【convoy】H4 and B35AM options are updated

Great flood light! It is very necessary for the premises and work hands.

Thanks ,good suggestion, but i have to change it in next batch now ,

71g not including the battery or clip

Although it is PWM, the frequency is very high, I use a shutter time of 1/12000(my phone), and it is not easy to capture the flash.

1.SMO for S11 is in production now.
2.i’m sorry ,i didnt get 5000K,i will try in future
3.yes,i can send you more if you need
4.i change my plan ,i’m ready to install XHP35 in L6 ,i will get a driver sample (output 2A) in three days

there is no indicator ,
I used a translucent button to reserve this function, because later I will launch another H1 version with charging port.

1.just similar to 7135*N
2.sorry ,the lens is not suitable,i will launch another lens version\
3.yes,i plan to produce 18350 tube and red anodization can be made in the future

no lanyard hole,
of cause i can add some if buyers need it

Simon, you’re absolutely incredible - I love how you take on all the feedback from the community. Definitely a very good way to keep a loyal customer base :slight_smile:

I might wait for an updated H1 with the new UI, but will be placing another order as soon as the S11 drops :wink:

Simon, I just received two C8+ with 219C 4000K from you. Please fix the driver on them. Toykeeper will explain what’s wrong.

They have visible PWM on moonlight and all the other modes use a wrong PWM frequency as well. This also makes the configuration mode advance way too fast and have too fast a strobe.

Also, the tint on those emitters is pretty bad. Worst 219C I have personally seen with a duv of 0.0075 on one and 0.0049 on the other. The focus of the reflector is also very different on my two samples.

Any of this doesn’t matter to me personally since these are just going to be a throwier light for calibration of spheres, but someone who actually uses them might not like what they see.

Well, I think that the next version of H1 whith suggested UI, proper modes, tir-compatible,18350 tube, possibility to change Led and charging port will be just awesome. It will be a new Zl killer:)

Maukka measured the PWM speed on each mode:

  • 2.25 kHz moon
  • 17.9 kHz low
  • 36 kHz all other modes

The 36 kHz speed means the driver was flashed with the wrong fuse values.

The 2.25 kHz moon means the driver has a very old version of the firmware on it, from 2016, calibrated for nanjg 105d drivers which were never actually used. This was fixed two years ago, along with some other issues.

If at all possible, I would strongly recommend updating to a newer type of driver, perhaps one with two power channels and an attiny25v or attiny85v chip. This would improve performance and allow for a nicer UI. If not though, it would be a good idea to at least update the firmware on the existing drivers.

So much thanks ,Ms Tk ,i will send these data to driver manufacturer

Fastech and Convoy made this combo work and it made convoy a huge success here because it basically let people buy pre-made custom lights .two things that slipped over time has been the better tint options ...and better ano colors . The red green purple blue copper etc were a waste of time imho. The Sand is epic and the new designs are very nice . love the C8 and the S11 Glad to see Simon here and hope he can filter thru all the noise .

thanks for you data,manufacturer told me that he use ATTINY13A,
he will try 25V,

is it possible to test one more time if you remove the ar-coated glass lens?

and what is the full name of Duv? i want to learn more

I don’t know the details of your situation or your manufacturer, but if you would like newer or nicer drivers, we can probably arrange something. BLF’s two-channel design works well and provides a wide range of output. It could be FET+AMC7135 or 7x7135+1x7135, or it could even use FET+7+1. It depends on how high the high modes should go.

For clicky-switch lights, people seem to like Bistro, Crescendo, and gchart’s ramping UI.

For e-switch lights, if you use an attiny85v MCU, it could run any UI in the FSM suite. The most popular one is Anduril, but it’s also easy to make new UIs. It could be anything you like.

The new Convoy headlamp looks very nice. Depending on your needs and your driver, the headlamp might be a good place to try FSM.

Anyway, there are many possibilities. We should talk in a private message or email if you are interested in trying something new.

:+1: for the H1.
Looks nice. But i hope you will work something out with ToyKeeper.
Would be really nice to see a attiny85v based driver with Anduril!
@Simon Mao
Do you have more information on the frosted lens (light transmittance . . .)?

Using ToyKeeper’s firmware (either Bistro or something FSM-based) in the new models would give them some of the best UIs available and a huge advantage over the competition (at least those that aren’t also using TK’s firmware). A triple-channel driver at a convoy price would be great too.

FWIW, the S2+ and C8 already use Biscotti, which is a slimmed-down copy of Bistro. But there were some issues and miscommunications back in 2016, so some buggy drivers were produced. I thought that had all been straightened out long ago, but maukka got an affected light just this week… so I guess not. I’m hoping we can find a way to finally resolve everything. … and if possible, it’d be nice to do some upgrades too.

Not some. I have bought a few Convoy lights over the last years and have not seen a “fixed” biscotti driver in any of them, i.e. the desert tan S2+ that came out more than 1.5 years after the bug was discovered did not have a fixed driver.

Unfortunayely however fantastic the Convoy flashlights are (I’m a huge fan of them), it seems that Simon’s expertise and his interest is not the driver and that is a real drawback. He is offered help from BLF, you were doing a great job helping him with biscotti TK, but then he does not recognise the problems with the wrong fuse in the thousands of lights that he sells and moreover does nothing to fix it but decides that the drivers work good enough with the bug (IMO they don’t) :frowning: