Nitecore EA8 Caveman - Video of my Initial Thoughts upon receipt - NOW With BEAM SHOTS

Yep, a control ring might be ok. Want I want is High and then ramping if I choose. I do not want or need modes, just High. I want a light to turn on, when I push the switch and turn off when I push it again. I am old fashioned and do not want to change and since I don't have to, this light will go bye bye or modded to do what I want to do. I just don't feel like modding it. It is a beautiful light and someone will enjoy it very much, but I just don't want to break it open and have to put more parts into it. It's not bright enough as is, even on turbo. That's probably because of the small heat sink and because they know people are going to throw Alkalines into it and ruin it. With a 4amp to 5amp+ driver, it would probably wake up a little. It appears to be a thrower and if I kept it, I would have to stipple the reflector and change the driver. Just don't want to do that right now.

Thats a shame you can’t get on with the ui :frowning: I must admit that I had trouble with the ea4 when I first tried it, but after reading bcoz quick reference guide and using the light a few times it all seemed to “click”

you need to click faster! :smiley:

COMPUTERS are complicated too but I bet you figured out how to use one.
Its good that its a different UI because nobody can borrow it or use it. I dont like to share my expensive toys. Borrowers dont respect and take care them.

There’s a difference between can use it and not wanting to use it. I am sure many people will like it. I just don’t want to use a UI like that. The light is a nice light, but not nice enough that I would bother learning it when I can have a light that turns on to high and I can just hold the button to ramp it to any brightness I like. DrJones has spoiled me.

Is it not 900 lumens on turbo?

It is one big bunch of AA batteries. 8)

The switch does take a little practice. It is hard to read the voltage count when I load mine, is the blue LED dim or bright?

The UI can be as complicated or simple as you want it to be. If you just click the button all the way down once…you get trubo.Click it again, off.You only have to half press it to acess the lower modes.Once you spend some time with it the UI gets very easy to use.I would give it a bit of time Justin, I think you’ll find it will grow on you!

The UI is the same as my EA4. I use highest mode on that light 99% of the time. That’s easy. One full click gets me there. One more full click turns it off. Even an old dog like me can learn that new trick.

cool

what are you going to mod it to heheheheeh

The blue indicator on my EA8 is brighter than that of my EA4.

Thanks for the response. I had just the opposite with the two EA4 light I handled. My EA8 is quite dim although it suits me, I am not to fond of blinking lights

Must be production diff., I thought it was intentional though…guess not.By the way, I like flashing lights…and shiny things too! :slight_smile:

I really like the UI of the EA4 and EA8 is similar if not identical.
With one click you can have access to Turbo or Low. Everything else is details and never has to be accessed. I would like this UI on more lights.

Justin, you aren't alone. When I build a light, I'll put in any or as many modes that the user wants. I think 75% ++ request a high / low mode or just an On & Off. I like a High Low. As much as I like my TN31 I think about selling it off because it is just too much to mess with. I am constantly fumbling with the blamed thing. I usually end up grabbing something I built... or one of my old Browning lights that are pure on & off. OR... one of my favorite Old-Lumens Mods!! !!!! ... Some of us just want LIGHT! Dan.

I am after the most lumens, like most of us, and that is probably the first thing I look at when buying. But I have found once in a blue moon I need that low setting, to read or lurk around the house at night. So its nice to have a couple of output modes in one light. But those lights with 6-7- or 8 modes is too much. And sometimes that new, cool looking one you want has extra junk.

i’m sorry to hear its all throw, i also don’t find such lights practical

good videos, EA 8 is a great flashlight, i would like to buy one, just do not have the budget.

As someone recently suggested to me, put a MTG-2 in it. that should give it a bit off spill. Or you could just give it to me, please :slight_smile: . I was so confused for two weeks on using the modes on the EA4 until it clicked, I was just stupid, yeah again and quite like it now. You’ve talked me out off it though so you have saved me some money for once. About time. Thanks for the video. If you mod this thing, I’m looking forward to the work off art. Cheers.

Nope, not going to mod it. I'm just going to see if anyone wants it for the price I got it for.

The head and even the bezel will not budge. I imagine I would have to heat it, to break up the loctite and I just don't even want to mess with the light. It's already 2-3 times more than I would normally pay for a host, so I don't want to put more money into it and also run the risk of totally ruining it.