[Closed] Sofirn C01S with Nichia E21A 98CRI R9050/9080

Interested.

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. :-)

Make a poll?

I agree. If only 2 are feasible, then 2000K and 4500K are the best choices IMO.

3500K is my favorite

My vote for 2000K and 4500K.

It’s very sad to hear that, I really hoped for the 3500K version.

2000k for sure,I hope they will sell also these leds already soldered on boards on site

I will set up a poll for these three tints soon. Whether we get Sofirn convinced to offer THREE tints or only TWO tints will probably depend on...

A) the total accumulated demand of this light

B) if Sofirn‘s supplier(s) can get all tints we are asking for.

My guess is that we need to have at least 250 pcs of each tint to meet break-even.

Very interested in 2000K, please put me down for two, depending on price I could possibly buy three or more to gift some.

Ready made (not modded) 2000K CCT flashights seem pretty hard to find, so I think 2000K should definitely be offered and will fill a niche.

Very warm white flashlights being so unusual and difficult to find, a 2000K version would also make a great gift imho.

Definitely looking forward to seeing this flashlight materialise.

Update:

The poll is online: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/72885

OP is updated, too.

Yes!!! I need this in my life! I would buy all three tints! I would prefer a floody optic or mule. Like the C01.

Interested!! 4500k is my favourit!

I don’t want or need R9050, the 219C is R9050 that is quite nice but I’ve never thought it was really worth it, so if I would pick a tint as warm as possible with excellent CRI it would be an optisolis or E21A 2700K R9080. For a second one, anythink between 3500K to 6500K as long as it is a R9080 LED.
But anyway, it’s just my personnal preferences.

Interested

Interested

Interested in 3x 2000K

Interested.