Convoy S9

I just stumbled over this:

Konvoi S9 XM-L2 580 Lumen 4 Modi USB wiederaufladbare EDC LED-Taschenlampe 18650 Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice?

1,4A, 580lumens + strobe - not too god, but I like it anyway. I’m sure Simon will listen if we want a non-Strobe-Model :slight_smile:

Quite an interesting design!

At first I questioned the legitimacy of that, but I guess it’s for real. Simon has it listed in his Aliexpress store:

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Convoy-S9-flashlight-cree-xml2-inside-1400mA-with-micro-USB-charging-port/330416_32843772547.html

Long click for off… come on Simon, you can do better than that

Hm? I heard a few people grex about that. How would you turn it off w/o a long-press?

Me, I’d hate to have to cycle through all the modes (especially when I don’t want to ruin my night-vision) just to turn it off.

Half-click vs full-click. I’m generally not a fan of lights which do the long-press off thing but it’s not a deal-breaker either.

Agreed, I’d much rather see click for off and hold to change modes instead of the other way around. Have an Armytek Prime C2 Pro and a UTorch UT01, and I definitely prefer the Amrytek’s UI, which uses the click for off, hold to change modes system.

can someone talk Simon into Narsil firmware?

Can someone talk Simon into a forward clicky 18650 tube light with extra switch for mode change, single frequency strobe, and memory for all modes including strobe.

:smiley: +1 Me likes :smiley:

And I like the design as well :wink: Let’s see its evolution :nerd_face:

On a side-clicky??

The setup used on this light is click to turn the light on, click to change modes, and long press to turn the light off. Double click activates strobe.

On their e-switch lights, Armytek (and I believe OLight as well) uses a click to turn on, hold (aka long press) to switch modes, and click to turn off. Armytek also has double click to moonlight, triple click to turbo, and I think 4 clicks to strobe.

I find the 2nd option more intuitive. Easier to quickly shut the light off. Not having to click multiple times to cycle modes makes it less likely to accidentally double click. And having strobe something other than double click makes it extremely hard to accidentally activate strobe.

Simon is now also listing his 20mm DTP stars again

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https://de.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-20mm-1-6mm-CREE-XML-XML2-copper-plate/330416_1106125563.html

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https://de.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipping-20mm-1-6mm-copper-plate-for-CREE-XPE-XPL-XPG/330416_32714848306.html

It also looks like Simon is also preparing to offer 7135x12 drivers. Currently listed at $666 though, lol.

Not sure how practical it would be in an S-series light, but should provide some nice oomph in a C8. Trying to stay competitive with the D1S maybe?

to fit it in a C8 you would need to widen the driver retaining ring removing the threads to get to 22mm

Somehow I missed the 22mm diameter. Now I’m confused. Even the L2 only uses a 20mm driver AFAIK. Not sure what this thing would be for.

Ultrafire F13. :party:

On my Olight S10 R III a single click from off turns on to the last used mode, and a single click from on turns the light off. A long press while on changes modes. Long press from off goes to moonlight, double-press from off or on goes to max, and triple-press for strobe.

I really like that UI, and I’d love to see it on more lights.

One of the nice things about it is that you can hand the light to anyone and they’ll be able turn it on and off without instructions.

The Utorch UT01 and Convoy S9 are ok, but if you hand them to someone who’s not familiar with them they’ll probably end up looping through the modes when they try to turn it off.

I really wanted to like this light, but the combination of 580 lumen high mode, no moonlight mode, not especially useful thread on the tail cap and muggle-unfriendly (IMO) UI, I’m pretty underwhelmed. The best feature seems to be the choice of colour temperature.

However, Simon has already committed to changing the tail cap thread for the next batch, and everything apart from max output can be fixed in firmeware, so I’m hopeful that this light will turn into something really good eventually. :slight_smile:

How many light painters are there on BLF? Enough to commission a BLF special?