Under construction, yet already looking good!
nice review man

Do you have a Convoy C8 perhaps, for comparison?

I really like these lights. Thorfire did a great job with the driver, in my opinion. Perfect spacing, with a hidden strobe. It appears to be a slightly higher amp output than the models I have with the screw in pill, and aluminum Mpcb. I do like the new tailcap design. I’ve been waiting for a deal to come up on these new ones, for a while now (Barry, are you listening?). I guess I’ll just have to bite the bullet, and order one.
I have been buying their protected batteries for a while now, at first they were samsung ICR18650-30b’s, but the last pair I got were Panasonic ICR18650BE, which are 3200 mAh (and they test out to that).
Looking forward to pictures of the driver.

yeah for the comparison out the outside it doesnt matter what driver/led is in there

Dusty wrote:

I really like these lights. Thorfire did a great job with the driver, in my opinion. Perfect spacing, with a hidden strobe. It appears to be a slightly higher amp output than the models I have with the screw in pill, and aluminum Mpcb. I do like the new tailcap design. I’ve been waiting for a deal to come up on these new ones, for a while now (Barry, are you listening?). I guess I’ll just have to bite the bullet, and order one.
I have been buying their protected batteries for a while now, at first they were samsung ICR18650-30b’s, but the last pair I got were Panasonic ICR18650BE, which are 3200 mAh (and they test out to that).
Looking forward to pictures of the driver.

Thanks for the review, interesting charger, looks like a Xtar MC1. I like the matte finish of thorfire more than the convoy.

Great review as always George!

Nice review George
I like the Thorfire C8S, it’s a real solid performer
I have 3 in our house (kids a me all have one) and I have gifted another 4 out to non flashaholics and they love them too.
I feel confident in giving these out because of the low voltage protection and can take protected Panasonic NCR18650B’s or the Sanyo 18650GA protected too
I give these out with Liitkala i200’s or 100’s
All up around $30AU a perfect gift set
I find it’s really useful for up to 100-130 metres and can reach about 300 metres but I wouldn’t say it lights up much at that distance but you can definitely see a bit of light hitting that distance

I got and modified several of both (Thorfire C8s and Convoy C8). In quality they are comparable but I like driver and and tailcap of Thorfire C8s more.

Barry0892 wrote:

Dusty wrote:

I really like these lights. Thorfire did a great job with the driver, in my opinion. Perfect spacing, with a hidden strobe. It appears to be a slightly higher amp output than the models I have with the screw in pill, and aluminum Mpcb. I do like the new tailcap design. I’ve been waiting for a deal to come up on these new ones, for a while now (Barry, are you listening?). I guess I’ll just have to bite the bullet, and order one. I have been buying their protected batteries for a while now, at first they were samsung ICR18650-30b’s, but the last pair I got were Panasonic ICR18650BE, which are 3200 mAh (and they test out to that). Looking forward to pictures of the driver.

Hey Dusty, what kind of price do you think a good deal?

Well, you weren’t the Barry I was referring to in my post , but I was buying them for $13 to $14 (for the older, upgraded model :D), through Slickdeals a while back. They are actually $17 on Amazon right now, but back-ordered. I’m going to order 1, and a TS07 I’ve had in my cart for a while.

giorgoskok wrote:

Thanks for the kind words people !

I’m already modding the C8s , a

very curious…what is your mod?

Nice review. Got one several months ago. The cutout in the tail cap is a big improvement in my opinion. It fits the Convoy C8 also. I seem to remember TF had a coupon code for a short period, that brought them down to $14 or so.

giorgoskok wrote:

2nd post updated with the mod , i will update soon OP with the rest . Review is complete

Nice review giorgoskok. I have read a few reviews of this newer model, but since I already had a few older ones, I never got one. Your review pushed me into hitting the Accept button, lol. I’m impressed that you got 4+ amps on the stock driver. Do you measure with a clamp meter?

Nice review and mod Giorgo!

Very nice review, we are waiting for the next one!

Nice review George. Well done.

I just took a look at the driver in my New C8s. This one is completely different from my older models, and appears to be different than yours George.
“C8s driver”:
It’s also 20mm, compared to 17mm, in my last one.

Are yours 17 or 20mm? My inductor has a lot more windings, also. Still, I get about the same as you. 2.9A with heavy leads on my DMM.

Yeah, my older model drivers looked like this

From what I can tell, it is the same as yours. I stacked 2 r100’s on top of 1 of them to halve the resistance. It was a nice improvement, but I don’t remember exactly the increase. I don’t have a clamp meter so I know I’m not getting that accurate of measurements, anyway.

This was also purchased on Amazon. After they got new stock, at the end of the month. Apparently, they have changed drivers. All modes appear to be the same. Inductor has a lot more winding’s. It will resistor mod the same (although, that resistor looks huge ). Just directly under the inductor. Maybe have to put a strip of Kapton tape there.
Anyway, I love the new tailcap