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Wow! And the product page says powered by 4x 18650, whew. You scared me for a minute. 10k lumens from 1x 18650 would be awfully short runtime ;).
Barry, great to see more products become available!
There are a large number of people here wanting a very simple magnetic ring controlled flashlight the size of an SP35 and using ATR. Will this ever be considered?
I made a mistake, thank you for put me right.
Do you mean 21700 compact flashlight? or smaller one like DF10?
Small head like the DF10, but with a 21700 ideally.
But honestly, even just re-releasing the DF10 with the modes adjusted for no strobe or sos.
Modes something like 1000, 400, 150, 30, 2. Samsung 351D.
If charging could be added somehow this would make it perfect! If not, make sure springs are long enough for batteries with built in charging.
Many hundreds of members and myself wish for a light like this to gift to our family members who are not enthusiasts. I’d buy one for myself, my sisters, mother, grandfather and girlfriend. So that’s 6 for me.
what if the battery is not replaceable? If you are good st DIY, you can replacement new battery but for muggles, it will be easy to use.
Does it have to be as small as possible? Does it have to be waterproof as dive light?
Actually Djozz talked with me about the kind of light called called "grandma light" which means very easy to use. But the key is cost has to be low enough which is the most difficult matter to conquer.
It will be very helpful if there is a big interest list for the edc light with easy operation and easy to charge.
I hadn’t seen the DF10 before. I’m liking this design, except for the blink modes on it. SOS is totally unnecessary. Would be nicer to see 5 brightness modes instead of 3. And maybe a hidden strobe (e.g. you have to go back/forth from high/med twice quickly to activate) so it’s not easy to accidentally invoke it.
As for the SD01Pro triple reflector design… I’m just curious why this was chosen. It’s a rather old concept that was pioneered earlier by some of the major players (Nitecore, Fenix) and then copied a lot by smaller brands. Seems there’s quite a bit more work to machine for 3 separate sockets and conduits rather than doing a triple emitter cluster with a single reflector.
Obviously a popular light if no one has posted a test of it in 3+ years since it was introduced. Not sure of current status as it shows up as available on Amazon and elsewhere but not on the current Sofirn English language web site that I could find.
I just bought one and overall this is a very old fashioned soda can light other than the claimed output. No USB or other integral charging and it uses four 18650 batteries rather than the currently more fashionable three 21700 cells. As a dive light it has no strobe or other tactical output settings, just 4 output levels from 350 lumens to a claimed 10,000 lumens controlled by a magnetic ring with no setting markings. Definitely brighter maximum output than any of my 10 year old soda can lights. The 350 lumens setting is plenty bright for most uses such as walking the dog and Sofirn claims a 20 hours run time for this setting.
As I note in my earlier post it is no longer listed on the Sofirn English language web site though available from Amazon and multiple AliExpress sellers as well as on eBay.
Per the Sofirn web site the included batteries are good for 6.4 amps continuous drain each which I suspect is inadequate for full turbo mode output. Nitecore lists their TM28 Tiny Monster as needing four 10 amp CDR 18650 batteries for full turbo output of 6000 lumens and the Sofirn batteries are only rated for 64% of that output for a 10,000 lumens claimed turbo mode. Hard for me to think that the LEDs in the Sofirn are that much more efficient so based on the review elsewhere of the Sofirn Q8 Plus I suspect that Turbo may be considerably brighter with higher drain batteries. I intend to get a set.
With it’s lack of USB charging the light includes two 2 slot external chargers for the 4 batteries. The charger slots are too short for 70mm long batteries. Also included are spare O rigs and a diving lanyard. The included handle looks almost identical to the Wurkkos TS32 and DL06 handle but the shape of the light to handle contact area is different between Wurkkos and Sofirn lights so the handles are not interchangeable.
If you want a soda can format dive flashlight the Wurkkos DL06 seems to me to be a much more up to date design with USB C charging, 21700 batteries and 50% greater claimed maximum output for a currently even lower price on Amazon.