights, not really applying to the normal version we flash.

Gonna have to be a couple of versions of the manual I think, one expanded for the auxiliary lights and the other not.

TK has her own methodology, someone else writing the manual the language seems off… probably best to let her do it so the speak reads true to form for the Author.

Just got mine, nichia, blue/purp, gray. (Fyi: My order was placed on nov 28)

This is a really pretty light. Next to my zebra light 60whatever 3 plus thingy my current, er, which is to say former edc, it looks like jewelry. MAN-jewelry.

I was a bit leary this past month about whether or not it would pocket edc well…but it is really smaller than expected, i think it will be fine in my pocket.

Pretty psyched.

I will post a pic in a bit with some former edc’s for size comparison for those interested.

What a pretty light. It’s just so handsome. Seriously. Nicest looking torch in my collection, easily. I dont collect—i use—so most of my lights are pretty utilitarian. So, those with fancy copper, heat treated titanium art projects may be less impressed. But i’m impressed, and i am not easily impressed. I am also—relieved, that it seems alot smaller than i thought it would be.

Pix in a bit.

Yes!
Realized after ordering blue aux.
I hope the mismatch isn’t too annoying…

Congratulations! Would love to see your ZL SC600 in the comparison pic. :+1:

E07 SIZE COMPARISON WITH SOME CURRENT AND FORMER EDC’S

Wow. Doing pictures is hard. I think i got it worked out.
Unfortunately, i do not see the pic when i am in edit pane so i cant do a relevant comment, description. I.e. whats in the picture. So if you want that follow the link.

Link to description, if curious: Fireflies E07 size comps with some former/current edc's+. My lights get used. I shrink tube the caps so i can hold light with my teeth. And i shrink tube the clips because i wear them on my belt alot, so clip doesnt pop off. - Album on Imgur

Fyi. My lights get used. I put shrink tubing on the caps so i can hold with my teeth. And i put shrink tubing on the clips because i wear the lights alot on my belt and without the shrink wrap the clips tend to pop off. Thats whats on the lights that looks like tape. Its tooth protection. Oh, and sometimes i use heat shrink wine cork covers. Their slimmer.

Eagtac 18650 uv

Eagtac 16340

Pl47





Zebralight sc600fdiii+ 18650

Nitecore mh20 18650

Tn40s 4x18650



Lumintop sdmini/mh20 18650

Acebeam ec50ii 26650

Nitecore srt6 18650


Wow! There’s a man who uses his lights. Noticed some V54s. What’s your CPF screen name?

I prefer working at nite, so i use my lites a little bit.

Names the same over yonder but i dont do the comments much—unless i am on the hunt for a new lite. Been excited about 21700s, so i have been here alot lately—following fireflies. I will hang for a bit longer to see what they come up with next then i wont be back till i get the itch again.

Oh, that little lumintop sdmini is a fiat lux!

Mildlyangryjohnny, the E07 is very front heavy. You must have strong teeth.

M A J, sweet! Good that you have been around lately. I enjoy your contribution. That’s a nice Fiat Lux.

I have a E07vn on order with Oslon W2 LEDs. The 21700s have definitely brought some excitement to the forum! I have the PL47 and E07 is being built.

Thanks again for the pics my friend!

I did not do an extensive search on the chinese sites (I would worry about correct calibrations with unknown brands) but I’m afraid that these devices do not come cheap at all, I have not seen anything under $1200 yet.

Ha. Been chewing the nicotine gum every waking hour since 2002, so maybe.

I edc’d that acebeam 26650 ec50 for a couple 6 months, that one in the teeth was pretty heavy.

The e07 is a feather compared to that giant honkin thing.

Years ago it was the srt6, thats alot heavier than the e07 as well.

Fwiw, its not like its in my teeth for days. Usually an inspection event of some sort where i need to be handsfree is when it happens. Nonetheless, i had to start wrapping the ends cause i was cracking my teeth on the bare metal.

