New Convoy C8 – Clearly better

Technical Perfectionist: Descriptive Noun. Which we are all very grateful for. :slight_smile:

Ahh…the old theme rises to the surface.

Right now I’m getting ready to eat “Deluxe Shells and Cheese” from a local grocery store. It says “Deluxe” right on the box so it must be true right?
Inside the box I have a squeezy packet of “Premium Cheese Sauce” that makes the noodles in the box taste good.

Where am I going with this you ask?

There are those who make wondrous claims…and those who make wonders reality and refuse any claim to these wonders.

I am truly blessed to have one of the latter on my side.

Thank you ToyKeeper for all you do.

Thanks! I shall henceforth be known as “Not Mac-n-Cheese”. Now where’s the button to change a username? :smiley:

Oh my gosh you’re killing me! :smiley: :person_facepalming:

Ask DBCstm about the button… I don’t know myself. Do you think I would have called myself J-Dub if I thought I was going to do more here than ask about getting a better EDC light for under $25? :person_facepalming:

At least you have a cool username!

I’m leaving now…going to find a drive-thru and order me a TK with cheese. Only problem is you need a lightsaber to cut the darn thing. :wink:

One day, when Einstein was asked to explain radio, he said: “You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”

And thus, any time there is no cat, or more specifically, a conspicuous vacancy where one would expect a cat, one can say it’s like radio. I’m like that, only instead of no cat, there’s no mac-n-cheese. I even made a new avatar:

WACK-105 FM

This conversation is really afFETAing our focus. Back on topic, flashaholics and serial modders! :smiley:

Like we are so well known at BLF for maintaining topic. lol

Edit: Uh, sorry, photo posted belonged elsewhere… my bad!

Getting back on topic, I give the new C8 a review rating of 4.5 out of 5 not-cheeses. Much like this thread, it could use some focus adjustments, but otherwise it’s the real deal.

TK the cat reminds me to the old days of napster !

Yes, it’s similar… but it’s from the NoCat open-source wifi radio driver project.

Next we’ll be going from cat-free macaroni to a boycott on macaroni to free the cats(you know, all those poor kitty’s captured on YouTube video).

Yup, the American Macaroni Association will launch a whole boycott campaign based on a misunderstanding of reality, claiming “Think of the kittens!”

Mac-n-cheese flavored popcorn will be available for spectators to purchase during the show.

I wonder if one can buy the cheese powder minus the macaroni. It might actually make a good popcorn topping. Maybe I should go out with my C8 and have a search party to find some.

Nocataloni? Unkittilicious? What’s the world coming to?

Hello

I need your help.
Now C8 is on flash sale on GB.

But I don’t know which version to buy.

On offer are:
XPL HI V2-1A
http://www.gearbest.com/bathroom-lighting/pp_356667.html?wid=21

XML2 U2 - 1A
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_102103.html?wid=21

What is the difference between these two emitters?

Are this new design C8?

Thank you.

Kind regards

XPL-HI has no dome an gives a narrow/thin beam, and will throw further
XML2 is a domed emitter and has a larger footprint, so will be more ‘floody’
V2 is the brightness bin for XPL-HI (as is the U2 for XML2)
1A is the tint of the emitter
The black convoy is a good choice, but the clear type is more bang for buck, since it comes with the new bistro (or was it biscotti again?) firmware, with AR glass and copper MCPCB

Thank you for your kind answer.
Now I learned something new. :slight_smile:

What does AR glass mean and why is new firmware better than old one?

Thank you

Anti Reflective coated glass.
The newer firmware allows you to choose more brightness levels, which is not possible with the old FW

Neither of them are the subject of this thread. The clear version is the only one that has the new firmware at the moment. Both variants you linked have the usual 3/5 modes firmware. The non clear ‘new version’ you can find at gearbest and other sites it’s actually somewhat old, but it was the new version when it was launched (they should really find a better adjective to describe it). The improvements of that version (mails better heat disipation) are now standard on all modern Convoy C8 you can find.