hi, dear,due to short of time and energy, I did not test the E3 runtime in middle and low modes——it need too much time.
While,some fans of flashlight have test the near kind of E3 (they are use the same Drive and LED.).Let me ask them for a reference.
Oh,as to C8,we think it is a good model in the time of XRE lamps. I have to say C8 is a good design in the time of XRE lamps.While now it is XML time. We can not get a good spot of a C8 with XML or XML2 lamp,while the volume of C8 is still some large. So we decide to design a smaller C8. That is portable and flood, though it have not a good throw spot.
Mini C8 was designed for mountain bike cyclists. That is a sport with violent vibration. In order to get a strong structure against the vibration, we use welding design instead of a retaining ring on the pill.Any retaining ring is may to be relaxed when the violent vibration occurred.
Dear Jaxman, are you a manufacturer or do you have a manufacturer make your lights according to specs?
If you are a manufacturer would you be interested in making a light with us, the BLF community?