New Fireflies T1R Mini Thrower-- Release date 25th Jan

The threads on most of these lights are ACME or square cut. You would have to change batteries 1000x of times to wear out the threads.The LEDs or the batteries themselves would wear out before the threads would.

Also with USB charging, you are charging the same battery over and over. Is this something you should be doing?

The tail threads are square cut, thick and unannodized. The head threads are very thin and almost triangular in shape. The head threads are anodized but the annodization on my Nov-mu was wearing out the second time I replaced the battery since the light kept on flickering as I was putting the tube on. I’d rather buy a new battery in a year than break my light accidentally.

Fireflies wanted to send me a sample of their T1R with Osram LED for a review, probably KG CSLPM1.2 or KP CSLPM1.F1.

All communication has suddenly stopped by CNY. I was unsuccessful reaching Jack for the past 6 weeks, sending him several messages.

Following some threads here I see there's still communication with some members. I now gave up trying to reach him. :-(

I lost interest on this light, they don’t seem to care to respond… Their loss!

I just checked out the website and it’s not showing a T1R. What gives?

It’s an EU requirement to put the logos on the outside of the product and visible - at least when it comes to electronics. It’s the the same for phones, tablets, notebooks etc. Can’t hide it really. Don’t know about Fireflies, but many Chinese manufacturers utilize EU warehouses or amazon nowadays, so there isn’t really anything they can do about it if they want to sell their products here.

Hank doesn’t do it because he frankly doesn’t give a F, is a rather small fish in the pond and custom officers don’t open every single box to check a flashlight for compliance, but in theory if any EU country customs would look a bit closer at Hank lights they would have to refuse the import by law.

Flashlights often get a pass, but I know some TLF users had problems importing chargers from China before without proper CE logos which then got refused by customs.

Copy paste from another thread for visibility:

I gave Jacky another call today so I’ll write some of the info I received here. Please note that my mandarin is rather rudimentary at best so I may have gotten some of the translation wrong/misunderstood what he said.

1. The T1R’s release looks like it’ll be delayed until July. This is because they’re having trouble getting the necessary chips for the driver from the US due to the chip shortage.

2. Jacky said the short tube will be available on their website tomorrow ($15) and it’ll come with a clip.

3. Their updated headlamp will be released in May. Jacky mentioned they’ll have an option similar to the Nov-MU with slightly fewer LEDs. My understanding is that it’ll use the new buck driver and there will be a mule option (E21As) available.

4. I mentioned to him that people weren’t so happy about him not answering emails and he said he was sorry and it is because he is very busy away from home for work. He’ll try to answer all emails but replies will be a bit slow.

Thanks for clarifying, good lights are worth the wait. :+1:

I have gotten responses on all 4 of my recent orders from last month, and 2 were for the new e07x. The email tag said it was a guy named Oliver. Considering this is my first time ordering from FireFlies it felt good knowing I had at least an order confirmation.

Thought I'd check in on this, my interest has increase a lot since I have received my E07x's and I like them so muc. I would definitely love to buy a couple T1r if they are being made? July is approaching after all..

July.

Almost gone

My understanding is they’ve already finished everything except the MCUs, which have been delayed. The hosts are already machined, for example. So this will happen.

Can confirm the same, Jack said the new drivers are 3-6 months away still. It has delayed not just the T1R but also at least the PL47g3 as well (that we know of).

This shortage is not just for flashlights. Chipsets everywhere are hard to come by. It’s also why dealers don’t have cars to sell. Cars can be built, but they don’t have the electronics needed. This scarcity has driven car prices up too. This shortage is pretty much across the board.

Ready to buy one of these the moment they are available. It’s been a long wait…

I was thinking the exact same thing today. I want it pretty badly now.

No kidding. I’ve been wanting this light since before it was announced, a compact TIR thrower with RGB aux LED’s, anduril, a side switch, and a 21700 cell. After owning an E07x and seeing how great their driver and magnet are I’m even more excited.

im on board with you two.. I really can't wait for this light to come out. It will reall6 be a great addition to the collection. I'm passing on the sofirn if22a bc of this light mostly, and Hanks new one too.

I wonder what happened to the one from the OL compo last year, someone chose it - have they had it yet?

what does this mean??