Still showing in stock and for sale on the FF website.
For the record I’m loving mine. Guess I got lucky. I ordered a cheap headband for it off eBay and it’s been amazing for wrenching and fixing things. So much better than the small hotspot on my Zebralight headlamps because I don’t have to keep adjusting it to where I need to see things. I would like to be able to turn down the aux LEDs, but I haven’t found a way to do that.
I think mine may have a glitch where it actually starts to ramp up from zero, because I can’t see any light at all on the lowest setting. I actually like that though. Much better to be able to pick how low I want it versus have it be too bright in moonlight.
Copy / paste from my email from Jack, read from the bottom up, it’s from an email conversation between us
Jack:
Thanks for your suggestion
yes, we are aware of that. Next batch of PL47 would be much better for sure.
Me:
That’s good, you have a lot to improve upon, quality control would be a good start
Jack:
no . PL47 not available now.
We will make a new improved batch , but at least need to wait 2-3 months.
Me:
Did you sell the PL47 to any other vendors I can buy from? Banggood? Gearbest? Any of them?
Jack:
The black one can not work good. Only champagne color available
So we offered you full refund.
Please check
Me:
Hi Jack,
Your website says you still have black in stock, I want a black replacement. I very much dislike the champagne color.
And please ensure it’s XPL HI 5000K.
If you can’t do all of this I will have a refund. Paypal is this email address.
Kind regards,
Ben
Jack:
Hi Ben
OK, thank you for the fast reply.
PL47 will be discontinued for a long time. We will find a good design to make it better next batch.
Tracking number will be sent to you soon
Thanks
Jack
I’ll diddo what G.P. said. I have three PL47s, a black 4000K XPL HI, a black 5000K XPL HI and one of the champagne 4000K SST20s and I use the heck out of them. My go to is the 4000K XPL HI because I enjoy the color the most. However, the 5000K XPL has the widest spill which I really like as well so I find myself reaching for it when I’m gonna be out in the yard just doin general stuff after dark. The SST20 doesn’t get used nearly as much as the other two but is still a good addition to the collection. If indeed they are working on a V2, I’ll be excited to see what improvements they come up with.
It stopped working all together and I almost beat this light with a hammer. I used the copper wound around the tail cap and it worked. So much time has been wasted just trying to get this thing to turn on.
My God…I have been spoiled with Zebra/Emisar. It’s terrible because the idea of this light is fantastic. It’s sad that they lost my future business.
Edit: I might of misunderstood the UI. I must of confused it a bit. I THINK I have it figured out now. But how do I choose between ramped and smooth?
Ok it’s 3 clicks from the on position. Sorry, I have had this flashlight for like 2 months and finally got around to working on it. Appreciate the help.
I hope they improve the button’s quality. Fireflies buttons doesn’t feel as good to click as the buttons on Emisar flashlights… Sometimes the FF buttons are “mushy” to click.
FireFlies, how about your quality assurance? I was unlucky enough to receive faulty PL47 twice (more info ). Having this balast of experience I’m struggling with myself. On one hand this is a great project and a headlight that ticks most boxes for me, on the other… I need tons of trust for you to make another order.
Interested in this version 2. I liked the first one despite of its flaws and issues. Hopefully these come with easier to remove bezel. I had to break the lens to change leds in my first one. Or maybe more emitter choices? I think i’d like 3000K sst-20s or 7A xpl-hi.
The photos from their site show a different and seems like a better headband.