Tell 'em Jon....
It sounds like the sofirm is a mighty fine little light that pleases a lot of folks. Same as a pair of New Balance walking shoes is more suited for standing all day than a pair of bedroom shoes.
Yet when a person enters a thread on a Honda forum and scoffs at the Civic, saying a BMW is better.... what's the take away?
Man, I am late to the party - again. I just went online to buy E01s for emergency kits I'm updating and got the bad news. I won't argue technical points, but will say that the E01 was the best basic light I've owned. Outlasted my ARC by a long time and the ARC was a good light too. BASIC, no frills, inexpensive, etc. Just the ticket for an emergency light that doesn't take up a bunch of space.
I've read through this thread and want to thank all for input because you saved me a bunch of trial and error/research, etc. I just ordered three sofirms and I'll see how that goes.
Thanks.
Jeff