Every time I read Supfire, I misread it as Supbeam. I’d like a Supbeam/Acebeam…
Anyone’s got any experience with this A2 yet? I’m curious.
Not a fan of zoomies but this looks really interesting.
I am afraid it will be pricey and I really don’t know if I like the idea of an 18650 charger built in… I do have a BD03 and it has not nuked on me yet.
I would be more interested if it did not have the stinkin’ blinkin’ going on. 
Matt
I like the looks of it …I’d like it to be 7$ …….
I’ll buy a handful at seven bucks … seven is a much luckier number
The only reason I found this light is because my customers are very annoying. 90% of them are stuck in the old mag light days with the whole concept of focusing an incandescent bulb. They always come to me and pick up lights I sell. They start to take the head off a convoy s2+ or c8 and ask if it focuses. I say “no sorry” and they start to walk away. Then I show them an inferior sk98 and tell them that this light focuses. Their eyes light up and they buy it. I try to tell them that the s2 and c8 are better with reflectors. But they do not care about or understand a reflector light. Then they bitch if the sk98 doesn’t have a built in charger. Ugghhh. So if this A2 is built better than a sk98 then it will solve my problems. I think most of the sk98 are junk but my customers do not care. And I’m tired of getting shipments of sk98 with lattice bright leds. I have probably gone through 300 sk98 at this point.
Supfire has always produced some decent lights. I never liked their cheap glossy anodizing that they put on a majority of their lights. We will see how this A2 does.
I’m sure Richard at www.mtnelectronics.com could get a shipment of these and offer a good price without the unprotected supfire 18650
I had bad luck with this solarstorm starry light ex01. The usb charging worked but the green and red warning lights quit working properly . And the anodizing was very cheap and glossy.
I hope it has memory or always starts on low/high. I really hate next mode bs.
Looks like it has those really cheap dust and side switch covers too. Those things shear/fall/tear off with the lightest use.
There is a non-zoom version A5 for Supfire but the quality is not as good.
Are there any other nice little zoomy’s out there for under $20? Or… Maybe this isn’t the right question for this thread? If not, just ignor my question:)
I feel your pain brother. The only lights i’ve been really selling are green c8’s for blood tracking. Other than hunters, I can’t find many people interested in a premium (Convoy) light.
Please, when you get the light, let us know the UI (low to high or high to low) and does it have memory.
Hope someone can do a BG and then put in a better driver and XP-L HI in it. Been looking for a good zoomie for awhile.
No one has this yet?
Mine is not in yet. It’s tracking # is RF387292563SG. 17track.net says it arrived in the US on the 20th, but no further updates. USPS never heard of this tracking #.
Just ordered one of these. Now just have to wait 4-6 weeks for it to arrive.
I don’t really need USB charging and am not a fan of the standard 5-mode UI. Goal will be to possibly use it as a mod host.
If it could be mod, it would be great with an efficient driver.
Yeah. I tend to like overpowered ultra-compact lights. If possible, plan would be something along the following:
- Replace driver with 17mm FET e-switch driver from Mtn Electronics
- Replace stock switch mechanism with a tiny microswitch (I have a bag of them on-hand).
- Consider shortening pill or moving driver mounting so driver can sit closer to emitter. Goal is to open up as much space in the battery compartment as possible.
- Ideally battery should run completely below the switch with no wasted space.
- If successful in opening up additional space in head-end of battery compartment, shorten body tube using human lathe method.
- Replace emitter with XPL HI
- File down back of head and top of pill so lens can retract closer to emitter dome. This makes the light more compact and gives a wider floodbeam without affecting the spotbeam.
The stock light is 125mm long. This is too big for my pocket EDC. Ideally I’d like to shorten that to 90-95mm.