You really made that tail clicky button stand proud!
I tend to shy away from a proud clicky as they can get activated accidentally pretty easily, but I have cut one down to the bare minimums while keeping the button surrounded for a friend that wanted easier glove access.
I shy away from the proud ones because my wife carried a Solarforce light with a proud button that came on in her locker at work when she placed her bag in, found it on and wickedly hot when she took a break. Time and a place for everything, I know….
Of course we know that, but my wife didn’t at the time. I found one of those plastic drill bit cases that screw together that would hold the light, she carried it in her bag in the protective case after that.
Hello. New to this forum. I did some checking but didnt find my answer. Whats the diference between this two leds XML2 and XPL HI ? Which one is better? So i know which c8 to buy.
Hey all! I’ve been lamost completely out of the game for the last few months. I’m way behind in all my threads…
Not at this time. I’m starting to get back into my flashlight fun but it will take me a few weeks to get caught up. I’ll post when I have news.
You’re welcome Pete. Happy to help. :+1:
Yes. There still may be old stock though so if ordering from Simon and you are concerned about that, send a note to Simon with your order. Ask him to make sure you get the rev.2 driver with the two-speed strobe.
I seem to have been remiss, I built up an old C8 with ryansoh’s copper pill and a new Luminus SST-40. This is the light that is bored for an 20700B Sanyo cell. In this configuration, it does 2628.9 lumens at start, 2280.45 at 30 seconds, pulling 9.08A at the tail.
Seems the SST-40’s are some serious little monsters!
Just saw this discussion about the driver running too fast.
I got a Convoy S2+ Desert Sand (7135x6, 3A tint) w/ the Biscotti firmware (from AliExpress Convoy store).
I also got a Convoy C8 Clear w/ Biscotti firmware (from Banggood).
I notice the Convoy S2+ is more difficult to use due to it’s running too fast…
So I did your above measurements using my cellphones stopwatch for 1 minute, bike flasher mode:
Convoy S2+: 115 times (this seems to be too fast — twice as fast)
Convoy C8: 55 times (this is within the normal range you mentioned)
Changing mode groups is really difficult for my Convoy S2+, because the “window” to press the button is very short.
One other thing that you didn’t mention above, is regarding the voltage blinking: on a fully charged battery, I get 4 blinks with the Convoy C8, but on my Convoy S2+, I only get very fast 3 blinks (or it could probably seem like the 3rd and a supposed ‘4th’ blink are concatenated together though) Any idea if this can be fixed?
Some other measurements I did (my Mastech MS8229 multimeter is not calibrated, also I’m just simply doing tailcap current measurement which may not be that accurate):
on a freshly charge INR18650-30Q (around 4.15+ v):
How come the 7135x6 and 7135x8 are using almost the same current in the various modes (other than in Turbo mode)? Actually, the 7135x6 S2+ is using slightly more current than the 7135x8 C8…
(the lowest mode or ‘moon’ in the S2+ seems to be brighter than the C8, although the C8 has a very tight hotspot)
When I look inside the Convoy C8 head, it has markings “Convoy v2” and “7135 35K”
Inside the Convoy S2+ head, it has markings “FX-12” and “7135 35B”
( not sure if those mean anything… )
Still lovin my clear C8. One minor issue that I am wondering if anyone else is seeing. Does anyone loose the mode configuration they chose? I personally prefer mode 2. Every once in a while (I think this is the 3rd or 4th time) the mode selection goes back to default.
Not a huge deal but I have to dig out the programming instructions and it may take a few tries to hit the mode I want. Might I be doing something to cause the driver to revert back to default? It has stayed where I want it for a long time this last time but I use the light less during the summer. Pocket space;-)