Sofirn SC31 PRO, New Anduril Flashlight

Yeah it’s tough trading lumens for tint! If swapping out for the SST20, the SC31B would have it. If swapping for Samsung, it would essentially become the FC11 xD Being picky with tints is a curse, but 4000K looks so good :frowning:

Thanks all for your reviews and information.

@Sofirn: I will wait for a High CRI version to be available (Nichia E21A?).

The XPL HI V2 5D is a great compromise between output and tint - nice mild rosy tint, decent output. Still one of, if not most favorite. Not high CRI though.

Hi Tom, is XPL HI V2 5D better than T6 4C?
More output? What’s the CCT number?
What about the CRI number?
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Currently my favorite is T6 4C (Convoy S2+), it’s mentioned as 4300-4500K.
What flashlight is available with V2 5D?

Dunno what a CCT # is, and dunno the CRI - not sure if it's rated or not, but it's on the low side. Used to get them from Hank, but now I don't see them listed anymore, but still available in some Emisars. MtnE still has some remaining stock.

Interesting bout the 4C - the 'C' means above the BBL while the 4A, 4D and 5D are below BBL (https://flashlightwiki.com/images/c/cb/Ansi-white.jpg)

They have more output than then 95+ CRI SST-20's for sure. The 5D puts it at 4000K or lower.

I took some beam shots this weekend that could be informative related to you all's recent comments. I should be able to post this evening.

So what 4k emitter did you swap in? :innocent:

Funny you would ask. Lol

The way I read Tom's message is as a suggestion to use an emitter that can handle the output of this driver. And produce an arbitrary >1500 lumens. So, an XP-L HI, SST40, LH351D, XHP 50 3V, etc. would befit this light.

I've installed an LH351D, 4000K, in an older SP32A (see my signature box) but I prefer the beam of an SST40.

Here are the beam shots I mentioned earlier: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/62600/12

In addition to those, I did capture one with the SC31 Pro 6500K (next to a S21A 5000K)

The top photo is the 6500K of the sc31 pro and bottom is the convoy? Dang the convoy punches harder and goes further. Looks fantastic!

Anyone compare SC31 Pro 5000K with 6500K? I believe the tint is not much different. Because 6500K tint is actually 6000K - 6500K

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The S21A has a larger reflector so it's going to throw a little bit more. However, the SC31 Pro keeps up very nicely and performs as an EDC most spectacularly. I carry the Pro in the day (not that I have use for it in daylight) and the tint is the least blue of any I have in its tint range.

The camera doesn't pickup all the flood output that well.

Does anyone know if you can flash the earlier version SC31B driver with Anduril?

Not unless you did like I did and swap the driver.

I don't have pics but the 5000K SST-40 looks sooo much better than the CW 6500K's. The 500K is all white, while the 6500K's are noticeably blue, least to me.

Maybe I won the tint lottery, but my CW ’pro had a pretty decent CT/tint, not angry blue at all.

I'm happy with mine, too.

It could be from some fried-egginess of the beam from the reflector, but being that the spill is rather faint but blue, most of the yellower light hits the reflector and gets tossed out into the hotspot and/or corona. A hint of green at lower brightnesses, but nicely neutral at higher levels.

If I had to guess, I’d say the hotspot is in the mid-5000Ks.

Hey, I was all prepared to hold my nose when using it, expecting lots of blue, but it’s really quite nice.

Did you guys order the 5000K or 6500K? I'm confused. I have a few lights with SST-40's, so I'm speaking in general, but have compared the beams side by side of each tint.

Heres my sc31pro 6500k sst40 vs sc31b sst20 6500k