Edit: before i broke my heal last year i used to take the dogs out and always carried a 2x18650 thrower of one sort or another. In fact, I think it was an olight triton from like 10 or so, years ago was the reason i started wrapping the ends.

I passed the information about this issue on to the german TLF. There were two people who had the same issue.

Im interested though: Would you confront Fireflies or your dealer with this issue if it happened? Or are you good with it as long as it works as intended?

Anyone think it could be possible to see the broken leg without removing the optics? I ordered mine glued.

:smiley: Ahh, so that’s what the tape is on them for. Nice edc collection. Mine is ordered from nealsgadgets. Raw color purple aux with xpl hi 5000k. Can’t wait :smiley:

If you got it glued and have no intention of opening it you should just not even look or worry. No point.

On another topic, this is my first 219B and I dont entirely see the appeal.

On most modes the tint is very nice but on turbo it’s SO much more pink than every other mode. I understand people like that but the fact it changes so much on turbo makes it annoying to me. If it was that shade of pink through the whole ramp it would be one thing but having it change so much on turbo makes me wonder why anyone puts these in anything other than a linear driver light.

I know but it still bugs me a little. I'll just pretend I never knew about it.

Its not tape actually. Tape has an “end” or “seam” and an adhesive. With regular, what i would call, use in an industrial like environment/ conditions, the tape seam tends to unfurl and unravel, with repeated use. and the adhesive gets all gooey and funky.

What i find works exceptionally well is large diameter shrink tubing. Think battery wrap but bigger, there are pvc ones and rubberish ones like you wrap wires with. I put a couple dots of double sided tape on the part i want to cover then shrink the tubing over it. The tubing actually finishes like a plastic shell, and the double sided tape keeps it from eventually spinning. The rubber version doesnt need dbl sided tape, kind of stays put over the long haul, but tend to finish thicker. The pvc which i prefer, because it finishes ao much thinner, may need a hit with the heat gun occasionally to tighten it up, and because i dont encapsulate the ends, rather like a band or ring. so without the dbl stick tape dots underneath the tubing, it would, slide off after a while

Then in the rare event i dont have a headlamp on, and i need both hands i can hold it with my teeth without damaging my face. Kind of like a reverse mouth guard. Works great.

No problem, it was a fun exercise. I dont keep my lights together as a collector would. Theyre all either stuffed in drawers or strategically placed thru out my shop, van, wherever. Fortunately i was at the shop, had a bunch of the little ones there. It was neat to see them all hanging out together like that, they dont do reunions often.

Anyway, i Thought it might be helpful for people to see that the e07 is a big gun with wee little tiny boots. I was delightfully surprised, i kept picturing the head of the ec50 or the srt6 kind of girthiness—i guess i was expectng a slightly shorter versiom of my srt6, which was—like the ec50, just dreadful as an edc. Even though i wore the big “edc’s” on belt, absolutely not pocketable. And i was really hoping this would whoop my zebralights ass and take its place in pocket because i guess i was just bored with her. And frankly zebralights minimal yearly upgrades were not appealing to me this time around.

And BAM! Winner. E07 is pretty metal. :smiling_imp:

I already had one of those moments when you buy something new and kind of want to keep it pristine, but because i build stuff i make a sorry mess of my tools, they get dropped and cut and burnt and grinded on sanded, all kinds of abuse. And there is the virginity breaking moment when it goes from being a really clean, fully painted, branding intact, nice “thing” to a crappy old work tool…

… i am 18 feet off the ground in my shop on an extension ladder, changing out some flourescent bulbs. And i took my new adorable little e07 out of my pocket to check a bad terminal and i put it in my teeth so i could fanagle with the terminal thing and i almost dropped her. Hadnt even been in my possession for 6hours yet.

I kill tools. Only one little scratch on the e07 so far, but theyre gonna add up real quick. She’ll get alot of use. Gonna mess her up really good.

Which means i gotta get the raw version, now.

Wow, just over a month to get it. Did you pay extra for faster shipping or just free shipping?