Sofirn Flashlights

Before the name went on any flashlight, Sofirn's parent, Shenzhen City Jinba Technology, spent six years building lights for other brands: it started as an OEM supplier in 2010 and began selling under its own label in 2016. Founder Qidong Yang named the brand after his wife. That factory background shows in hardware basics done right at low prices. Sofirn names the SC31 Pro, Q8 Pro, LT1 and IF22A as its best sellers, though the Q8 Pro has since been discontinued. Its stated warranty is short. Within 30 days the original seller repairs or replaces a faulty light; after that, flashlights are covered for a year through Sofirn's service address and batteries for six months.

Most of the range runs open-source Anduril firmware or a simpler Sofirn interface, and that choice divides the lineup more usefully than the model letters do. Owners describe the SC31 Pro as the cheapest way into Anduril and the SP10 Pro as the cheapest Anduril 2 light that runs on both AA and 14500; the IF25A, Q8 Pro and LT1 run it too. The SC and SP lights (SC21, SC32, SC33, SP35, SP36 Pro) are the everyday and high-output flashlights, the IF22A is a compact thrower, the Q8 Pro and Q8 Plus are soda-can flooders, and the HS10, HS20, HS40 and HS41 are headlamps alongside the older SP40A. The LT1 and its collapsible single-cell sibling, the LT1S, are lanterns. Five of these, the SC21, SC32, SP35, IF25A and Q8 Pro, are discontinued.

Owners keep returning to two points. The good one is value: the IF22A's reach for the money is called astounding, the SP36 Pro is among the most consistently recommended budget high-output lights, and the LT1's warm-to-cool color mixing makes it the lantern enthusiasts suggest. The recurring catch is the emitter. The SST-40 in the SC31 Pro, SP35 and SP36 Pro, and the XHP70.3 in the SC33, are cool and low-CRI, so colors look flat beside the high-CRI LH351D in the HS10 or SC21. Heat and measured shortfalls come up as well: IF22A owners report about 70°C, and SC32 owners measured output roughly 25% under the claim.