Interest collect for a new Sofirn design: tube style18650, magnetic ring control, USB-C charging, 500 lm max (AKA grandma light)

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I liked djozz’s review of the SD03, particularly that it can easily be used with gloves on.

Sofirn SD03 diving light, first thoughts

[image] I have not seen anything on this 100 meter diving light yet on BLF or the internet, so I thought it might deserve a thread. I bought this in a recent sale for under 20 dollar and may as well show it to you [image] I bought the SD03 because of the distinct styling but it was more hefty than I thought, considerably larger than a Thorfire VG10 which has the same reflector size and is already not the smallest in its class. Weight w/o battery 183 gram, (130 gram for the Thor…

Is it moddable?
I’m always looking for lights I can mod to amber emitters, for myself and elderly friends whose sleep is easily disrupted by white lights.
This looks like an easily held onto shape and a simple UI.

Operation:

To screw the switch clockwise to turn on, and rotate the switch to cycle through High→Medium→Low.

To rotate the switch counter-clockwise to cycle Low→Medium→High→Off.