Actually that is not the seller's own findings or testing but is the description given from XinTD. I know that because XinTD states that 2.8A on taobao. So it's still the classical manufacturer rated.
If you are looking for a C8 type light in size and output that can do candle mode then look no further than a Trustfire F15/MRV with XM-L. Same reflector used in the C8 lights and same size over all but the pill is screwed into the body and the head screws onto the pill as well. Think of the pill as a middle body part with external cooling fins. In candle mode it’s insane what it lights up! I will try to find a link to one since they are hard to find these days.
Edit: Link to the Lumapower MRV at Manafont. This replaced the Trustfire version I have from them. The Trustfire version is hard to find but can still be had from Everbuying. I have not had bad experience from EB but some have.
I once had modified an XRE C8 To XML and saw that deep reflector didn't work that well for XML. Due to wider beam XML seems to need wider reflectors but not necessarily narrower. It may be a studied change they made here in XinTD C8. My XML C2 throws better than my C8, for instance.
I have two pairs of lights, one pair fitted with XM-L emitters, the other with XR-E.
In each pair, one reflector is the standard C8 size, the other one is C8 width, but deeper. Both the deeper ones create a considerably wider/brighter corona around the hotspot. To what expense (hotspot or outer spill brightness) the wider corona is created, I cannot exactly tell, as I can't match each pair in terms of current draw.
The once so popular UF 980L is a good (rather extreme) example of the above. Its reflector width is standard C8, while depth is less than 26mm. From the published beamshots it would appear that the hotspot is pretty wide, but there is practically no corona.
It's everybody's choice. For walks, I like the broad corona of my Manta Ray XM-L (deeper reflector).
What a coincidence. We would almost get a house there from Dalaman. The dealer showed us some houses and many were from England or Germany. Marmaris is a great place to live. We stayed at an hotel next to the airport, TermeMaris and it had a great cure with both hot water and clay. Have you seen the huge Nile turtles in the water? They say the water at that region gave them twice the life they could live and there are hundreds of them!!
Nice to know a neighbor here. Well we're up in the north, in Istanbul, but I hope we'll eventually get a home there.
Well, I just pulled the trigger on this light. Believe it or not, I have yet to buy any of the c8 lights since I started hanging out here. I was already looking at these Panasonic 3100mAh protected batteries. http://www.intl-outdoor.com/panasonic-ncr18650a-3100mah-liion-battery-p-213.html I bought two. I am thinking that this battery would be similar to the AW version. Of course, thinking always got me in trouble.
ANTI-NOWHERE-LEAGUE, most of the flashlights on this planet are made in Shenzhen, there are few flashlight manufacturing companies that are not from Shenzhen. My statement was only regarding the location of the Intl-Outdoor, not the location where the products are manufactured.
If I get 2.4A out of it, it will be OK. I can't have everything direct drive. I have been wanting a C8 size light, but was holding out for a 3-mode. Hopefully this light will turn out to be a good sturdy general purpose light that I am not afraid to let someone else use.
Me too. I saw them last night after my order was already made. I also forgot that International Outdoors carried the battery carrier that supposedly fits the Dry. If I didn't have my head up my "you know where", I would have ordered a couple of holsters and a spare carrier.
I just got my shipping notice. I will see how this order goes and probably get the holsters and carrier next time.
I might do that. I hate wasting money, even Hanks, e.g., sending a ten dollar order across the ocean just because I can. I do want the holsters and battery carrier though.