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
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.
I don’t much like the styling of this; it’s basically just ‘fins everywhere’
MaLL NINJA
—
The difference between Hoarding and Collecting is the illusion of Organization
.
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes,” Mark Twain
…
After the Apocalypse there will be only 2 things left alive, Cockroaches and Keith Richards
Can this https://www.banggood.com/Astrolux-SCSS-BLF-X5×6-Flashlight-Lighting-Switch-For-DIY-p-1102279.html?rmmds=detail-left-viewhistory__2&cur_warehouse=CN fit in C8 I want to use BLF X6 driver in this C8 host.
I caved in and bought one as groupbuy preorder c8+ with warmest tint U4-7A 3000-3300k must be nice looking
Yes, I bought 2 Convoy C8’s: one with a 3A tint, and one with a 7A tint. The 7A tint is by far my favourite. If you like warm tints, you’ll love it. I use it mostly indoors for a nice incandescent look. Probably a little too warm for outdoors, but still works well outside.
My C8+ host finished.
shaved and polished SST40 led, TA OTSM driver, yellow lighted tailcap switch.
It draws 9.3A
Output: 2037 lumens
Intensity: 125525 cd
Throw:702m
I got nice hot spot without tint shift and smooth beam.
The grey gate is about 40m and the trees behind about 100m distance from me.
Speaking of that lighted tail cap, I just built an FET for an X6 that is straightforward, old style, no 7135 chip… this particular X6 already had a single LED in the tail cap and it works… how does it work if I didn’t put a bleeder resistor on the driver?
Runs the lighted tailcap switch with the stock driver to?
Where i can get a red or yellow TS?
On Ali i only found the blue one.
I build them myself with Oshpark PCB-s designed by Pilotdog68.
You can find more info about them here.
I needed to use bleeder resistor on driver. But I bought this flashlight as an empty host so the internals are not stock. you can not buy a C8+ with this driver and led in stock form.
Okay my c8+ arrived today, the 3000k tint is awesome my new fav color in the c8. The grip on the new model is alot better too, this will not easy fall out of your hands which is very good i didnt expect that.. some crappy pics here compared to the c8 clear in cool white xpl..
I just received my tan C8+.
Nice change for this classic, although “too many fins” would come to mind.
The SS bezel on it looks great too.
One thing i’d like Simon to think about is BETTERPACKAGING!
I would be willing to pay extra for some decent packaging i would not be ashamed to gift out.
Packaging is extra cost. Extra cost that in the majority of the cases is thrown away. Do we want inexpensive lights that work well or well dressed lights that cost a lot? Lines have to be drawn somewhere. Convoy is a small company, offering an excellent product at a great price. Pretty sure we all want him to keep it that way.
I got my first C8+ day before yesterday (Thanks JDub, for making that happen! ) , added some chips (5) and it’s still just not a nice color for me. (3000K is it? What’s that, 4C?) That’s gotta go….
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. http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_13...
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”
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.
Reviews: Olight Seeker2 pro, Lumintop GlowI, Sofirn SP36, Convoy 4X18A, Convoy M21C, Brinyte SR8 Rescue Angel, Astrolux MF01 mini, Astrolux FT03S, YLP Sherp S15, Sofirn SP40, YLP Panda 3R and Unicorn, Armytek Prime C1 Pro, Acebeam M50, Imalent MS18, Convoy M3, Nitecore TIP2, Imalent RT70, Wuben T70, Sofirn SP32A, Thorfire VG15S, Thorfire VG10S, Thorfire TG06S
Mods: Imalent MS18 dedoming, Astrolux MF01-20K, Small sun T08 MT-G2, Eagle eye X6 triple XPL, Ultrafire F13 MT-G2, Convoy C8 XHP70, Solarstorm T3 triple XP-L HI
Big flashlight measurement and beamshot collection
3D printing stuff for flashlights
My flashlight related Instagram
My Flashlight related Youtube channel called Zozzlights
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
Reviews: Olight Seeker2 pro, Lumintop GlowI, Sofirn SP36, Convoy 4X18A, Convoy M21C, Brinyte SR8 Rescue Angel, Astrolux MF01 mini, Astrolux FT03S, YLP Sherp S15, Sofirn SP40, YLP Panda 3R and Unicorn, Armytek Prime C1 Pro, Acebeam M50, Imalent MS18, Convoy M3, Nitecore TIP2, Imalent RT70, Wuben T70, Sofirn SP32A, Thorfire VG15S, Thorfire VG10S, Thorfire TG06S
Mods: Imalent MS18 dedoming, Astrolux MF01-20K, Small sun T08 MT-G2, Eagle eye X6 triple XPL, Ultrafire F13 MT-G2, Convoy C8 XHP70, Solarstorm T3 triple XP-L HI
Big flashlight measurement and beamshot collection
3D printing stuff for flashlights
My flashlight related Instagram
My Flashlight related Youtube channel called Zozzlights
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.
