Sofirn SP10 Pro (AA/14500/Andúril 2) - now available!

Hope this project will find through

I’m interested in two! Especially if it’s available in both 5000K and 2700K LH351D

Definitely interested in one, possibly two. If there’s an option of no magnet in the tailcap, that’s what I’d prefer. Or, a removable magnet.

Interested if compatible with NiMH AA

Wish there will be a 2700k or 4000k option coming.

Interested as well.

If SP10S Anduril version is allowed to only work with 14500 battery, it is easy to fulfill. But it has to work with both AA and 14500 battery, it takes time.

I personally am fine with 14500 only. There isn’t really anything out there like this even with 14500 only. I’d hate to see this project fizzle out because the AA requirement is too hard to get working.

Adding AA support would still be a good update down the road if you could keep working on it while producing a 14500 only version in the meantime.

Happy with 14500 but how long is the wait for final production Barry?

Are there other advantages to supporting only 14500 batteries, like lower price, or better driver efficiency?

I would only use 14500 batteries in mine. AA support would be useful when giving this flashlight away as a gift, but I would be happy without it.

A BLF-approved user interface for a AA compatible driver is one of the grails of BLF for many years, I would not easily like to trade that for another li-ion only driver, even when that saves months. I would be happy to still wait a bit if I know that Anduril+AAcompatibility will eventually happen.

interested

Agreed. If It supports AA I am interested. Would make it a nice backup light for in the car. Heck, even the driver would be enough reason to buy the light!

Magnetic tail would be nice. But an indicator light is nice too. Hard to have it all I guess…

imo
Anduril is not suitable for AA
Anduril is not suitable for flicker free firefly levels
Anduril is full of blinky and clicky stuff that I dont want.

The Nitecore D10 Piston Drive UI is a ramping UI, like Anduril, but it does not require LiIon, and it does support firefly levels. There are no electronic flicker and flash modes (“candle” and “lightning”)

soooo… if Sofirn wants to build a light with a Ramping UI, but NOT Anduril, I think a D10 style driver would be suitable for an AA light.

FWIW I would likely only use 14500, AA compatibility would only be a bonus for gifting purposes. If the AA leads to poor low level flickering I would rather not even have it and focus on maximum efficiency 14500 support.

it is Anduril that has a problem with low level flickering, using LiIon.

AA is not the cause of Andurils inability to support flicker free firefly levels.

I’ll amend my statement, If the low levels are flickering I am out. :slight_smile: Like I assume most of us I use the lowest levels most frequently. If it isn’t in a blinky mode, it shouldn’t.

Would NarsilM V1.2 / V1.3 work with SP10S? Will there also be increased chances of flickering low level modes as stated for Andúril? How about RampingIOS V2/V3 which seems to be a stripped version of Andúril?

Hum, I guess I will have to put some things in perspective here jon_slider :wink:
1 - “Anduril is not suitable for AA” - That’s why the team is working on it, to make it suitable for AA batteries (if it becomes feasible technically and technologically). And if this is accomplished, we may be seeing a breakthrough in flashlight “world”, specially emerging from a flashlight forum and a small flashlight company :wink:

2 - “Anduril is not suitable for flicker free firefly levels” - Although I am not expert on this, I do believe that the people working on this driver will probably test the driver/FW to avoid that the lowest levels will have flickers, even working with AAs. I think that maybe we will not get extreme moonlight levels, but I’d be ‘happy’ if the lowest levels are close to the ones in the FWxA flashlights or even similar to those in allowed by the Bistro HD OTSM.

3 - “Anduril is full of blinky and clicky stuff that I dont want.” - I may agree with you on this, although having a candle mode could be nice on a AA light :wink:

4 - “The Nitecore D10 Piston Drive UI is a ramping UI, like Anduril, but it does not require LiIon, and it does support firefly levels.” - Although it may depend on the model we have, my D10 lowest more on AA battery still produces more light than my Tool AA with Bistro HD OTSM (on 14500), being both levels good Moonlight levels, but not Firefly. Still, both these 2 flashlights produce more light than the Sofirn SP10A on its almost firefly level. A true firefly mode on a AA light can be found on the Reylights (that supports AAs and 14500s).

Sofirn SP10A >>>> Tool AA >>>> Nitecore D10 (all in their lowest possible levels)

This said, I guess some concerns are natural, other are more preferences of course, but there seems to be a long way to go adpating this firmware to AA batteries, and we may be surprised by the end of it :student:

I trust the people involved in this project, and thank them for the time invested in it. I am sure they will get us a good compromise between quality - power - usability - efficiency - looks - price :wink:

Think of it as easy-access candle-mode. :stuck_out_tongue: