Convoy C8+ New look for an old favorite

The clear coated Convoy C8 with 3A XP-L HI does 839 lumens @ 30 sec on high.

The Convoy store also claims “about 1100 lumens”, so it might be true. The output current is listed at 3000mA, which is higher than the previous Convoys that use 8x7135. So, it looks like they’re using a better driver.

If I had to guess, I’d say probably closer to 1000 lumens, but I wouldn’t rule out 1100.

Pretty sure the driver is made up consisting of 8x380mA 7135 chips, making it effectively a QLite (3.04A) So actual output depends greatly on the emitter choice you make when you order the light. A 1A tint will be higher than a 4C, for example. Just how it is. Relatively simple to stack a few chips for more power.

Where are you referring to that it says this? I haven’t seen that info anywhere. As far as I know this is still the 2.8A driver and would not be putting out 1100 lumens. Am I missing something? I can see BG listing 1100 lumens but I don’t see anything like this in the Convoy store.

That’s L2 , are we talking about C8 ?

Thought I was losing it for a minute there. Yeah that is the L2 and this thread is about the C8+ :wink:

Doh! Sorry. Okay, I take it back. I have no idea why BG is claiming 1100 lumens.

I got a tad over 700 lumens out of the box… maybe closer to 800 (log is at home). With a freshly charged 30Q. I replaced the driver with a blf a6 one and swapped emitter with a sliced SST40. Now it’s making just over 1600. Perfect light now.

Nice! What’s the throw like? The Astrolux C8 uses a BLF A6 driver and an XP-L HI emitter, getting around 100k candella with a fully-charged 30Q cell, at about 1300 lumens. Does the SST40 with 1600 lumens throw further?

I’ll check it tonight and post here.

The SST-40 would have to be de-domed to throw similarly or better than an XP-L HI, not an apples to apples throw comparison if the SST-40 is domed.

In my own experience though, the de-domed SST-40 throws somewhat less than a clean de-domed XM-L2, albeit making much more lumens in the process. (The SST-40 makes more)

I thought when he said it was a sliced SST-40, he meant de-domed. Maybe not?

Nope, sliced, pretty close. Grabbed it from MTN. Finish on the remaining silicone is as smooth as glass.

He’s OOS at the moment though. Luminus SST-40 N5 6500K LED on Copper DTP MCPCB

After-work edit:
I was off on my number a little bit. Still working on my sphere multiplier, but I got 1844 lumens (+ or -) and 131,551 candela for 725 meters of throw, measured at 20’ with an HS1010a

Richard puts LEDSeal on it after he slices it, which is why it’s “smooth as glass” :wink:

I got my host today.
I’m going to put a shaved SST40 led in it with a fet driver and make a yellow lighted tailcap.

I don’t much like the styling of this; it’s basically just ‘fins everywhere’

It is too ringy but it is good for heat sinking. I hope the led shelf going to be thicker in later batches. This one is the same as old C8

Sorry if this was said before, i may have missed it, but does the C8 SS bezel fit on the C8+?
It would look great on the tan body imo - and i have a spare one in need of a host.

Yes. And also the tube threads are the same.