Review : Thorfire C8s Flashlight (upgraded) + battery & charger + bike mount (4+1 modes , XM-L2 , 18650 / 2xCR123 ) + bonus mod

Thanks for the review, interesting charger, looks like a Xtar MC1. I like the matte finish of thorfire more than the convoy.

Great review as always George!

Nice review George
I like the Thorfire C8S, it’s a real solid performer
I have 3 in our house (kids a me all have one) and I have gifted another 4 out to non flashaholics and they love them too.
I feel confident in giving these out because of the low voltage protection and can take protected Panasonic NCR18650B’s or the Sanyo 18650GA protected too
I give these out with Liitkala i200’s or 100’s
All up around $30AU a perfect gift set
I find it’s really useful for up to 100-130 metres and can reach about 300 metres but I wouldn’t say it lights up much at that distance but you can definitely see a bit of light hitting that distance

I got and modified several of both (Thorfire C8s and Convoy C8). In quality they are comparable but I like driver and and tailcap of Thorfire C8s more.

Thanks for the kind words people !

I’m already modding the C8s , a <5$ mod (not something “new”) that can make it throw waaaay better .

Well, you weren’t the Barry I was referring to in my post :confounded: , but I was buying them for $13 to $14 (for the older, upgraded model :D), through Slickdeals a while back. They are actually $17 on Amazon right now, but back-ordered. I’m going to order 1, and a TS07 I’ve had in my cart for a while.

very curious…what is your mod?

Nice review. Got one several months ago. The cutout in the tail cap is a big improvement in my opinion. It fits the Convoy C8 also. I seem to remember TF had a coupon code for a short period, that brought them down to $14 or so.

Resistor mod , led dedome , installed a DTP board (yes , stock board is non-dtp) , bypassed springs and thicker led wires.

I will write a post with the mod , and step by step amp draw change (before resistor mod , after res mod , after spring bypass , led wires change etc .)

2nd post updated with the mod , i will update soon OP with the rest . Review is complete :wink:

Nice review giorgoskok. I have read a few reviews of this newer model, but since I already had a few older ones, I never got one. Your review pushed me into hitting the Accept button, lol. I’m impressed that you got 4+ amps on the stock driver. Do you measure with a clamp meter?

Thanks! Yes ,i use the Uni-t 210e .

Just add one resistor and voila :smiley:

Nice review and mod Giorgo! :+1:

Very nice review, we are waiting for the next one!

Nice review George. Well done.

I just took a look at the driver in my New C8s. This one is completely different from my older models, and appears to be different than yours George.
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It’s also 20mm, compared to 17mm, in my last one.

I have another C8s that i got AFTER the review one , from amazon .

Let me check the driver …

Just checked it and it has the same driver i reviewed .

Interesting …

Are yours 17 or 20mm? My inductor has a lot more windings, also. Still, I get about the same as you. 2.9A with heavy leads on my DMM.

Mine are 17mm .
It also has the sense resistor on the side , as i described , not on the center .