Sofirn C8 Quick Review

For the photos, they’re too dark to see anything meaningful- just use one of your other flashlights to provide some better illumination during the shots.

Very funny. I did update some photos, is there anything else you would need Jason?

Interesting photo, but it seems random. Could we have some context?

That photo is clearly from my album in cloud. I don’t know if you are kidding or not but photo is for showing what is “integrated head”. There is same kind of photo with more light in my “quick review”.

Interesting, thanks. How does it compare to Thorfire C8?

“Its a removable pill…” From Thorfire C8 review. Not integrated at least in that review.

Indeed, thanks for pointing out.

The Thorfire C8 has not had a removable pill for a long time. An integral shelf. Screwed down MCPCB. And a “fully regulated” buck driver, generating about 900 lumens in standard form. (moddable) Nice simple UI, with useful ultra-low. Also compatible with 2S cells, 18350 or CR123 for example. A personal favourite. Still worth considering.

Not bought one in a while, just reporting my most recent experience, this year.

Interesting information Tom Tom. What you say sounds like a sort of LD-29 driver, also one of my favourites like all sorts of fully regulated drivers. Modified a pair of TA13 torches with H2-C drivers recently.

Cheers :-)

Take a look, usually on Amazon fulfilled at a decent price. Sometimes in a package with a (good) cell, charger and a bike mount. Their grey anodising is soft, but I like the way they wear with use.

Disclosure: I received one of the first (with pill) for review here, and liked it so much I bought several more. The emitters are on Al MCPCBs, cool white but OK, and the larger XM rather than eg. XP footprint and appropriate SMO reflector, so not perhaps the ultimate throwers. The driver seems very good and balanced to me, but maybe does not appeal to those obsessed with max. amps. I like it, and it seems very efficient to me (run time).

Banggood has it. Just saw this C8s CPF review too. Do you know, by any chance, how deep is its driver boot? Driver pics?

Cheers

Not sure what you mean by driver boot. If depth of cavity, well I only have my review sample with separate pill, so not relevant to current production. There was enough room left that I considered packing it with a piece of thermally conductive silicone, but didn’t.

Mine takes I think a 17mm driver (screwed into the pill with a nice ring), and a 20mm MCPCB. But don’t quote me on that. The driver is mostly obscured by a big wound inductor on a hefty toroid core, taking up pretty much the full diameter of the cavity. Not the sort of square sealed component I’m used to seeing these days.

But everything may have changed since then, you will just have to take a chance and see for yourself. I don’t think you will be disappointed.

This is a review of the same vintage as mine:

Yes Tom Tom, depth of cavity.

Nice inductor, not so nice current sensing resistor. 82mΩ is too big, causing a lot of voltage drop and power loss in the driver. If current for high mode is 2.8A, Pshunt = I² × R = 7.84A² × 0.082Ω = 642.88mW. Looks like sense voltage is set at ≈0.23V.

An LD-29 uses a 25mΩ shunt for the same 2.8A maximum driving current. This is much nicer: PLD-29shunt = I² × R = 7.84A² × 0.025Ω = 196mW. Sense voltage is 0.07V. How good would it fit I don't know.

Cheers

That Thorfire C8S sure looks lot like Sofirn C8S:

What size is the driver in that Thorfire C8S, anybody?
In Sofirn it’s that 20mm (20.8mm plate).

Edit: That driver Barkuti showed is from Sofirn AE shop. It is 18.8mm size.

I should be getting the ’F by next week, acto the email notifications from the Post Orifice.

I doubt it’d have the throw of a single big-reflector C8, but the idea of trip XP-Gs is intriguing! Wonder if it’d be floody or throwy. Best of both worlds, or worst? :smiley:

Never had a multi-reflector light, so this should definitely be interesting!

My Sofirn C8F arrived today, what picture do you like to see?
I will try to post pictures tomorrow but I can’t do a full review like everyone here :person_facepalming: .

These are pictures of Sofirn C8F with stainless steel bezel for Convoy C8

Have fun …

If you take your new flashlight outdoors, you'll be...

getting the 'F out!

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What the @#$%? I'm also getting the F soon FFS!

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Original posting date: Wed, 10/04/2017 - 07:28. Content fixup.

I knew I should’ve picked the XP-L HI… :smiley: