I think it would be a very nice flashlight, but it needs a new host and a new driver, and that probably means more units.
Maybe if there is enough interest we could make a separate thread and contact Sofirn to know if it could be made, and the minimum ammount of initial orders.
While experience so far is good with those ranks having decent to good tint, those numbers don’t guarantee the results across multiple batches, for example. Per Nichia’s datasheet, the results should be within a 3-step deviation from the center of the MacAdam ellipse. 3-steps could be significant.
I couldn’t agree more with you but these are the bins I asked Sofirn to look for and at least we need to commit somewhere to get started. I‘m afraid it will be more than difficult for Sofirn to handpick the best, most rosy tint - especially with Nichia LEDs that are hard to source.
If these are priced anywhere near the C01S expectations of perfect tint should really be lowered. Worst case scenario, buy a couple and sell/gift the ones with tint that isn’t as good.
Even the “bad” E21As I’ve seen are worlds apart from the puke green Cree emitters I’ve seen used by Thrunite and some brands for their NW models.
Following the parallel discussions about tints in Hank‘s KR1/KR4 thread, maybe we should focus on two versions of C01S with E21A. 2.000K could be great for those who love incandescent, warmwhite light and 4.500K could be the best average white tint in relation to most situations in daylight or darkness.
I doubt that three tints are feasible - as much as I wish it was possible. So, two (most wanted) tints is maybe a good way to start with. As usual, please feel free to (dis)agree and share your thoughts. :-)