New Convoy C8 – Clearly better

Kudo’s on the control my friend. :wink:

That’s trippy and cool. It looks like the light shines into a tube and you swing the tube around?

I’ve been dragging my feet on a similar project, making a RGBA quad emitter pulse in rainbow patterns so it’ll look fancy when swinging a light saber around.

That is pretty much it. The S2+ (with large o-rings around the head to add a few more mm) is stuck into one end of a lightpaintingbrushes.com universal connector, and at the other end of the connector is a denissmith.com.au lightflute CH48 (which is basically a 48cm PVC tube, with long holes on one side, and short holes on the other).

I also use the Ledlenser P7QC for red, green, and blue if required, but would be very happy if a company developed a suitably sized RGBW colour mixing flashlight.

Good luck with your light sabre project.

Very nice light art!

Waiting for my clear C8 proves to be hard :wink:

oke not easy for everyone to know that, a name doesnt mean much and since no website exist its also a bit confusing for many i bet… but now i know then. i have an C8 on my way from gearbest looking forward getting it.

Just gotta read the OP in almost any Convoy thread, search ‘convoy store’, or just nicely ask.

Check out the many other convoy lights too, quite a few really nice flashlights available.

Yeah I know about communicating with Chinese people. That’s why I wanted a mark for the new version. Since that did not happen, I now have to take a risk or wait some time and ask people who bought from GearBest if they got new version. The latter is what I am trying to do.

That’s why you simply ask around the forum.

Reminder for those who want to buy latest version from Gearbest:

“Dear Customer,

Thank you for contacting us.

We are sorry to tell you that product is not the latest version.

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_488727.html

We haven’t ordered the latest version of this product.

And there is no exact plan of it yet.

Thank you for your understand.

Best regards

Jaylee

Gearbest Customer Service
http://www.gearbest.com/

Yeah that’s not the clear C8 if anyone is thinking so. That’s the older grey version. I don’t think Simon has made any current runs in that color though with the XPL-HI it can’t be too old. It’s only been maybe a year that he’s been selling the C8 with an XPL-HI. It’s quite a nice color really but this is actually the first time I’ve heard it called ”silver”. It’s quite too dark to be called silver IMO though in their picture it looks brighter than what I’ve seen in real life.

Edit:
I have to take that back. I don’t know what the heck that is! LOL
They call it silver but I went back and scrolled down and there are pictures of the clear version and they’re showing the AR coated lens that has only come stock on the silver. Then they list is as a 3/5 driver but they say it has 12 modes and they include the UI diagram for Biscotti…
:question: Huh? That is one very confused and confusing listing. Of course I went and clicked on answered questions for the light where someone asked if it had an OP reflector.
The official Gearbest response was

Seriously…you can’t make this stuff up. :person_facepalming:

Replace driver with blf A6 and be a little happier !!!, about 5 amps in tail with sanyo ga, deals more easily !!

According to comments it is actually clear version but it does not contain latest firmware (Which is updated recently).

The new C8 looks great. Hopefully one day you do an M1 in this new style!

I’ve very seriously considered it. The M1 is an excellent light design worthy of more credit than it gets in my opinion. :+1:

The M1 is my favorite all around light and the one I find myself grabbing most often. I actually have 3, but could always use one more :).

For optimal focus and fit, a XP-L or XM-L2 should give a cleaner beam than XP-L HI since the reflector is designed for a somewhat higher focal point. It’s also a good idea to have a centering ring filling the space between the reflector and MCPCB to make sure everything is tight… especially if you upgrade the driver to something higher-powered.

Alternately, you could maybe try a thicker MCPCB or something, to raise the XP-L HI higher into the reflector, or something along those lines. That should improve the focus and make the hotspot more intense.

I may be a little picky about precise focus though. :slight_smile:

I still have a M1 and M2 around here I’ve been meaning to give away… They’re nice, but not really my style.

I made a quad out of one of those, can’t remember if it was M1 or M2. Neat light though, a sleeper for sure. Gave it to JDub if I remember correctly.

ToyKeeper how DARE you say such things…which are 100% accurate. :stuck_out_tongue:

You’re spot on about the focus issue. This is true of several Convoy lights. While still quite good with the XPL-HI they were mostly designed around the XM-L2 so the domeless emitters are better focussed if either shimmed slightly higher into the reflector or alternately bring the reflector down lower into the head. This can be done by sanding down the centering ring a bit and using a thicker o-ring on top of the glass. I too am very picky about precise focus. This issue is something I’ve brought up to Simon and plan to help him address going forward. :wink:

It was an M1. :slight_smile: You remeber correctly though you gave it to Mrs. J-Dub. :wink:
It’s actually my favorite quad. It handles the heat very well and I like the format much better than the X6 for a quad. Of course the big hunk of copper you fit into the head might have something to do with how well it handles the heat. :sunglasses: I find the X6 format way too unbalanced for my liking. The SS/Cu version is beautiful to look upon but it has become a beautiful shelf queen. I’d like to see a lot more M1 quads.