Review: KD C8 CREE XML T6 1000 Lumen 5-Mode LED Flashlight (1*18650) SKU: S009844

just bought it . you made me buy myself a christmas present. can't wait to get it! thanks.

Thanks for the input! Just ordered one anyways. I dont want to fall victim to waiting to long and getting a poorly manufactured light due to changes, like I did with the TR-1200.

The Spiderfire P7 is currently my favorite high output light, and this looks like an awesome upgrade! Thanks for the review.

I also have the Spear clone, which is a Q5 driven at 1.0A. Would you say that the XM-L would throw farther?

I dont think so ..

I have the HS-802 , very deep reflector .. With a under driven XR-E it was about 20,000Lux @ 1 meter ..

With a XM-L , more than double the output [ maybe 300% ] throw is about 15,000Lux @ 1 meter ..

But you never know , until you have a go ...

and now I see no reason anymore to get one. The 5xR2 is the brightest I have. Beside this, I have only some R2 and Q5 in smaller hoists. many zoom lights and one Solarforce R2. I have an experimental canfood light with a R5 at 1400mA and 66mm aspheric lens. I don't think the latter would make a good candidate to compare it to the XM-L C8. LOL

Just because of the reflector? I'm just surprised because it rivals your 1.6A R2, with an SMO.

i don't see much of a reason to consider p7's or mc-e's anymore.

that is oldienea. sorry.

I do that all the time. It's actually Oldie (because I'm a little bit over (cough) 21 years old (cough) and Néa, which is short for our capital city Nouméa and I dropped the accent on the "é" because it's not present on all keyboards.

Received mine few days ago. It's a well made flashlight. The reflector is slightly damaged - not to bad. High = 3.15A :)

The lens rattles (don't know the exact English term) if the phil is screwed all the way down.

I am curious to hear about runtime on high. Has anyone tested this yet?

I would imagine about the same as a P7 @ 2.8A, which for me has been about 40-60 minutes.

Just coincidence?

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Do you think KD is reading this?!?

Looks like they are. Did you buy it?

Not yet too much expenses as of now. Considering it however...

mine says it is now on back order. that concerns me because it could very easily not be as good as the one flash pilot reviewed. they also lowered the price a bit after i ordered. i don't care at all about the $2, but it makes me wonder even more if they have sourced inferior parts for the second batch.

They lowered the price of the drop-ins too. I think they were just able to get the LED's cheaper.

Congratulations on the new acquisition, Flashpilot.


I have curiosity to know the difference in heat of an XM-L with respect to a P7.

You feel it cooler than the P7? Could you quantify it by eye?

I ordered it along with some XM-L P60 dropins . It says "back-ordered" to my order too.

I built a C8 XM-L my own and it gets hot in 3 minutes, while my MTE SF-15 P7 doesn't heat that fast. Ok XM-L gives more lumens but I were expecting somewhat better heat behaviour but it still heats. Maybe it outputs the junction temperature easier, who knows :)