Nice comet-pics, they are better than mine for sure!
I like the comet photos 
Scottish weather being what it is, it’s been cloudy every single evening so far. I will be amazed if we get to see it from my town at all.
Yeah, mine’s been stuck in NJ since last Sunday. Newgistics, the state-side e-commerce courier that Sofirn is using, stated on their site that their volume is up significantly because of Covid. I’m in NC, and even e-commerce would usually be here by now from NJ. Oh, well. Just gotta wait.
Well, I wish for a C01S with Nichia E21A
Actually a dimmable thrower with 98cri would be perfect for lightpainting. :exclamation:
@the_holodoc
nicely done! Also Oly user here.
Got mine today in Austria and it’s a real beautiful small light.
Also got a C01S in the same shipment and the C01R is brighter than that light.
Here’s my pic taken from my driveway. I couldn’t use the C01R to fill in the foreground but I did use it for camera settings. Nice to have it.
Hey Lux, any chance Sofirn will shift the C01S to this three step driver when they sell out the other ones? That would be really nice.
Careful everyone. Just found out the head isn’t glued, just like the initial C01S batches.
Thank you guys for posting your fantastic comet pictures, with or w/o C01R! :THUMBS-UP: I have not been able to see the comet myself so far as mostly the sky was covered with clouds. Meanwhile, my C01R has arrived, too. I will of course also share my impressions here a.s.a.p..
BTW: I‘m happy to tell you that there are plans to launch another (hopefully) interesting EDC using deep red light. Please stay tuned... ;-)
I really hope they will soon adopt the new UI on the C01S driver (the one that runs SST20 4.000K 95CRI). So far, I have not received any news if and when this might happen. However, the next iteration of C01S with Nichia E21A is meant to be using the new 3-modes / 2-mode groups UI of C01R as it maybe uses the C01R driver designed for LEDs with very low Vf.
It is out of stock on ebay 
Ausgezeichnet! I will follow your discussion.
Does the driver fall out toward the battery?
What kind of glue should be used?
Here are a couple more pictures of the light:
Kind regards
Frederick
And ordered! :sunglasses:
No, but if you tighten the head to much, you end up with the bezel at hand and the pill stuck to the tube, fully lit. Had this yesterday.
Sofirn used to glue later C01S with red threadlock.
If you’re still producing it - is it possible to again use threadlock on the bezel?
Still says out of stock for me :person_facepalming:
No artifacts:
I promised to mail someone if I found where I had them from, just forgot to whom it was. Jon?
I placed my EBay order for a few Sofirn flashlights on July 3rd (incl. the C01R). The package arrived only 17 days later. Not bad for a parcel that originated in China and travelled all the way to the U.S. during this pandemic.
The C01R packs quite a lot of light for a tiny 1 x AAA flashlight. I’ve already put it to good use a couple evenings this week photographing Comet Neowise. I mostly used the flashlight on its lowest “moonlight” setting (0.5 lm) with a diffuser dome and hung it around my neck with a length of paracord. (The diffuser dome came free with my other purchase of a C01S).
The low soft red light helped me maintain my night vision while allowing me to change settings on my camera or as an aid during lens changes.
Very pleased with this Sofirn flashlight. It is my first Sofirn order, but certainly won’t be my last. Thank you, Lux-Perpetua, Barry/Sofirn and all others involved for carrying this project through!!
Are there suppliers that sell 1-5 pieces of BK-LED-097WB25 in China/Oceania?
I don’t know. Got this link from someone here or over at TLF, don’t remember. Search for the dimensions, they should pop up somewhere else in the world.