flashlight @lemmy.world Reader9 @programming.dev 1 yr. ago

Sofirn IF30 with 32650 battery

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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By 46100 do you mean 4680, the new Tesla format?

32650 is pretty close to a D cell. I wonder what they were thinking.
- D Cell
  
  Lumintop AD01 came out this year, no idea why but they support 1 D cell.
  
  Given how many folks refuse to buy any 14500 light that can't take AA's, as well as how many simply don't believe that there is any way a battery smaller than a D cell can hold enough power to do anything because that was true 30+ years ago, I can see why.
  
  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.
- I did make up 461000 but there are a few variations coming out with 46mm diameter, based on the popular format you mentioned but different lengths. And the poster of this BLF thread mentioned Lumintop GT110 which uses a 46110! (110mm not 11mm).
  
  Interesting about these large single cells displacing multi cell lights. I guess the vendors don't trust the cell quality and/or BMS. This is all lumenitis anyway imho. By the time a light gets this large, maybe you want a night vision scope instead.
Aside from the unusual cell there’s also a wheel instead of a switch, and an unconventional unlock:

When unlocking, it needs to be rotated rapidly for more than 60 degrees at one time
Just saw this come up on AE, intriguing
- Same, I was surprised they had already put it on the main website as well.
Looks like a copy of the marauder from olight
- Thanks, I didn’t realize Olight was using this size battery already. The light shape is really similar.
32650 waat?
- Also, I just realized it’s only about 24 watts!
- I’ve also seen 32700 (MatemincoTK06) and 46950 (Lumintop Mach 4965 v2)!

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