I’ve been told that these are not really in stock, that they haven’t been built yet...what’s the truth here? Do they physically exist or not? Since the choice of a red body gets grayed out when choosing the 3400k, I assume that is not offered or available. All other colors offered are available to chose...but are they actually stocked?
I anyone wants this: My first C01 wasn’t correctly potted due to epoxy not cured. Removed the mess and potted it myself. Not difficult, you’ll see when you do it. OTOH, as it has been said already, it is robust as it is.
This don’t appear on my cart, but they add 1.09$ shipping cost.
By the way modes bright,only C01R have sub lumen.
I hope finally they’ll do one batch with firefly mode for the others too
with CRI 95 2700k Led or lower CCT.
correct,
So, I signed up for notification, using the link on that page
They are not in stock anywhere, and a lot of people are bothered by that
for some reason, somebody gave us the impression that the lights are available to be purchased. They are not.
Now were all running around shouting… Take My Money!
… also see post 3010 above, for a date when the light is expected
I have a couple of the warm and NW models, and just put in an order for the new C01S, and another C01R, but none of them scratch the “I’m in Oklahoma and have been without power for a week” itch.
Aliexpress site says in stock and will take money. What that means, i don’t know. And when i asked if the light is 2 mode the answer returned was “hello not available at the moment” this was either something lost in translation or bad sign or both.
I did successfully pay moneys though!? And of two listings one said 0 sold and the other said 15 sold.
Is this the start of a trickle? If say the 4.99 is a place holder/ baitnswich. The live link is 8.99.
I was going to ask here if this version is confirmed 2 mode. Hopefully it’s something better than an e01 fenix (because of 2 modes)…
I’ll just give my own interpretation for the original Sofirn C01 = this is a “low-lumens” flashlight (only around 6-8 lumens max), I suppose they didn’t do a 2-mode (1 lumen + 6 or 8 lumens since the difference won’t be big). In some test, applying more power to the 5mm LED will increase power consumption significantly (means shorter runtime), but won’t get much brightness anyway, since the LED used is not for high brightness anyway.
So the C01’s purpose is a bit different than the C01S/C01R. C01 is designed to be a ‘survival/vampire’ light that uses little power, and can use AAA batteries that are considered “spent up” by other flashlights but will still work with the C01, just to produce the little amount of light…
I’m confused, which C01 misses that sealing?? By design the C01 it has a o-ring around the led that sits in a groove in the head. Did they not add that o-ring now?
I’ve had to open a C01 from the initial batch since the epoxy ran out of the head. There was no o-ring for sure. Of course, it could have been missed out of error; checked only one light.
To be honest, I did not follow this thread as closely all the time. I came back here when Barry told me some news about C01 deep red 670nm. Anyway, I asked Barry again. He said Sofirn has prepared a matching quantity of 5,000 pcs for hosts and LEDs (I guess Sophia + 670nm will be counted in this total amount). He said he would not know what to do with the residual emitters if Sofirn produced some hosts without emitters at the end of the production run. It seems they do not plan to produce more shells and drivers for C01 just to fulfill another 200 hosts. Sorry for not having better news for you guys.