Hey Sofirn.
I think you’re doing fine….but not for my needs. You still don’t have the kind of lights that I like. I like lights that are powerful, small and lightweight.
Your lights are powerful enough and (especially recently) often small enough. But never lightweight. For this reason the only Sofirn light that I use is LT1…I use it because it doesn’t seem to have a real competition, but would rather switch for something much smaller and lighter. And LT1 mini is not it, it’s much better but still bulky.
I stopped hoping to convince you to create something more compact and lightweight…but if you ask for feedback - that’s it.
I have been off the forums for a while due to health issues, am just staring to come back. I left just as Sofirn was just getting started. Looks like you have kept a high value to cost ratio and steadily improved your selections. Love the USB-C support. Looks like great communication between you and BLF. Thanks for the giveaway!
I really like the sofir flashlights for the value for money, I love the IF25 for the 21700 battery and how compact it is and the change in tones,
now I have to acquire the IF22a.
Cheer up and continue like this.
Sofirn’s willingness to collaborate with the flashlight community is very appreciated, and I’m looking forward to the release of the SP10 Pro. Thanks for sharing this giveaway!
IF 22 and SP40 are IMHO the milestones for Sofirn. The first is very innovative the latter became very popular due to good quality and friendly price (which has significantly risen recently).
New challenges? For me best would be a Sofirn adaptation of FireFlies PL47 mule. I’m missing 21700 headlamp with wide beam.
I have several Sofirn lights and am mostly happy with the ones I have. I especially like the tints you use in the neutral white area. I don’t care for the single switch lights in any brand. I much prefer a tail cap. So when you came out with the SC31T, I was excited to try that out. I was a little disappointed that the regulation is not as good as the SP31 V2.0. There is also an outer ring in the beam. A good current regulated driver such as the SP31 and fix the focal depth or whatever is causing that ring and I would be elated to buy more.
I’m loving the reliability of my sf14 v2 and my sp33 v2. Especially the sp33 gives me a perfect flood for doing diy around the house.
One thing I would like to see is more hosts and drivers like Convoy has
Count me in for the giveaway!
I have been EDCing my SC21 mini since I got it, and it has been great aside from some accidental button activations. I’m not sure how to design the ideal side button but I think it should be less protruding with a small “guard” around it, it could be larger so it would still be as easy to find without looking.
16340 and 14500 releases are the most exiting for me, as I think 18650 is too bulky for EDC.
I’m eagerly waiting for the SP10 pro, buck drivers running Anduril is really a big step forward.
Hi there,
I am very interested in Sofirn flashlights. I have the BLF Q8 and the C8F.
With the Q8 I particularly like the user interface with 7 brightness levels, with the C8F also the user interface with a lot of possibilities including ramping I find very good. The Q8 is a bit heavy for me for regular use, so the C8F is more practical and I also find the 21700 battery very good in terms of shape, length and capacity. I would particularly like a lamp in which I can change the light color, i.e. LT1 or IF25 2700K-6500K. I wish everyone a lot of fun with Sofirn flashlights and a nice Advent season. Thank you so much for reading my comment.
The following is biased; 22 of my 45 lights are of their design. And my intent is recognition of Sofirn’s efforts.
I’ve seen Sofirn evolve from the Thorefire partnership; their successes as the Q8 and its newer derivatives, their innovations and better iterations (the IF22, the SP10v3, and many new models). I can’t voice my singular requests, and neither can they cater to every whim. Asking a bastion of enthusiasts their opinions and input on any design is, in my humble view, an invitation to chaos. Too many cooks and not enough structure make for a discord of requests. Many would have not catered to such, but their patience and wisdom make for the novelty and quality that sets Sofirn as a better manufacturer.
Diverse form factors, optional tints, colourful anodization, better-regulated drivers, compensating thermal management, incorporating complex software and then creating their simplified version; and not to forget the hurdles of the manufacturing and integration of supply. Sofirn has matured and continues to be consumer-friendly with no-frills design and modest cost.
Looking forward to a continued partnership with BLF.
I have only three Sofirn lights, all of which I use every day. Those are the only Sofirn lights I bought until now, but I really like them. All the others I’ve sold or given away to friends, because they were simply inferior in comparison.
My wish is to get better CRI, close to 100, as better CRI renders the scene much better with lesser lumens and lesser eye strain.
An other wish is for a sharper light, maybe with stacked optics, so called “projector” light, which renders sharp shadows and a super clear scene. I can help with this.
This is the only drawback of the existing lights, the shadows in the hotspot are unsharp due to the constructions of the reflectors with crossing rays, wich obfuscates small structures of the scene a bit. The SC31pro, for example, renders sharp shadows in the spill, while rendering unsharp shadows in the hotspot, which is sometimes confusing to the eyes.
High CRI options from launch! I think this will only increase sales as you cater to more people, those who buy based on lumen numbers and those who only buy high CRI.
