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Sofirn IF30 with 32650 battery (programming.dev)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/flashlight@lemmy.world
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Edited: previously linked to https://www.sofirnlight.com/products/sofirn-if30-edc-powerful-flashlight?spm=..collection_eea4d417-4338-4a86-ba3e-1a41b66cb32b.collection_detail_1.1, replaced with an image for better Lemmy preview.

Something new from Sofirn. These larger cells (than 26800) seem to be popping up in flashlights more often now. This one lists 6500 mAh which isn't a much bigger capacity but presumably the maximum discharge must be pretty high to support 12000 lumens.

Sft-40 in the center surrounded by flood emitters. This isn’t one I’ll be picking up, maybe I’ll hold out for a 461000 cell!

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

Long runtime, I guess. Maybe the circuit is recycled from a dual fuel 1AA/14500 light. Since they made the housing large enough to hold three AA's, having it accept a D as an alternative is a nice touch. Countycomm has a 1D light that looks kind of nice but costs $65 so I haven't been too interested. For non geeks though, D cells are a simple way to have quite a lot of energy on hand. It unfortunately looks like the AD01 is $70+, oh well. Wake me up if you see a light in this format at $20 or less, heh.

Countycomm version: https://countycomm.com/products/1d-flashlight-by-maratac

Added: oops this post is misplaced. It was supposed to reply to Reader9's post about the Lumintop LD01. Anyway I do like the 3AA/1D format in principle. It just misses its best audience if the light is expensive.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    And just like that, Countycomm has lowered the prices of its C and D lights, to $35 and $45 respectively:

    They are still pretty heavy, will end up getting powered by alkaleaks, and tbh for a light of this style I'd prefer 1 level to 2 levels, for less confusing operation.

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