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

Great review as always George!

Nice review George
I like the Thorfire C8S, itā€™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 NCR18650Bā€™s or the Sanyo 18650GA protected too
I give these out with Liitkala i200ā€™s or 100ā€™s
All up around $30AU a perfect gift set
I find itā€™s really useful for up to 100-130 metres and can reach about 300 metres but I wouldnā€™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 !

Iā€™m already modding the C8s , a <5$ mod (not something ā€œnewā€) that can make it throw waaaay better .

Well, you werenā€™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. Iā€™m going to order 1, and a TS07 Iā€™ve had in my cart for a while.

very curiousā€¦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. Iā€™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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Itā€™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 ā€¦

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

Interesting ā€¦

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 .

Yeah, my older model drivers looked like this

From what I can tell, it is the same as yours. I stacked 2 r100ā€™s on top of 1 of them to halve the resistance. It was a nice improvement, but I donā€™t remember exactly the increase. I donā€™t have a clamp meter so I know Iā€™m not getting that accurate of measurements, anyway.

This was also purchased on Amazon. After they got new stock, at the end of the month. Apparently, they have changed drivers. All modes appear to be the same. Inductor has a lot more windingā€™s. It will resistor mod the same (although, that resistor looks huge :open_mouth: ). Just directly under the inductor. Maybe have to put a strip of Kapton tape there.
Anyway, I love the new tailcap :+1: