Interest collect for a new Sofirn design: tube style18650, magnetic ring control, USB-C charging, 500 lm max (AKA grandma light)

I’m interested! I love mag ring lights. Best UI IMO. My personal wish list for this light would be the following:

-Max 200 lumens so grandmas don’t blind themselves, and to guaranteed no overheating, and for a pretty decent max runtime with an 18650.

-A “moonlight” mode of 0.5 to 1 lumen. Most of my flashlight use is in the middle of the night, and even the 5 lumen low mode of my Fenix PDs is too harsh. My SRT7GT bottoms out around 1 lumen, which is the maximum comfort level for my dark adapted vision, and I greatly prefer the ~0.1 lumen of my SRT3.

The stepped output sounds great though. Infinitely variable would be nice, but I don’t feel it’s essential. OFF - MOONLIGHT - LOW - MED - HIGH would be sufficient and probably make the manufacturing process easier and less expensive.

Im interested as long as the “Infinite Variable Control Ring” is in the design. Not the turn to modes type but stepless variable output with low’s similar to a RRT-01.
No tail cap switch, the ring controls on and off maybe with a detent or something that locks in off.
The simplest and easiest UI to operate on the planet :+1: .

Interested x 2

Thank you,

Ah,another member of the dim-moon-mode-cult…
Maybe you just shouldn’t point the light towards your face when you turn it on.
Or maybe squint a little and let your irises adapt to the ‘wall of light’ coming from a 25 Lumen low mode.

No!
The gap between moonlight mode and low mode is ridiculously large.
Or you can space the modes too far apart or lose another usable mode because of it.

Sorry, but i’ve totally had it with this moon mode hype.
Get a single 5mm LED light to put on your bed side if you think your 500 Lumen or more lights are too bright.
This is the same nonsense as the “one short click for off” prophets, who fail to think what consequences it has for the other driver features.
Get a tailswitch light if you want a short click off light.

You know, i suspect these poorly thought through wishes have a really bad influence on the drivers in today’s lights.
Please, stop it.

Thank you.
As you were.

Thanks for pointing out that I’ve been using my lights wrong for years. I’ll go read the instruction manual again.

Poorly thought through. As if.

Good idea !

Please put me down for 5! Will probably buy more if good!

OMG I’ve been searching and searching and searching for a GRANDMA light for years! I’ve tried convincing Nitecore to add USB-C to their magnetic rotary control lights but no luck. I’ve tried to get Simon at Convoy to make a quad S21A w/ USB-C and he said he will look into it but who knows if he will actually make it considering he gets hundreds of different requests. Djozz, thank you so much for doing this!

I do have a few suggestions/requests:

1) Can the off mode be made to have no standby current? The Fenix LD42 advertises this feature so it can be done. I rather see an additional tailswitch if that is what it takes.

2) Would love a 1 lumen output mode for night use. Infinite variable would be even better if can be done.

3) LH351D 2700K. That CCT seems to be the least above the DUV for the Samsungs and old people normally use this light at night so warmer temp have less affect on their melatonin. Old people have harder time sleeping.

4) Driver regulation and an efficient driver would be nice but probably too expensive. I’m amazed at how ultra efficient the driver is on the SP33 v2.0 per zeroair.org review. That would make this a real tool for more than just grandmas.

Really looking forward to this. I modded some SC31 with the SST-20 3000K emitter and gave them to muggles/grandma and even that is too complicated for them. Finally such a perfect muggle/grandma gift light will become a reality!

Careful with that 1 lumen mode. Apparently you don’t actually know how to use a light if that’s what you want, according to the professors…

Definitely poorly thought through, and i think i explained why too.
But i’m sorry for taking it out on you.
Your post triggered me to speak out on this matter and other not so bright (pun not intended) features.
Don’t get me started on configuration options…

So what we see is brightness levels that are no longer there because some people keep on begging for 1 Lumen modes.
We also see lights not being turned off because they’re in some 1 Lumen mode which is unnoticeable most of the times.
Some flashlight enthusiasts seem to forget they already have low Lumen lights which would be better to have by the bed in stead of demanding their 1000s of Lumen lights to have near invisible modes.

And what happened to ceiling bounce?
You don’t always have to point your light to what you want to see.

So i wonder, if there are more people who want a 1 Lumen mode then people who just want 4 or 5 well spaced usable modes.
The 1 Lumen gang is definitely LOUDER though…

But hey, maybe it’s just me…

.1 lumen mode for me

GRRRR !!! :wink:

Okay, agreed. :slight_smile:

(I wonder how many grannies can still see anything with 1 Lumen though…)

LOL
(desperately hoping you’re joking…)

Not even a little bit

1 lumen or less, wall or ceiling bounced, is absolutely perfect for night use and preserving night vision and circadian rhythm. Since the majority of light users aren’t looking to illuminate a football field the majority of the time, low settings are objectively the more practical and more widely used.

There’s a reason people are asking for lower low settings, and it’s not because they’re too dumb to know how to use a light.

Jos, maybe ask Sofirn to include this in the package:

Or would that be too bright?

Interested

I bought several hundred flashlights and tested hundreds also so I’ve a pretty good concept of what 1 lumen mode is. Anything over 1 lumen mode has a good chance of disturbing or waking up family members. At 1 lumen OR LESS, it will not wake them up but its bright enough for me to find stuff. I ceiling bounce my 1 lumen light at night to check up on my toddlers every night. Very nice mode to have.

Interested. :+1:

My thoughts exactly, among many. But I guess we’re not smart enough to know how to >cough< properly use our lights. :person_facepalming:

I don’t see what all the rant is about a 1 lumen or .1 lumen low. Make it as low as the electronics will possible let it go, as in the Jetbeam RRT-01.
This is supposed to be a variable control ring light. It doesn’t matter what you like for a lumen low it can be dialed in just like everyone likes it. Simplest UI ever.
Low is fully at your control in the ring :stuck_out_tongue: .