Sofirn SC31 PRO, New Anduril Flashlight

Anyone used unprotected flat top battery with this?

Yes, it comes with one in the kit.

I have sold mine so cannot confirm bit I think it comes with button top batteries.

All my ’pros came with BTs.

In fact, I can’t recall even a single Sofirn cell that was a FT, as all the ones I’m looking at are BTs.

(I always pull any come-with cells from the lights and store ’em separately.)

Seems to be true not just of the all-black 3000s but also the older black-with-silver 2800s as well.

Mine certainly did not, it was an unprotected button-top!

Yeah, you’re right. Just checked and it’s button top. Sorry.

So the question still remains. Anyone used flat top with sc31pro?

Yes. Not a problem at all ... flat top GAs, 30Qs, 35Es, 25Rs...

I have an MJ in mine today.

Have a flat top 30Q in mine today.

Works fine, has a spring at both ends.

Thank you eveyone for the confirmation. :smiley:

There is way to mod this light with triple leds?

Probably. Here's an example of modifying a similar light: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/48887/18

I think it might be easier with the SC31 pro because the same copper pill for an S2+ may fit this light. You'll need to extend the wire leads.

What a nightmare. My SOC8 clip wouldn’t fit in because of the switch wires and an odd component that was sticking out of the driver board so I had to solder six wires to the attiny to flash the light.

How did you guys end up securing the driver board at the end? I could use some glue but it seems like the fit is pretty snug without any adhesive

I keep the driver board loose. The battery tube keeps it in place

Fair enough, I think that’s what I did for my EC03 as well but I wanted to double check. Thanks!

ps. your photos have been helpful for me in getting several lights open. Thanks a bunch TomE!

Yea, I pretty much do that for all mods. On most lights, you wouldn't really have a reason to remove the battery tube often. For this SC31 Pro, only time I'd remove it is for exchanging 18650/18350 tubes, but you'll find the driver stays better in place once it's been secured for a while, not sure if it's hours, days or weeks. It's really the LED wires that make it awkward in popping out the driver. Mostly the Chinese lights use a stiffer, lower strand count wire (plus their silicone covering seems stiffer) so I almost always replace them, specially if I can fit in a thicker gauge. But of course the thicker wire tends to pop out the driver more :FACEPALM: .

What tint do you think this SC31 Pro has? I think it’s 5700K or above. Very ugly live compared to my other SST40s (convoy: s2+, s21a; astrolux: ec01, ft03; mateminco mt01). I bought it at Sofirn’s official store on aliexpress. I tried to get help from them, another LED, but they think it’s okay.

Did you set "white-balance" manually when taking this picture (otherwise, most cameras will auto-adjust the color temperature).. Your SC31 Pro beam does look more "greenish" though based on your picture. (in my limited experience, both SST40 5000k and SST40 6500k, will look varying degrees of "greenish" when at lower brightness levels).

The two images were taken with the same settings in manual mode. With the naked eye, there’s a big discrepancy from my previous SST40 lights. It doesn’t matter, it just annoys me. I’ll buy another one LED + MCPCB from Convoy. But it wasn’t worth buying from Sofirn.

It is difficult to prove with images what one sees with the naked eye.