I really like Sofirn lights, but not the AA ones so much.
Speaking of size, their 3 clicky lights (SF10, SF12, SF14) are all larger than the T2.
And the SP10 is a momentary light (that comparison would really be apples and oranges) more in the ballpark of the UT01. I eyed the SP10 for some time, but refrained because of the don’t-drop-it-or-it’s-broken problem. And it’s much more difficult to mod them. Most lights I buy, I see them as hosts, which happen to have stuff inside…
Oh, and color, the Sofirn red is too pink for me. The Convoy red is good. Not as nice as the Maglite red, but good. I’d take blue and green as well…
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I was poking around about the driver in the T2 and ran across this. Great schematic!
And yeah, that’s PIC-like layout, not compatible with our usual attiny’s. But the new ones (attiny412) would work, as long as you don’t mind the new architecture. The one downside I see… no provision for voltage readings via a voltage divider. And since the voltage coming into the MCU is boosted, internal vref readings are out of the question. So no driver-based LVP? Hmm… at least it’s a 17mm driver.
Whoa. I wasn’t aware this light even existed. Looks nice, but that clip gots ta go. It needs to be a deep-carry clip, especially for a short light like an AA/14500.
At least it’s not a chromy silver afterthought-clip…
The 4-mode driver looks nice if in fact it removed blinkies.
It has existed for a while, but I don’t think many people were very interested in it, because of it’s relatively large for an AA light, and the PWM was a dealbreaker for a lot of users.
With the new driver, it seems a lot more appealing.
It’s not perfect, but the bolt-on style of clip works decently well here through the lanyard holes. It would be nice if there was a groove cut for Olight’s old baton style clip.
This is what I did to my T2. I use the pocket clip of an Amutorch S3 and screwed it in, using some bolts.
The holes in the “screw in” clips sold by Convoy (and many other stores) are more distant than the lanyard holes in the tail of the T2.
This is a comparison with the Sofirn SF14 (top), that uses a “regular” screw in clip!
I received the new version of the T2 yesterday.
Nichia 219c, 4000K - output - 470 lm with 14500(Shockli) - but only with full charged battery.
130 lm with AA (eneloop)
There is 3 min stepdown, even with NiMHs (from 130lm to 90lm) - this disappointed me the most - why the stepdown from such a low output?!
The flashlight does have mode memory. No visible PWM.
Good flashlight, but the new driver seems to be of rather average class.
