Sofirn runs a Flash Sale roughly every two weeks, with rotating models on their site. Each round replaces the previous batch, and over the year most lights show up sooner or later.
Buying strategy: Don’t buy just because something is “on sale.” Decide what you need (size, cell, emitter CCT/CRI, beam profile, driver, UI), then wait for that model to show up in a Flash Sale.
Pricing reality: The rest of their catalog is basically never full MSRP, there’s usually around 10% off. Think of that “10% off” as the highest normal price. The real deals are usually 40%+ during Flash Sales. Sometimes you’ll find equal or even better discounts in Sofirn’s AliExpress store (especially during AE’s seasonal sales like Black Friday).
What to expect in this thread:
Regular updates with a short highlight list
Quick notes on drivers/emitters and quirks
Community price checks, alternatives and discussions are welcome
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Sofirn Flash Sale 2025-09-15: new ST10 clip light for $24
As usual, Sofirn rotated their flash sale to a new batch of models. There are 12 lights on the sale, if you’ve been waiting on one of these models, now’s probably a good time to grab it. All prices include a Li-ion battery.
Which of these would you call the best value right now?
Here are the ones that stand out to me:
ST10 - $24: new pocket clip light with replaceable battery (14500 with USB-C charging included), two magnets, low-CRI 6500K emitters. Review: Weerapat’s YouTube. Macomako’s notes on the ST10 (unusual UI for the red light).
SC13A - $16: This is the SC13 variant with Anduril and 519A LED. The best pocket light for clipping to a hat.
SP40A - $21: Right-angle headlamp available also with a 2700K or 4000K high CRI emitter (LH351D), 18350 short tube is included.
Sale runs for roughly the next week. At checkout, an additional sales tax may be applied. For me in the EU it is 10%.
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The ones that look most interesting to me this time are:
SC33 - $29.99 Efficient boost driver and XHP70.3 HI emitter. More balanced (flood/throw) beam that the Wurkkos TS22 with the same LED. Tail switch, USB-C charging, 4000lm turbo and 900lm sustained output. Grizzly’s review.
C8L - $32.99 Full-size budget duty light with efficient boost driver and XHP50.3 HI LED. 2500lm turbo and over 1000lm sustained output. USB-C. Grizzly’s review: “It’s a great budget duty light with a good UI, great beam profile, great performance, great build quality.”
SC13A - $12.99 Since I took the screenshot, they’ve added the SC13A to the flash sale. This is the Anduril variant. 18350 battery, 5000K 519A emitter, USB-C, fresnel optic. Sofirn will be launching a new variant (copper SC13 with SFT-40 3000K/5000K) Anduril, and a buck driver), so they’re clearing out the old model.
Thanks for the info! I started this thread to track how prices change over time on Sofirn’s official site (since I think they sometimes adjust even the crossed-out prices they use to calculate discounts).
As for AliExpress, I think it really depends on the country you’re in. For me (shipping to the EU), the same link always shows a higher price than for shipping to the US. Some people also make heavy use of AliExpress coins, but that requires opening their app every day, which I personally don’t feel like doing.
But if you come across a great deal like the SC33 for $15 or something like that, feel free to share it here, I’d really appreciate it.
The one that stands out to me this week is the HS22 for $34.49:
This headlamp has an efficient buck driver, spot (SFT-25R 6500K), and floody warm (TN-3535 2700K high CRI 90) and cold (TN-3535 6500K CRI 70) emitters with tint mixing. USB-C charging. It’s a good alternative to the HS21 headlamp if you prefer warm white over the secondary red emitter.
It comes with a 4000mAh 18650 battery (unlike the standard 3000mAh Sofirn battery).
No, it was for $27.59 during Sofirn’s autumn sale on their official site. But the absolute lowest price it ever sold for was around $20 on AliExpress. During the current 11.11 sales it could be bought on AE for about $25 using their coupons.
The best deal of the bunch is easily the Sofirn SR12, at least in my opinion. It’s an excellent pocket thrower: SFT-25R LED, efficient buck driver, slim 25 mm head. Slightly less throwy than the Convoy S6/T6, but with a wider usable spill, a side switch, a magnet, way better UI, and USB-C. Works with Convoy short 18350 tubes too. I see the SR12 as the thrower sibling of the venerable FC11C. For $17.99 with an 18650 included, it even undercuts Convoy’s pricing.
It depends on which country you’re in. For me, in the EU (Czechia), Convoy doesn’t add any tax, but Sofirn usually added a 10% tax at checkout (which was weird for two reasons: 1/ VAT in my country is 21% not 10%, and 2/ their sister company Wurkkos never added any tax).
When you click on my avatar you’ll se I (literally) live in “The heart of the Netherlands”.
Our VAT is also 21%, and I only visit webstores that include that VAT percentage in their prices.
Because you don’t have to pay extra for the handling fee.
The extra tax percentage was low, but high enough to p*** me off.
So I checked my last Convoy order and yeah, you’re right! Simon really did charge me some new 2.5% “tax”. I’m gonna ask him why he added it for EU, because we don’t have any new tariffs in Europe.
Simon said the new 2.5% tax is basically prepaid customs. We don’t pay customs fees on orders under €150, but we do have to pay 21% VAT on anything coming from outside the EU. No idea how the Chinese shipping companies pull it off, but 2.5% is definitely better than 21%. That said, he never charged any extra tax before, and my orders always arrived without additional fees anyway.
If you want to offset that new tax, I’ve got a 5% off code for the Convoy site: PY7MMA3Y.
The best deal from this batch is definitely the Sofirn SC13 519A for $9.99 (18350 battery included, limited to 2 items per person, but you can get 2 black and 2 green):
