Who are you trying to deceive? Best Thrower with FET driver? 
This light is a parody. The best example of where Sofirn keeps making the same mistakes, over and over again.
What’s even funnier is that the same factory actually produces the best budget thrower, and Sofirn could have used their driver. In a flashlight of this size, such performance and driver shouldn’t even be considered. It makes this flashlight a paperweight. Even the Catapult Mini eats it for breakfast.
In my humble opinion.
who are you trying to deceive?
No one
the same factory actually produces the best budget thrower
Which model is that? Convoy L21B?
I agree. L19 V2 is the best if you can swing $100+. I don’t use mine kuch, but when I need a mid rsnge thrower, I grab it. L21B beats it also, but no charging and no battery for around $40 you can get it with a battery though. Fantastic light though. You’re limited to FET drivers with these sub $40 kit lights it seems.
I’m posting my review for this light soon too.
I concur that this is a good budget thrower.
There are more things to a light than the driver.
Sofirn aced it with the hidden charging port, large TIR and double tailswitch. These are things we’ve never seen before in a single 40$ light. Yes if you want to compare every cent to performance, you probably already have an L21B… But this is progression in every way except for the driver side.
@Haedesz well said. I couldn’t agree more.
This was a rhetorical question, my friend. 
Let me explain my perspective. We’re talking about flashlights here, flashlights are tools designed to provide light in the darkness. I know, it’s incredible. 
A flashlight of this size that can’t output 500 lumens for longer than a few minutes is a joke. While the build quality and user interface are undoubtedly impressive, it’s not enough. Sofirn produces smaller and more affordable flashlights with better drivers. Even the SC28 can sustain over 500 lumens, and the compact Aplos T02 over 600. A design like this deserves a better driver, capable of maintaining at least 800 lumens, even if the price would be higher, as it’s not the most important factor here. Let’s be honest, for an extra $20, we could have really good light.
That is why we have been bugging Wurkkos to revise the TD01 with a buck driver version. We’ll see when and if they actually release it. They release these lights without any input of us and let’s be real, “we” are a very small group.
Maybe they did have some dual tail switch driver off the shelf from the factory, to cut time, R&D, costs. I would look to Simon or Acebeam if you want efficiency.
The magic word boost or buck doesn’t instantly mean quality.
There is no thermal regulation here…
This is not a SAR light…
This is a 30$ light on flash sale…
I don’t see how this light is better than the TD01. At least wit the TD01 once you set it to tac mode you get instant access to turbo from the tail switch. I just don’t get a dedicated thrower having instant access Strobe but not turbo.
I don’t see how this light is better than the TD01.
@Geoduck these are the main reasons:
- TD01’s switches are some of the worst feeling I’ve ever used. The tailswitch was particularly bad with extra creaks and clicks. SF26 has great switches.
- TD01 uses a rubber port cover. SF26 has the threaded collar thing.
- I can’t quantify it but SF26 feels much higher quality than TD01.
- TD01 has a delay between clicking the switch and the light turning on. No such delay on SF26.
At least with the TD01 once you set it to tac mode you get instant access to turbo from the tail switch. I just don’t get a dedicated thrower having instant access Strobe but not Turbo.
Totally fair. I don’t like the instant strobe here and the instant turbo would have been much better. I said as much in the UI section.
It makes alot of sense to use a fet driver for an sft40. They’re really green at low currents, a FET driver would have the best tint on all modes. Less tint shift through the ramp than linear. Can’t use a boost obviously. Can’t really use a buck/boost unless you want to be limited to 3A. You can use a buck but higher modes still act as if it was fet driver, but not quite as bright. Way better efficiency though.