3x21a is my first SST-40. Ordered 5000k but it looks cooler than my other 5000k lights, wondering if I got the wrong one. Not bluish, but not NW.
Also, wondering if anyone’s found a good holster for this 3x21a. I have one it fits in but only head up.
Better request a specific type of product than a compulsive and useless purchase.
After all how many lights we use really?
HI Simon
Do you intend to make L6 with SFT40?...or L7 with SFT40?
Thanks for the info, a quad with tint ramping would be sweet!
Completely agree, some of the demands and requests are getting a bit crazy.
Convoy’s reputation is for high quality, budget, easy to use flashlights, with lots of emitter options.
If you want hotrods, RGB aux LEDs on disco mode, quads with mixed emitters, and having to perform factory resets after one false click, then look at lights from Hank, Fireflies, et al.
I’m going to have to agree also. I’ve got two types of flashlights;tools and toys. Convoy makes tools, physical switches, heavy wall construction, simple UI’s and reliable. Toys with flashy lights, sublights, multi step programming I buy else where. I’m guilty I think Convoy should up a few amps here and there on some lights. Build a few hot rods pushing the limits. Instead he builds light I can actually let nonflashaholics use without fear of burning themselves or screwing up the programs.
Agree, not interested in the tricked-up fancy stuff for everyday lights. Just need something that works….and is easy for the whole family to operate, grab and go without stressing if they click too many times that they will stuff up the settings. A basic UI and reliability to just work when needed is all I want.
Saving up for a couple of Convoy lights…particularly either the C8 or L21B (dedicated green Ostram and whit LED’s)
So you plan versions of the L6 or L7 with this emitter?
This holster
uh ,no plan,
no suitable driver
i install SFT70 in L6,
i get 375KCD ,ANSI 1224meters range ,
but the shape of the spot is strange ,and a hole in the middle
Yeah i have the same thing with 4x18 FC40.
Some emitters are meant for OP reflectors or to redesign existing one. But OP is cheaper i’d say
Sounds like the reflector needs to sit lower. Fc40 and sft70 shouldn’t inherently cause a donut hole or otherwise funky beam. But if you want to get rid of them simon just let me know 
Yes. I had to remove some material from from the gasket, make it thiner. But now i have to add copper spacer between mcpcb and reflector to adjust focus and remive donut.
I agree with the discussion about wants and needs. I love Convoy's simplicity. There are many options out there that cover all kinds of gimmicky features already and if you want a light with many features, high CRI emitter choices, TIR lens, complex UI, ramping tints.. things starts to pile up. You can't have that with quality and ruggedness for cheap. If anyone ask me the only lights i believe Convoy lacks are quads. Simon already has preety much everything covered by now imho.
There are a few quads in the market, much appreciated ones in fact, and most of them run 18650 cells, Manker's E14iii runs quad LH351D's on 18350 but has 18650 tube as a performance enhancement available, Astrolux has the S43, Hank has the D4V2... Running a quad array from a 21700 like an "S12+" or M21B body and OP reflectors could be a very good seller since there's the demand for it. I think it would be Convoy's take on the D4 and D4S, a light similar to a Nitecore P20ix. SST-20, LH351D and Nichia options would be all the light i would ever need. Power, smooth beam, emitter choices, runtime... People have been spending money and time building multi emitter Covoys themselves, this must say something about demand tbh.
The sheer amount of people interested in a triple S2's too is crazy, people here spend almost a hundred dollars building them but it think this is too much of a hotrod for Convoy.
Anything other than this i think is a gimmick.
But this is just me, i see these lights much more as utilitarian tools than colletible items anyways and the nice thing about convoys is not minding them being scratched, dented, dirty... this is why they are always around.
Simon,can GT FC40 manufacture made 1800k~2000k Led high Cri 3535 and 5050 size at 3V?
Just received this in the mail! Simon, this light is a friggen Beaut' Man! Top shelf work! Cant wait to see the sft40 in action in a larger reflector tonight at dark!
Oh, also like the clear tail switch button it came with! need to get one of those fancy lighted ones you sell!
although I'm definitely guilty of owning many "toy / gimmicky" flashlights, which I love, I agree with these comments. I just think there is a ton of requests being thrown at Simon lately in this thread. It kind of feels like every time someone has a thought they just "throw it out there", requesting Simon to make it/list it/offer it, with little regard. I understand how business works and the need to listen to the customers, but the tone of the thread has started going sideways lately... Do I think Convoy producing a tint ramping light is a good idea? Ehh.. I'm not one who is interested in such a light, but I think it's Definitely outside of Convoy’s normal business model. Sounds like he is going to make it, but I just would hate for it to not be perfect and him get 10,000 requests for a design change after he already put all the work into manufacturing it in the first place. Kind of like what is happening with his current driver’s UI in the new line of large lights (sbt90 and Sft40 triple). Fixing the UI is a reasonable request, but designing a new light with such complexity as tint ramping? I don't know. I look forward to Convoys simple robust designs and also their offering to us enthusiast who like to “tinker” (leds, centering rings, hosts, reflectors, etc) . I understand not everyone will mod, but changing the LEDS in a tint ramping Sofirn is a simple mod where about $75 in "tools" are needed, and those tools will enable the user to do countless other mods too.. I think if you are an enthusiast who buys numerous flashlights and has a budget to buy numerous lights, buying some basic tools (soldering station $50, hot plate $20, etc) and trying to lightly mod your perfect setup is completely reasonable. there is plenty of support here to learn the process, and it is very satisfying to learn. I am also willing to help with modding for people, i just think there are things we should ask of the manufacturers, and then there are other things we should ask of the community. Simon cannot produce every variant of every light he has, it is just unreasonable..
Centering ring maybe? How low is the reflector?