does anyone other than Convoy sell the driver retaining rings, i contacted Simon and he said he would add to an order, but with no paypal and a foreign transaction fee plus i would like to purchase a few, i was just wondering.
thanks
simon sent me 10 for the price of shipping. it cost me $2.65. I didn’t have to pay foreign transaction fee
EDIT: there was a fee of 8 cents.
im not sure if you can get the retaining rings anywhere else but Simon is an awesome guy. he’s helped me out numerous times.
I might want to try this sometime. Would using this board lower the maximum output? Any downsides or concerns to be aware of?
C8 with the XP-L HI U6-3A 5000K diode has recently reached me. I checked how it is really and it’s perfect. Score 5079K. Current measurement in three light modes 0.23A / 1.45A / 2.89A
2381 lux with 5 meters
Nice verification komeko, love that chart and how it clearly shows what the emitter is producing.
Wish I knew how to purchase emitters with a specific x/y illuminance to get pure white.
Pure white is a strong relative term. A lot depends on the lighting that surrounds us. For me, the range I like is 4000-7000K, but the most is 5000K. At night, 4000K works better with street lighting or fog. On a cloudy day, I prefer 6500K etc.
The graph helps in determining whether there are any additional shifts towards a certain color. To calculate the temperature of light on the basis of x / y, I use such a simple formula 
(449**/(0,1858-Y))^3+3525**((X-0,332)/(0,1858-Y))^2+6823,3*((X-0,332)/(0,1858-Y))+5520,33)=….K
Yeah, ok, simple formula’s like that one always elude me.
I like 5200K, if I can find it. But of course we use what is available most of the time.
This is what the light from the cheap Warsun zoom on XML T6 looks like. Bleeee awfully blue, useless to me. Well, not mine 
Yeah, a lot of the cheap lights come with the blue emitters. That’s why it’s great to get such a good tint in the Convoy C8, nice price and nice output, win win .
That’s right, convoy is a great flashlight … I just do not like the rear switch 
Convoy is gone use a new kind of clear ano right?(clear l6 giveaway)
Is the c8 gone get this new ano to. I got a clear c8 right now but it looks kinda cheap imo.
I prefer the 3D tint that a lot of BLF lights use, rather than the the 3A tint that Convoy uses. The 3A is okay, but it looks a little harsher than the 3D, to me.
I agree, on mine the clear anodizing looks kind of cheap to me too, but I really like the light overall, especially the programming and the 3A tint. I actually prefer the anodizing that’s on both of my XinTD V5 lights. These are just super quality lights. They have a 3C tint, which is really nice too, a favorite of mine. I do wish that they had the same programming as the Convoy so I could use half-presses to change output. Is this something that could easily be done, and if so, how?
are you sure its the clear C8, it could be the grey option, the grey is kinda subdue, the clears is a vibrant bright aluminium shine to it.
What was average shipping time to North America for you guys?
That sounds like the driver used in the Convoy L2 (3A, 900mA, 80mA; with half-double-press for strobe).
I’m not sure if the Convoy L2 at low modes has PWM or not though.
can you fit S2+ body into C8 head?
I tried with my red S2+. It has smaller diameter threads than the C8 so they don’t engage at all. They also have a different thread pitch.
Convoy C8 clear anodized reigns supreme!
A friend asked me to build a host C8 in clear ano for him, at first he wanted a triple, mega power, but after some talking to him he decided on an XHP-70.2. So today I built his light.
I had some issues with the 70.2’s I had on hand, mostly they were previously used and removed for whatever reason, but the main two I tried only had two working dies. One produced dim light, the other a lot of light but still only two dies. So I removed a sliced and diced 70.2 from a Solarforce light I have that is never used, the orange peel reflector is heavy enough that it fares better with a 70 anyway. And WOW!
I built a Zener modified FET driver with 6 modes, Vishay SIR800DP MOSFET and 20 ga leads. SinkPAD board, stacked a couple of copper discs on the spring pad to clear the retaining ring and the two Aspire 18350 cells fit right in, no other modification necessary aside from opening up the reflector to clear the larger 70.2 substrate. Would you believe it does 11.82A at the tail and 6676 lumens out the front? Crazy C8! My friend is just gonna fall out! lol
It is hard to believe those 18350s can pull that many amps. I have a “close” setup, but using a pair of 26350 and a xhp70 and can only get maybe 8 amps from them.
I was thinking it’s the limit of the purple batteries. Maybe a 70.2 will pull more power from them?
I’m waiting for Lexels boost driver. It should do at least 6A at 6v so you can run a 70.2 with a single 18650 or 26650 and gave consistent output.