Well...you don't have to put on the red light... :-D
...apart from using it for "horizontal business" pleasures you could use C01R for:
low light applications like night-camping, cave explorations, stargazing...any scenario that should maintain your night vision capability and/or avoid attraction of nasty insects
ambient illumination in your bedroom / hotelroom / living room etc.
supporting your sleep quality when using as a nightstand light
seeking the way to the toilet at night without waking up your wife, mistress, whatever....happy wife, happy life :CROWN:
giving it away to friends as something special they would not expect in a keychain light 8^)
... no particular reason ... because you just can :P
Barry was so kind to send me two new whitewall beamshots that he took with his smartphone camera. Unfortunately, it is more than difficult to get the same impression (tint, color rendition, actual and perceived brightness) from a picture as you would get with the naked eye. However, let's just consider this as some kind of appetizer before you receive your own lights. :-)
As soon as I receive this light I will do a review including a side-by-side comparison between C01, C01S and C01R as well as a tint comparison with a modded Sofirn SF14 or Wurkkos WK30 with XP-E2 red (625nm).
Picture #1: Low mode (Barry says this mode really dim and barely to catch with his smartphone camera). Maybe this could be ideal for preserving one's night vision when using in darkness.
The official store as linked in the first post only ships to the US as far as i can see.
Their AE store seems to ship to the UK though, thanks! All i’ve got to do now is overcome my as yet unexplained phobia of AE.
Not sure if the German Amazon warehouse also ships to the UK but it might be worth a try if you can wait until August 2020. Sofirn told me they will also sell C01R on Amazon. I suppose they mostly use their German warehouse for European customers but they also have domestic (Amazon) warehouses in Italy and UK already.
Thanks, but can’t see the C01R on there, just the S.
Thanks , where are you seeing that? The only shipping details i can see are ’Shipping cost’ under which there is ’Please select the country you want to ship from’, but when i click on it the drop down list is empty and there’s a ’No optional’ statement.
Edit: - Ohhh, turns out that if i select the number of packs i want i then get the full shipping list! So all sorted, thank you all for you help
Thanks. I had a look on Amazon.de but couldn’t see this light. I can wait though
Ah, I get the same “No optional!” when I load the page and click “United States via”
You need to select “color: Pack of 1” first, then click “United States via Standard Shipping from China” and then choose your country from the drop-down menu that pops up.
It may be a bug with the website. When you first load the page there’s no item selected. It doesn’t seem to know what shipping option to use.
[quote=Light-saber wrote: Sofirn also has an eBay store. C01R and C01S are there for sale. “Standard” shipping from China to the U.S. via SpeedPAK included in price.
Don’t know if they ship to U.K., though….[/quote]
[quote=Marc E wrote: Thanks, but can’t see the C01R on there, just the S.[/quote]
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Hi Marc, for Sofirn’s eBay Storefront, do an advance search by seller’s user ID: sofirnlight
Both the C01R and C01S are still listed as of this moment. One can also contact the seller with questions. Best of luck!
I wouldn’t worry about AE. I haven’t had any problems with them. The search sucks but as long as you know which store you want to buy from then the rest is easy. I’ve only had one faulty item that I had to claim through AE, it was very smooth and painless. For extra protection you can use PayPal, they charge a small fee but then you have added buyer protection with PayPal. I used to use PayPal, but now use a prepaid USD credit card to save a bit on the FX. No problems.
A pleasant surprise was found in my mailbox today. Just nine days after the shipping notice from Sofirn, the little deep red light arrived today. For the price an absolute AWESOME little torch. Well packaged, two O-rings included and and even the detailed manual. I couldn’t be happier and will test it at my next telescope watch night. The spill is very even and I absolutely like the low-mid-high mode. The first will probably be enough for my purpose, high is pretty bright, even under daylight conditions. Once it’s gettin dark I will disco today!
A big thank you goes out to Lux-Perpetua, Barry and Sofirn. After the delightful LT1 now this little gem - I absolutely appreciate the fruitful cooperation between BLF and Sofirn (and of course spread the word)!
Glad to see they’re starting to turn up! You’ll have to let us know what it’s like once it gets dark :).
Mine was shipped on the 27th May, but still hasn’t arrived :(.