✌ FREEME - ASTROLUX EC01 SST40 XHP50B-3V Andúril 21700/ 18650 Flashlight >>> Deal is ALIVE!!!

phantom23 · 2020-11-15T02:41:41.000Z

TexasToasted:

Sofirn C8G is single emitter side + tail switch version.

It’s one step larger, cool white only and it’s a thrower with over double peak hotspot intensity.

phantom23:

Does anyone know what’s the current draw with SST-40 emitter? Thanks.

Bump?

Casual · 2020-11-17T19:28:21.000Z

phantom23:

Also one suggestion to Astrolux - a dual switch setup with a simple on/off flat tail switch (there’s plenty of space there) with a side switch for mode adjustments would be much easier to use than than too complicated, “one million clicks” Anduril UI.

Actually the opposite, dual switch is more complicated. It performs the same actions with additional need to rotate the flashlight between buttons, or perform a complex dual-hand action. In some conditions either of that can be risky.

phantom23:

I disagree, this flashlight is not a thrower and if you want one - search for something else. SST-40 makes beam profile less floody and more balanced but it’s still not a thrower, just a good all rounder.

However XHP50 is more suitable as an all rounder than SST40.

gchart · 2020-11-18T04:07:41.000Z

Just ordered a green SST40 5000K. Thanks freeme!

freeme · 2020-11-18T04:10:45.000Z

Thank you

gchart:

Just ordered a green SST40 5000K. Thanks freeme!

gchart · 2020-11-18T04:12:14.000Z

Now to stock up on some more 21700’s… hmm.

phantom23 · 2020-11-18T13:41:11.000Z

Casual:

Actually the opposite, dual switch is more complicated. It performs the same actions with additional need to rotate the flashlight between buttons, or perform a complex dual-hand action. In some conditions either of that can be risky.

Less complicated because changing modes by a single click is the easiest thing out there. Combinations like “press+hold+wait+release” are a pain in the you know where. Tail switch allows for a different grip which some people prefer but more importantly - both switches can be right nest to each other, more - two-stage click solves everything.

Casual:

However XHP50 is more suitable as an all rounder than SST40.

Being floody doesn’t mean being good all-round, I think SST40 version is more balanced. Also SST is available with much nicer color temperature (5000K) meanwhile Cree is very cool white with some tint shifts. And it shouldn’t be a battery killer like XHP50 (which drops the brightness by over 50% in less than a minute).

Speaking of that - @freeme can you please ask Astrolux what’s the current draw from the battery in the EC01 with SST40 emitter? Thanks.

jp9mm · 2020-11-18T14:00:01.000Z

Single click is still press hold and release. If we are trying to overcompensate how a button is pressed. .lol

Casual · 2020-11-18T18:08:25.000Z

phantom23:

And it shouldn’t be a battery killer like XHP50 (which drops the brightness by over 50% in less than a minute).

It’s no miracle, SST40 is less bright from the beginning.

Tom_White · 2020-11-18T18:14:47.000Z

Interested in a code for the XHP50.2 version.

phantom23 · 2020-11-18T21:32:17.000Z

jp9mm:

Single click is still press hold and release.

It’s not, there is no holding and waiting to release at the right moment.

Casual:

It’s no miracle, SST40 is less bright from the beginning.

Brightness isn’t everything. When it lasts a few seconds and kills the battery - it’s useless.

jfalk1 · 2020-11-19T02:04:20.000Z

Howdy…Ill take one please

freeme · 2020-11-19T08:31:53.000Z

Sure thing.

jfalk1:

Howdy…Ill take one please

phantom23 · 2020-11-19T16:21:43.000Z

freeme:

Sure thing.

Hi, can you plase ask Astrolux what’s the current draw with the SST40 emitter? Thanks.

jaykay7 · 2020-11-19T16:29:17.000Z

Code please.

Cloud · 2020-11-19T16:52:54.000Z

May I have the code also. Thanks

freeme · 2020-11-19T17:58:53.000Z

I actually intend to post my own readings after i receive my unit. Let me see if they have any factory readings to provide tomorrow.

phantom23:

freeme:

Sure thing.

Hi, can you plase ask Astrolux what’s the current draw with the SST40 emitter? Thanks.

TexasToasted · 2020-11-20T06:02:24.000Z

freeme:

Estimated delivery date is Nov 30.

Shouldn’t be that long.

TexasToasted:

… Expected dilivery date Jan 2, 2021 :person_facepalming:

Apparently Banggood didn’t really ship my light on the Nov 12. Tracking still shows the package has not been turned over to the shipper and Banggood has added a week to my expected delivery date, now showing Jan 8, 2021.
Just busines as usual for Banggood.
And the product page still says “10 to 15 days shipping time to Texas”

freeme · 2020-11-20T09:17:13.000Z

I have couple of orders coming in from BG this month. Package tracking is not updated as frequent as past years but that does not mean that your order is not moving.

TexasToasted:

freeme:

Estimated delivery date is Nov 30.

Shouldn't be that long.

TexasToasted:

… Expected dilivery date Jan 2, 2021 :person_facepalming:

Apparently Banggood didn’t really ship my light on the Nov 12. Tracking still shows the package has not been turned over to the shipper and Banggood has added a week to my expected delivery date, now showing Jan 8, 2021. Just busines as usual for Banggood. And the product page still says “10 to 15 days shipping time to Texas”

rockfanatic · 2020-11-26T10:17:36.000Z

Its my review of SST40 version compered to xhp.

TheIntruder · 2020-11-26T22:50:25.000Z

Does the newest version still ship with the old, original firmware?

At least some (if not all) of the 5700k versions that shipped after the first 6500k, then 5000k versions dried up still used the original firmware, lacking the version check, factory reset, two-level lockout, or more significantly, better (or TK might say, proper) thermal regulation.

For my purposes, I’m happy with the XHP50 version. The SST40 shots don’t compel me to run out and order another.