Thank you, Tangra and Jack!
Did I just killed my Biscotti C8? Need help.
Today I was playing with my Clear C8, XPL-Hi, got it from Banggood. I tried to get the configuration mode by doing multiple short haft clicks. The blinking was very fast when I want to get #2 mode (no-blink). I end up getting ONLY MOONLIGHT - I believe- that I can’t get out of. I turn off the light then turn ON into moonlight and it just stay there.
Any way I can “reset” this?
Sounds like a first-batch driver. For a proper fix, it should be reflashed. Otherwise, I hear some people have been able to get un-stuck by tapping the button a lot of times, getting back into config mode, and turning memory off.
I did to your advise TK, about 50 shortclicks, tried a few times still no dice. Should I get a new driver, newer version or A6 BLF’s from Richard?
Flashing it isn’t all the hard and only cost about $5 in parts. It’s also good experience in case you ever want to do it again. A new driver will cost you more and a new light definitely way more.
The reports I’ve heard were more than 50 taps… after people messed with it for a few days it started working again. Probably hundreds of taps, and I don’t know what the magic recipe is because I’ve never actually gotten to see one in a failure state.
Regardless, the whole thing can be avoided with reflashing.
I think I’ll order my first Convoy C8. However, I have a question about the tint.
I’d like to try the 7A tint (I don’t have any LED lights that warm). But, is it yellow? I mean, is it like an incandescent light that looks white if it’s the only light source, or will it look yellow?
The warmest LED light I have uses an XM-L2 that measures at 3600K. However, it’s yellow. It doesn’t look like a white light when it’s the only light source. It looks yellow or amber.
I know I’m not getting a high CRI LED in the Convoy. But, does the 7A tint still look nice?
I know I’d be most happy with the 4C tint, but I have plenty of neutral white lights in that range. I wanted to try something different, and was hoping it would look like a really bright incandescent light.
WITL, I have an M1 in 7A, and I can definitely tell you: that baby is warm, and I mean warm. Even when it’s the only light source, it’ll look amber-ish but, IMO, not overbearingly so. It took me a while to get used to it, now I really like it, on low and high brightnesses alike.
If that’s a trouble for you, I’m gonna recommend you stick to 4C. That one has a neutral to very slightly warm tint that does look white when alone in the dark, and while I can’t say the actual number, its CRI to my eyes is very very close to that of my Lumintop Tool CRI (loaded with a Nichia 219B). EDIT: Missed the part where you said you already have plenty of 4C torches.
If you don’t like it, you could salvage it by buying a new emmiter on a star.
That sounds okay. Thanks for the info.
If I don’t like it, it can just join my drawer of unloved lights I no longer use.
I have a great little Eagle Eye X2R that I bought in 3C (plus 2 more I bought in 1A), but didn’t care for the NW. I tried to get used to it, but never did. So I bought a new emitter for $7 from MTN Electronics.
If you wanna try a 7A tint, you can buy just the emitter and try it in one of your existing lights. If you dont like it, it’s just a $7 loss as opposed to a $20 loss of not using a flashlight.
Or it can join the long list of BLF giveaway prizes 
lol
Does anyone do a spring bypass and measure amps reading ?
I’ m interested how much is increased amps after spring bypass on stock version, with stock led and driver inside, so just s. b. nothing more ?
If you are talking about the Convoy C8, it would make little sense with the stock linear driver, as the 7135s will just consume the extra voltage and the increase in Amps will be 0, unless the battery is low.
I start looking for Reflash gears. Can I get a complete, good “REFLASH KIT” somewhere? In the mean time I’ll put in an BLF A6 driver. Is that good?
I got these from the same aliexpress highly positive feedback store, I think this is all the hardware you need
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I got these from the same aliexpress highly positive feedback store, I think this is all the hardware you need
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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-1pcs-lot-USBASP-USBISP-AVR… (link is external)
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Thank you.
I got an S2+ from Simon with the 7A just because I figured I had to have at least one of every tint he offers. 
That one is an XM-L2 T4-7A. It’sd crazy warm, almost orange really. It’s not entirely unpleasant but I don’t find myself using it very often. It’s more orange than any incandescent I can think of but opinions vary. I bet if I took the time to get used to it I may like it but I haven’t yet. I find the T6-4C to be a really nice warm but not too warm balance. Very pleasing to the eye. This if course is only one opinion but I tend to agree with my opinions.
That’s good info, thanks. It sounds like it’s more amber in color, than a “warm white”. That was what I was afraid of. I guess Cree LEDs aren’t very good at emulating incandescent light. I guess they can get the color temperature, but can’t get a proper spectrum to give it a white tint. Probably too much yellow spectrum in the amount of phosphor they have to use to coat the LED to make it warm enough.
I guess I’ll stick with a 4C.
Keep in mind my only experience with that tint is in the XM-L2 that Simon offers. I can’t imagine the XPL-HI variant would be completely different but I don’t want to discourage anyone in their “tintexploration” 
There are no “wrong” choices in this journey and I find the exploration process quite fun. I also find my own opinion changing from time to time. I’d blame that on having “too many” flashlights, but as we all know there is no such situation that can be defined by our current mathematical system…