New Convoy C8 – Clearly better

anyone can help with that new “biscotti” driver ,want to disable the memory,tabed fast 10 times ,waiting for the second buzz and full click the switch ,nothing happens.

Once in configuration mode there are essentially two choices, click the first blink or click the second blink. If you click the second blink then turn it off during the “buzz” you will have toggled memory on/off depending on where it is at the time you do this.

Thank you ToyKeeper, very nice of you to say.

lol i figured whats the problem.
i have a switch with led (without bleeder resistor)and its next mode memory ,replace the switch with normal and its fine.

Yeah, I’m guessing you haven’t added a bleeder to the driver? That’ll help the driver operate properly with the illuminated tailcap.

Preventing the driver from ever losing power tends to interfere with measurements that depend on the driver losing power. :slight_smile:

So when new version of Biscotti will be available, will we be able to safely distinguish new version of C8 clears that contains new(fixed) version? Is it clear now that it will contain V2 mark in product title or somewhere in description maybe?

I am asking because I want to buy this as soon as possible from GearBest (because coupons) like I have said but I want newer version.

Anybody know if Gearbest has updated version now?

I’d just buy it straight from Convoy.

Gearbest is cheaper and therefore better for me.
$1 is like $4 for me :confused:

It can be difficult to know what’s going on with Simon because he’s the sort who prefers to get things done instead of talking about it. And difficult to know what’s going on with Gearbest because they’re not exactly the most honest about what they sell.

So… if you want to take a risk, go with Gearbest. You might get what you want for a bit less. If you’d rather play it safe, go directly with Convoy and request an updated driver.

I should have a new driver to test in a few days, I think. Tracking says it hit customs yesterday.

how? there is no convoy website to buy from anyways last i checked… and who the hell is this Simon, he who runs convoy ??

For Mortuus — LMGTFY

Yup, Convoy is his baby and one of the more reliable budget brands available. Also willing to work with customers. If Chinese manufacturing ever decides to up their game they could do worse than modeling his approach.

Simon runs Convoy. Convoy’s store is at aliexpress.
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/330416

He has an unusually good quality-to-price ratio, and doesn’t follow the usual trend of making things cheaper (worse) over time. His products are typically on par with items several times the price.

I’m making the most out of the “faster than it should be” blinky modes on Biscotto V1.
(S2+ with Biscotti V1, attached to a light painting tool).

Well said TK. :+1:

I’m going to try to be polite in responding to this not so polite post…
Convoy has never had an official website.
It is not feasible for my friend Simon to maintain a site for his company at this time due to the many complications where he lives and operates his business.
Simon Mao is the owner/operator of Shenzhen Convoy Electronics and yes, he certainly is “he who runs Convoy”.
As his officially unofficial spokesperson I can assure you that yes, he is a very real person and yes, we really are friends. Our friendship has led to many of the Convoy lights that have been produced in the last year or so thanks to my friends here at BLF and Simon’s willingness to work with us.

Kudo’s on the control my friend. :wink:

That’s trippy and cool. It looks like the light shines into a tube and you swing the tube around?

I’ve been dragging my feet on a similar project, making a RGBA quad emitter pulse in rainbow patterns so it’ll look fancy when swinging a light saber around.