I hear you djozz. Not everyone agrees though as the C8 is still a big seller and like you said, if we change the design too much then it’s not a C8.
More designs will come my friend. Convoy has a pretty solid track record when it comes to patience being rewarded particularly where the desires of BLF are concerned.
The Thorfire tailcap is much better. Since the Thorfire tube legoes with the Convoy head I am using one with one of my Convoys. The tailcaps alone don’t lego though. Edit: Aktually they seem to lego, I remembered wrong.
Djozz “over smaak valt niet te twisten”
I really love the C8 design
The head makes it not roll away, the fins where heat is produced
Lines coming back in the tail.
Maybe Simon, J-Dub74 and TK have made it too good now
I am going to order at least one and do not see reason to mod it
And what is the voltage for LPV to kick in (now it is a bit too high for my liking in Convoys so if that is reduced to (<)3V this looks like an awesome driver I will order more from (preferring longer runtimes over a shorter extra brightness))
I saw poject driver in which every 7135 was switch on end off individual. So in this case there is no PWM and efficiency is higher in low modes because work as many 7135 as neccecary for each level.
Is there any problem using this driver in new Convoy C8.
I have assembled 19 Convoy C8 version 3s so far. Love the design and performance. Multiple colors would be great, green in particular. In terms of improving the design, a brass driver retaining ring would be greatly appreciated.
I for one think this driver is perfect for wide distribution to wizards and muggles alike
I put a FET in 90% of my lights, but it’s not for the uninitiated. If the C8 had a FET driver, I wouldn’t be able to recommend it to noobs anymore.
Likewise the more complicated 7135 drivers (like MikeC does) would take a lot more development time and costs for Simon, with not much noticeable improvement.