Sophia 5mm and 3mm 90CRI are available at Rgwn WTS 2300K-5800K post
That being said i will need a bunch of these to install all Rgwn's 5mm :)
Thanks, that’s exactly what I was looking for.
BTW, the NW/CW Yuji is still offered. I’d like to see more of those lights, too. They’re better than the Sophia 5800K LEDs, which look green in contrast to the 5600K Yuji.
Business:
https://store.yujiintl.com/products/bc-series-5mm
Customers:
https://www.ledsales.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=148_152_154_158&products_id=2062
I’m thinking of getting some of those, too.
Great news!
I updated the opening post with links to the Sofirn website and AliExpress store.
Available in AE store only while on website it's still on hold...
Did Sofirn stop potting after the first C01 run?
Very happy to see the great variety of LEDs and modes these aaa hosts are being offered with.
I hope in some future run Sofirn will offer a Copper and Titanium version of the host.
The Sofirn C01S (SST20 version) was never potted. As far as I know the C01 (5mm LED) has always been potted and still is in this 2020 re-release.
The Sofirn C01 is the only potted flashlight currently commercially available for less than 10 US dollar. Previously in this market segment we had the Fenix E01, and PFlexPro as cheap potted flashlights, but these options are no longer available.
As I understood, Sofirn will not pot this batch, they claim that the C01 is robust enough without potting. I tend to agree (did a convincing abuse test on an unpotted C01) but must admit I’m not part of the “potting crowd”.
The lack of potting does enable easy led swapping, so you loose some, you win some.
I see the most likely point of failure of the C01 not in parts coming loose in the driver by heavy impacts, but in the poorly executed contact area on the outside of the driver, that electrically connects the battery tube with the driver : the tracing is too thin and it does not extend to the very edge, so it will wear away over time in heavy use.
Why isn’t it available from Sofirns website?
that is also what I read back in May
I was just wondering if that changed, since slowtechstef mentioned potting, this week, I thought he had new info.
There were other things Barry said in May, that are now not happening… the host version… I dont mind. I also dont mind no potting.
Potting is getting more relevant the larger a light gets, large components, expecially big inductors can break off on impact. The C01 has tiny components soldered flat on the driver board, the inductor is even for this size light very tiny, the only large component is the led, but that is soldered through-hole, so that is as robust as it gets. I do not see things breaking even in an extreme impact event.
@Sofirn, will the C01 be available somwhere I can pay with PayPal? Can’t buy from AE since I have no credit card and AE has no IBAN for direct bank transfer.
Aliexpress accepts PayPal (with a small fee). If you don’t want to pay that fee there’s also giropay.
Giropay doesn’t work with my bank, and PP depends on the seller. Sofirn obviously doesn’t allow this.
Yes I did. Thank you. I only fear they sell the whole batches through AE.
AE does not have them either, that is a Sofirn store on AE… there is also a Sofirn store on Amazon, in addition to the sofirnlight.com site.
the lights have been announced prematurely, causing you, and many others, to ask where they can buy the light. Those three sources are the ones Im aware of. afaict, they are all just Sofirn outlets, with no stock ready to ship, yet.
the price on the sofirnlight site is lower, I suspect because they dont have to pay comission fees to ali and amazon, if you buy from the sofirnlight site
good luck to us all, waiting (im)patiently…
dont worry, Be Happy… LOL 
I hope someone will offere a modding service for this light, since Sofirn isn’t going to offer hosts. I’d put money up in advance to enable someone to set up for doing that.
I”d love to have an amber one.
And eventually a variety of colors like I used to be able to get in Arc AAAs — UV, blue, aqua, green, amber, orange-red, and red.
Just got a bit old and shaky to work on such tiny hardware myself.
here are some amber LEDs
Maybe Unheard could help with the production phase:
I would like to see more 5600k Yujis too… especially in Titanium and Copper C01 hosts
LEDSales increased shipping costs, so I didn’t stock the white Yujis. Also, I find desoldering a bit too dangerous to mod others lights. Only if I could get C01’s at the price given on sofirnlight.com, I’ll buy some more of them.
Unheard, how many C01 lights would you be interested in? Maybe I can talk to Barry to see if he can get you a special arrangement.
AFAIK, Sofirn is just calculating the sales price for C01. So, sales should be starting very soon (I hope at least).