Sofirn SP36, impressions of a sample

Iā€™ve got the Sofirn SP36 ā€œBLF Andurilā€ edition with Samsung LH351D LEDs.

The button brightness can be changed to Low-High-Blinking-Off by doing 7-clicks from Off.

(Iā€™ve flashed Anduril to my BLF Q8 and Sofirn Q8, which also has the same behavior for the button LED ā€” Low-High-Blinking-Off, when doing 7 clicks from Off)

This is exactly why I flashed anduril on it - this was not possible with the stock UI - the only options were bright and offā€¦ :slight_smile:
How do you like the LH351Dā€™s?

I like the BLF SP36 so much, I may have to buy another. The LH351Dā€™s are perfect for my eyesight. It hits the middle ground for me, not too warm and not ice blue. Keep in mind Iā€™m color blind and itā€™s more about performance. I can still spot the difference when I put beams side by side, and I do find that I prefer the 5000k range.

I just got the driver out of mine and flashed the latest version of Anduril. I soldered a loop of 14ga wire to the contact ring and just pulled it out by hand, wasnā€™t even difficult honestly. After seeing the photos of the giant metal bar stuck through the loop to get it out I was worried Iā€™d have trouble.

The driver snaps back into place very securely without having to glue it back in.

What was the size of copper strip?

About the size that you see in the picture above :wink:
Must have it around still somewhere, I guess 1mm thick, a cm or so wide, 10 cm long?

Thank you.

Iā€™ts important the usb charging port?
I prefer charge battery away from flashlight.
Does water can enter?
I really would buy one without this type C port,like the BLF Q8

*No, just convenient
*Many people prefer that
*It has a silicon cover, but it is not as waterproof as it would be without port, would not submerge it too long.
*It does not come without USB C port

So charging multi cell on the flashlight itā€™s dangerous?

Did I say that?

A week went by, since I received my SP36 BLF and Iā€™m really liking it so far. Here are some observations.
It starts to get hot SUPER FAST when on turbo, which Iā€™m not a big fan of. The overall light quality(meaning beam, tint, CRI) is just great, very neutral and pleasing to the eye. Given that this flashlight is quite floody, I do sometimes have wished for it to have been a tad brighter, maybe a 1000lm more or so, for better throw, but thatā€™s just me. The Anduril firmware is just fantastic, the instructions were a little intimidating at first with all those options, but after you get the hang of it, you realize how awesome it is.

All in all, I was never a big fan of these soda can style lights, but this BLF one with its compact size, nice LEDs and Anduril, persuaded me to give it a try and I have no regrets. :slight_smile: :beer:

Yeah.

Anduril is superb, the and the LH351Ds 5000k 90CRI are great LEDs.

Looks like there is a new variant - SP36S:

Sofirn SP36S ā€œsimple editionā€, also with 4x LH351D LEDs, rating max 5200 lumens, ramping & group modes - possibly similar to the SP32A, or C8F, or C8G, or SP70 ā€” these flashlights also have a ramping an dgroups mode)
(the Sofirn SP36 BLF Anduril edition also uses 4x LH351D LEDs, rating max 5650 lumens, uses Anduril firmware)

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33055962936.html
or
https://www.amazon.com/Powerful-Flashlight-Rechargeable-Brightest-Batteries/dp/B07TXDV1ND

probably a typo - ā€œuses 1x 3000mAh 18650ā€

based on specs: it appears to have this improvement (if really correct) on the charging: it supports 5v/3A or 9v/2A charging
(IIRC, SP36 and SP36 ā€˜BLF Andurilā€™ has 5v/2A charging current only)

Ah, they are using a modified version of Anduril.

The SP36S does not use a modified AndĆŗril but Sofirnā€˜s proprietary UI.

According to my information the SP36S can charge with 9V@2A or 5V@3A.

Please use the updated manual (English and German) that I have rectified for Sofirn and that should also be supplied with every SP36S:

ā–¶ CLICK HERE ā—€

Is there a way to configure SP36 BLFs Momentary Mode, to have the max Turbo brightness instead of the max ramp-level brightness??

Apparently the SP36S can charge in QC2.0-9v or QC2.0-12v too.

Got my SP36 today, and tried to remove driver (want to flash newest version of Anduril) with thick wire loop soldered. Pulled almost as much as I could, but driver didnt move.
Any new hints on how to remove that driver? I am afraid of heating it too much.

Have a look further up this page or at djozzā€™s original post