I’d like to see a single emitter light like the SP32A V2 but with Anduril. Seems like it’d just need a driver upgrade.
Sofirn’s stock UI’s usually keep me from buying their lights. I just got the SP36 BLF Anduril and it’s awesome. I even defeated sofirn’s favorite glue to get the driver out and flash the latest firmware build.
Fitting an E21A in a commercial flashlight requires some skilful designing: you can not use a centering piece because the led is small, shallow and fragile, the force of the reflector via the centerpiece easily kills the led. And still the small E21A requires precise centering, even in a reflector as small as in the SC31. I have not seen a commercial solution for that yet.
Nice little flashlight Appparently a centering piece works with that small reflector, but even there I wonder what mechanical stress the led experiences?
Tint-mixed quad E21A can act as a very rosy 5050 emitter. And a quite powerful one, though working around the hole in the middle makes it a flooder-only option.
Lov Vf which is a mixed blessing really
Very low profile - in a light designed for it it saves almost 1 mm compared to XP-L HI and over 2 mm compared to XP-L HD. As long as you can focus your optics properly.
Question - is the “All Products” tab in the AliExpress app on the Sofirn store just showing everything in order of newest product? So any time anything new is added, it’ll be immediately visible there?
(If not, I think it’d be a great idea - very fast way to see what’s new and interesting)
In terms of a summarized feedback on Sofirn's C8G I have some suggestions for a C8G V2.0:
Please increase the current from 1.7A to 2.2A to drive the XHP35 HI to its sweet spot. You should easily reach actual 2,000 OTF lumens.
Please reinstate the C8F user interface, i.e. standby functionality by side switch.
Please increase the thermal threshold for stepdown to 60-65°C as 50°C is way too low to ensure proper usage of turbo mode. Or even better: Please think about implementing a user defined threshold like HaikeLite did with the SC26 (please click here to see more details: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/54158/1011).
Please improve the ramping mode as it does not appear linear to the human eye when ramping up.
The sample I received from Sofirn has also some factory faults like an offcentered LED and a fogged up glas lens (inner side affected). I know this is not the usual case with Sofirn's good quality but in terms of quality assurance I wanted to let you know about it anyway.
Sofirn SP40.
To me, the master replaced the emitter with an LH351D 4000K 90CRI and, instead of a reflector, installed the optics ll01zz-exxxl06-u2_cree xp-e (60 degrees), for which I am very grateful to him. To install the optics you need to cut it. I like this light a lot more and I would like to see this option in the Sofirn store.
High mode (~ 450 Lm) heating test , ambient temperature 27°C: 51°C 10 minutes later.
Basically, SP36S is the SP36 BLF Andúril Edition but with a less complex, simpler and proprietary UI.
It comes with 2 mode groups (group #1 provides 5 stepped modes, group #2 provides ramping).
It comes with Sofirn's ATR regulation, i.e. after 2min on Turbo mode or if the temperature exceeds 55°C the flashlight will adjust the brightness level automatically to prevent overheating.
It can now also be charged with 9V @2A for faster charging.
Manuals in German and English language can be downloaded on my sharepoint. Please click ► here ◄.
Barry said that the engineers told him it is a safety redundancy in the event of thermal sensor failure.
It would be nice if they just made it a setting for the user to choose how it regulates temperature (w/ adjustable temperature setpoint)…
Option 1) Use both thermal sensor & stepdown timer
Option 2) Use thermal sensor only
Option 3) Use stepdown timer only