Fireflies PL47 Flashlight

I finally manage to remove bezel of my defective PL47. Now I can confirm it has sst-20 LEDs instead of nichia that I ordered. At least Jacky send me new one.
Three of the four optic’s legs are broken, two are exactly above mcpcb screws and the third one is above wires hole. The mcpcb has a hole the center, which is unused.

Tom, someone said that if you put the pocket clip on the light and hook it over one of the headbands legs it works really good to control the light’s angle. Simply twist the light in the pocket clip to adjust angle. :wink:

I didn’t try it on the one I got for my Son-in-Law, I simply swapped the head band with branded one that worked better before I gave it to Gage for Christmas. He loves it by the way…

Ooops - I read about the clip with the headband thing a while back - my post above was pretty old. I'm keeping the clip on now all the time. Actually if you want to effectively tailstand the light to point the beam up, it balances well on the clip, so another good use for it.

Printed a much nicer headband mount.

Original model for armytek wizard or similar
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2080687

Edited for PL47 (works with clip installed. Hole for top band a little bit too narrow.)
https://skfb.ly/6GsOJ
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12mp_liNgwn0-qEnlD28MFzpFYDFMd4LL/view?usp=drivesdk

Received my PL47 yesterday. Getting familiar now, but the headband is kinda joke. Not only the flashlight doesn’t fit the holder, also straps fall off the plastic holder.

Anybody can share a link to right headband? Not sure if the one from Skilhunt h03 would work…

just got this headband in the mail…works great!

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/1pcs-Headlamp-Headlight-Belt-Strap-Tape-Band-Holder-For-Led-Torch-Flashlight/3685066_32890220326.html?spm=2114.12010615.8148356.69.a2b85a46k4sK2g

Thanks :beer: took 2pcs

How could you tell? Did you google image both and compare?

They’re pretty different looking LED’s. See here

Can someone please remind me of the size of the copper washer needed to help with better battery contact? Thanks in advance!

I bought one black and one tan pl47.

FF sent me replacement. tan tail cap is way better and fits well.

Is the magnet strong?

How did you get the bezel off?

Yes. Both of the tan tailcap have strong magnet… black tailcap wouldnt even stick to refrigrator door.

Does PL47 accept protected 21750 cells?

No. Too long.

OK, thanks for the info.

I think we had the same batch. Also had PL47 with strong magnet on tailcap. But another PL47 with black tailcap had an extremely weak magnet (too weak).

Very unlucky with my PL47s.
Here’s a short story, tried to write it totally neutral.
My first PL47 with SST-20 4000K paid on Dec2018: 3 out of 4 led’s were working. Glad that I have received replacement head after 1,5month. Summing up the awaiting time I could start using after 3 months since purchase.
The replaced head worked fine. For a week. When I activated turbo I saw after a minute clear light power drop. I thought temperature management worked. But not. One of LEDs stopped working.
Again I was left with 3 out of 4 LEDs working. I wrote to Neal. And until today: zero reposponse.
The funny thing is meanwhile I had won a GAW from tatasal, so I also have a third piece of PL47 with XP-L HI 6500K. But I’m kinda fed up with this light, so it lies deep in my drawer (PM me if you’re interested).
I’m wondering what’s wrong with these lights. Is it messed temperature management or these SST-20 have some deffect? That’s a real pity because I find the light very interesting and useful. Well… waiting for another 21700 fancy headlight, hopefully with better QA management.

You really got unlucky.

Mine worked fine since the day it arrived in every situation I could throw at it.