Reviews: Olight Seeker2 pro, Lumintop GlowI, Sofirn SP36, Convoy 4X18A, Convoy M21C, Brinyte SR8 Rescue Angel, Astrolux MF01 mini, Astrolux FT03S, YLP Sherp S15, Sofirn SP40, YLP Panda 3R and Unicorn, Armytek Prime C1 Pro, Acebeam M50, Imalent MS18, Convoy M3, Nitecore TIP2, Imalent RT70, Wuben T70, Sofirn SP32A, Thorfire VG15S, Thorfire VG10S, Thorfire TG06S
Mods: Imalent MS18 dedoming, Astrolux MF01-20K, Small sun T08 MT-G2, Eagle eye X6 triple XPL, Ultrafire F13 MT-G2, Convoy C8 XHP70, Solarstorm T3 triple XP-L HI
Big flashlight measurement and beamshot collection
3D printing stuff for flashlights
My flashlight related Instagram
My Flashlight related Youtube channel called Zozzlights
MaLL NINJA
The difference between Hoarding and Collecting is the illusion of Organization
.
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes,” Mark Twain
…
After the Apocalypse there will be only 2 things left alive, Cockroaches and Keith Richards
I caved in and bought one as groupbuy preorder c8+ with warmest tint U4-7A 3000-3300k must be nice looking
...where Frugal meets with Flashlight!
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Can this https://www.banggood.com/Astrolux-SCSS-BLF-X5×6-Flashlight-Lighting-Switch-For-DIY-p-1102279.html?rmmds=detail-left-viewhistory__2&cur_warehouse=CN fit in C8 I want to use BLF X6 driver in this C8 host.
Yes, I bought 2 Convoy C8’s: one with a 3A tint, and one with a 7A tint. The 7A tint is by far my favourite. If you like warm tints, you’ll love it. I use it mostly indoors for a nice incandescent look. Probably a little too warm for outdoors, but still works well outside.
My c8+ is marked shipped now from banggood
...where Frugal meets with Flashlight!
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Mine, too (U4-7A) even though it was OOS yesterday when I ordered it. Sometimes miracles happen.
My C8+ host finished.
shaved and polished SST40 led, TA OTSM driver, yellow lighted tailcap switch.
It draws 9.3A
Output: 2037 lumens
Intensity: 125525 cd
Throw:702m
I got nice hot spot without tint shift and smooth beam.
The grey gate is about 40m and the trees behind about 100m distance from me.
Reviews: Olight Seeker2 pro, Lumintop GlowI, Sofirn SP36, Convoy 4X18A, Convoy M21C, Brinyte SR8 Rescue Angel, Astrolux MF01 mini, Astrolux FT03S, YLP Sherp S15, Sofirn SP40, YLP Panda 3R and Unicorn, Armytek Prime C1 Pro, Acebeam M50, Imalent MS18, Convoy M3, Nitecore TIP2, Imalent RT70, Wuben T70, Sofirn SP32A, Thorfire VG15S, Thorfire VG10S, Thorfire TG06S
Mods: Imalent MS18 dedoming, Astrolux MF01-20K, Small sun T08 MT-G2, Eagle eye X6 triple XPL, Ultrafire F13 MT-G2, Convoy C8 XHP70, Solarstorm T3 triple XP-L HI
Big flashlight measurement and beamshot collection
3D printing stuff for flashlights
My flashlight related Instagram
My Flashlight related Youtube channel called Zozzlights
Nice !
www.diodek.pl Convoy, Astrolux etc. flashlights test and more. My YouTube channel.
