New Convoy C8 – Clearly better

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.

OK.

I hope they will soon release black version with new FW and AR glass.

gregor, just ask Simon for the Biscotti firmware when ordering from his Convoy store on AliExpress. He is very good about being customer oriented. You should be able to get what you want, for the asking. :wink:

Purchasing from online retailers it will take some time to clear out their stock of older lights, as compared to buying direct from Convoy.

At the end of the day, if you aren’t into modifying a light to get maximum output then the AR coated glass and copper mcpcb aren’t of major significance, the light will produce very similar results either way at stock output current. U2 XM-L2 will have a larger well defined hot spot with useful spill. V2 HI XP-L will show a tighter hot spot with somewhat less spill, both in similar output as far as actual light out the front is concerned.