[Available again! - BLF special edition light] new Sofirn AAA twisty high CRI 5mm LED

[Fescron]

@Alen

Nice soft flood beam for these C01 lights and tint is better than C01S at low mode

I agree, I guess the C01S is more of a “thrower” and the C01 is more of a flood-light.

[Alen]

@Fescron

@Alen

Nice soft flood beam for these C01 lights and tint is better than C01S at low mode

I agree, I guess the C01S is more of a “thrower” and the C01 is more of a flood-light.

Yes and my C01 Red Led is potted, the others Orange and Blue Not

[Sari33]

@jon_slider

@Unheard

All my blacks have been potted, but none of the green, brown, orange, and red ones. Nice colors, btw.

thanks for sharing your experience, thats the first report of non potted green and red C01…

I guess green are mixed, some potted, some not potted…

same with Red, you report not potted, my C01 Red are potted.

consistently inconsistent lol

Why C01R have thicker positive contact and C01 still tiny contacts driver?
Seem already marked by battery and may be a weak point.
It hasn’t been improved

[Unheard]

@Sari33

Why C01R have thicker positive contact and C01 still tiny contacts driver?
Seem already marked by battery and may be a weak point.
It hasn’t been improved

Don’t worry. One of my first batch C01 got lots of use, multiple times a day. Estimate the years you’ll likely spend on earth, divide by two and buy as many lights to be safe .

Amazing that the 5000 pcs. haven’t been sold yet.

[Sari33]

@Unheard

@Sari33

Why C01R have thicker positive contact and C01 still tiny contacts driver?
Seem already marked by battery and may be a weak point.
It hasn’t been improved

Don’t worry. One of my first batch C01 got lots of use, multiple times a day. Estimate the years you’ll likely spend on earth, divide by two and buy as many lights to be safe .

Amazing that the 5000 pcs. haven’t been sold yet.

Frankly don’t need a lot of them for myself
It’s not the first time that it turn on just touching the head involuntary
To avoid that you have to do half twist off,because threads are a bit sloppy and clean contacts often

[Katherine_Alicia]

@Unheard

Amazing that the 5000 pcs. haven’t been sold yet.

I went back to buy another 3 of them a few days ago and wasn`t expecting to have much luck, but surprisingly there were still some left!?

edited to add, apparently 1106 sold so far (I just had another 3)

[jon_slider]

I like my Orange Sophias so much, that I just ordered half a dozen more.

They make great gifts. And great spare battery carriers for my other favorite aaa lights… the copper Tools…

I cant think of another High CRI light with a warm floody beam, for such a bargain price as the C01.

Its a great way to share my love for High CRI.

Congratulations to everyone who contributed to making these lights possible.

I think a Copper and Titanium version would be very popular.

[MascaratumB]

Yesterday I received my latest order of C01 lights (with the new led) + 1 CO1S !
3 of them will be given to kids of friends (blue, green, orange all with diffusers).
The other orange C01 and the orange C01S will be kept

Here’s the whole collection, with the original black / red / blue C01 (top right), the “sandblasted” C01S (middle bottom), and a red C01R (right bottom)

Things I would like to note (sorry if someone did it before):

- the colour of the new Sophia led is different (3400K vs 3200K of tyhe previous), is less warm than the Yuji, and outer edge of the side spill seems to be slighly greenish, unlike the Yuji that has no variations

- it also has a narrower “hotspot”, if compared with the red/blue C01 with Yujis (the original black versions that had a completely “flat” beam no hotspots)

- I thought the orange was a little darker, but I’m ok with this colour

• the new blue is also darker than the original one, and the green is probably the best anodizing colour

I used the WB at 5000K.

The beam

Comparison with:
3200K Yuji (black) >>> 3200K Yuji (red) >>> 5600K Yuji (black)

Left to right
3200K Yuji (black ) >>> 3400K Sophia (orange) >>> 3200K Yuji (red) >>> 5600K Yuji (black )

[jon_slider]

really fun lights

> the original black versions that had a completely “flat” beam no hotspots

I think the cause of the hotspot in later versions, is a more shiny aluminium reflector cone

[MascaratumB]

@jon_slider

I think the cause of the hotspot in later versions, is a more shiny aluminium reflector cone

I guess so or maybe the leds are in a different position towards the reflector! And indeed, they are really funny lights. I guess this orange one will be a “user”, and I’ll keep the others as “relics”

[SammysHP]

What would be the best way for the potted versions to sand the reflector (and LED)? Just try it all assembled? Or push out the driver (just press on the LED)?

[Unheard]

@Katherine Alicia

edited to add, apparently 1106 sold so far (I just had another 3)

+5

[Kona_G]

Can anyone verify latest (non potted) C01 have orings around emitter at cone base?

[jon_slider]

@Kona G

Can anyone verify latest (non potted) C01 have orings around emitter at cone base?

yes, per post 3174

@djozz

I checked a potted black one and a non-potted orange one, both have o-rings in place around the led.

[djozz]

Yes.

As I recall, there was one report of one C01 from the first batch not having an o-ring around the led and this incident has been quoted many times in this thread, and as things go nowadays, things that are repeated enough become the new reality.

[jon_slider]

@djozz

things that are repeated enough become the new reality.

Yes, both the potted and unpotted C01 have o-rings,

yes orings,

Its just incredible, there are Orings,

and on all kinds of Sofirn C01 there are O-Rings
This is very important,

because the fake news is not reporting it,

there IS an O-Ring around the 5mm LED :innocent:

we will be presenting the evidence later

[Kona_G]

Thanks All… So I’ll take it as a YES? LOL

Edit: All of page 106 is about orings confirmation and potting info…
Hot damn, Glad I ordered Black and Green!

[jon_slider]

@Kona G

I ordered Black and Green!

glad youre happy you ordered potted lights

I avoid black flashlights,

I ordered Orange, with O Rings… lol

I dont think I need my lights to be potted, I like Orange with O Rings
(I hope nobody asks if they can order O rings… lol)

This UnPotted C01 seems plenty durable enough for me:

Testing Sofirn C01 sample

[Unheard]

@djozz

As I recall, there was one report of one C01 from the first batch not having an o-ring around the led and this incident has been quoted many times in this thread, and as things go nowadays, things that are repeated enough become the new reality.

Now I hate that it was me.

[djozz]

@Unheard

@djozz

As I recall, there was one report of one C01 from the first batch not having an o-ring around the led and this incident has been quoted many times in this thread, and as things go nowadays, things that are repeated enough become the new reality.

Now I hate that it was me.

It was not you who made a widespread rumour out of your remark, that was all the people who half-read it or even only read the replies.