Very nice. I’ve built a couple C8’s for others. One with a 50.2 and one with SST40 but don’t have one personally. This might just be the one. Thanks for posting.
I like my clear C8 and my convoy stuff, but this one is not a looker for me. The extra cooling fins on the head and tailcap, knurling that looks like it will give your skin a scraping, not for me
Let’s be honest, most fins on these lights are in the wrong place to do their job effectively anyway.
The tail looks like 3 nuts screwed together and yet I like it because it is different.
First real rework of a C8 in a long time, really dig the diamond cuts and the color.
Will wait for BG or GB to get them before buying probably.
Cut way back on purchases lately, but this one will be a must.
Lightbringer, you know you will eventually buy this flashlight.
Maybe not this week, but withing the next 3 months.
I got a dollar on it.
Allows choice to turn on in next mode, or turn on in first mode.
IMO, this is the equivalent of no memory.
Memory would allow you to turn on the flashlight in the last mode you used.
The C8 flashlights are an exception to the rule. Almost all Chinese flashlights go from good tp worse.. But the C8 flashlights are the opposite. It started with some cheap quality C8's in the past with the famous Kaidomain C8 for $16... But they were (to my understanding) all low quality compared to the Convoy and Astrolux C8s these days.. There had been a few other higher quality ones, but to my kbowledge the first C8's were of low quality....
Well, since this new C8 will start out as high-quality since Simon will produce it….better buy it now before the others make poor copies. :smiling_imp:
I reviewed the C8+ last night, I aimed it at some trees 50m away thinking that’ll be it for real world use, I was shocked to notice part of the hotspot was lighting up a tree nearly as brightly 50 metres past it. It spanked all my EDC throwers but fell short of the Italia Cometa’s throw.
I’m no clicky fan but I don’t like the default UI. It’s slow to get to the highest mode and it’s easy to skip past it to strobe. Then you have to scroll through several modes again to get to high. Mode memory is disabled out of the box which suits me though, a light starting in moonlight is the next best thing to a lock-out.