I found a SS Bezel in my Toybox.
It looks very nice on the C8+
Nice work Zozz! Looks really good, that beam profile is what I like to see. Guess I know what I’ll be doing if/when I get one of these…
@ZozzV6
Runs the lighted tailcap switch with the stock driver to?
Where i can get a red or yellow TS? On Ali i only found the blue one.
Very nice indeed Zozz, everything done well and very complete too with the yellow tailcap.
link to djozz tests
Speaking of that lighted tail cap, I just built an FET for an X6 that is straightforward, old style, no 7135 chip… this particular X6 already had a single LED in the tail cap and it works… how does it work if I didn’t put a bleeder resistor on the driver?
I build them myself with Oshpark PCB-s designed by Pilotdog68.
You can find more info about them here.
I needed to use bleeder resistor on driver. But I bought this flashlight as an empty host so the internals are not stock. you can not buy a C8+ with this driver and led in stock form.
Reviews: Olight Seeker2 pro, Lumintop GlowI, Sofirn SP36, Convoy 4X18A, Convoy M21C, Brinyte SR8 Rescue Angel, Astrolux MF01 mini, Astrolux FT03S, YLP Sherp S15, Sofirn SP40, YLP Panda 3R and Unicorn, Armytek Prime C1 Pro, Acebeam M50, Imalent MS18, Convoy M3, Nitecore TIP2, Imalent RT70, Wuben T70, Sofirn SP32A, Thorfire VG15S, Thorfire VG10S, Thorfire TG06S
Mods: Imalent MS18 dedoming, Astrolux MF01-20K, Small sun T08 MT-G2, Eagle eye X6 triple XPL, Ultrafire F13 MT-G2, Convoy C8 XHP70, Solarstorm T3 triple XP-L HI
Big flashlight measurement and beamshot collection
3D printing stuff for flashlights
My flashlight related Instagram
My Flashlight related Youtube channel called Zozzlights
Nice! Thanks for posting the photo with an SS bezel.
Is that the desert tan S2+ with 18350? If so is the color an exact match with the C8+? (it appears to be)
Love the colour, the C8+ needs GITD somewhere though!
My 4K Lumen Whore Reviews (MS18, X70, MS12, DX80, X80-GT, X45vn etc) - http://www.youtube.com/c/FLASHAHOLIC_TV
if anyone got the c8+ and chose the 3000k tint pls post some beam shots
...where Frugal meets with Flashlight!
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Yes, thats an S2+ with 18350 Tube.
The colors matching not exactly, but i think 99,5%. Thats tolerance of the anodisation process.
Okay my c8+ arrived today, the 3000k tint is awesome my new fav color in the c8. The grip on the new model is alot better too, this will not easy fall out of your hands which is very good i didnt expect that.. some crappy pics here compared to the c8 clear in cool white xpl..
...where Frugal meets with Flashlight!
つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
I just received my tan C8+.
Nice change for this classic, although “too many fins” would come to mind.
The SS bezel on it looks great too.
One thing i’d like Simon to think about is BETTER PACKAGING!
I would be willing to pay extra for some decent packaging i would not be ashamed to gift out.
Packaging is extra cost. Extra cost that in the majority of the cases is thrown away. Do we want inexpensive lights that work well or well dressed lights that cost a lot? Lines have to be drawn somewhere. Convoy is a small company, offering an excellent product at a great price. Pretty sure we all want him to keep it that way.
I got my first C8+ day before yesterday (Thanks JDub, for making that happen!
) , added some chips (5) and it’s still just not a nice color for me. (3000K is it? What’s that, 4C?) That’s gotta go….
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