Review: KD C8 CREE XML T6 1000 Lumen 5-Mode LED Flashlight (1*18650) SKU: S009844

Very good review!

2,98Amps on HIGH, that will be an insane output!!!

Beamshots please! (medium-long distance ones please)

Nice review Flashpilot. We need some pics

Sorry, I tried to take some pics but they came out blurry. I go through cameras at the rate of about 1 per year since I'm rather hard on them - so i don't buy anything I'm not afraid to crack, flatten, crush, lose, drop or dunk in water. Even with a tripod, my cam doesn't have a manual balance mode so it would be useless in comparing other beam shots. Please don't ask again or I'll have to spend even more money because you guys keep making me buy junk that I don't need!... damn you all! LOL :D

Great review, thanks a lot. I were thinking of buying the P60 XML flashlight but if this one is this good, there is no need to look for another. I guess I'll order one next week.

Thank you for this FlashPilot. I orderd this C8 the first day it was availible, but my location is to far away of the big travel routes. I usually get my stuff much later. Thanks to your rewiew, I know I made a good choice, but the waiting becomes a bit harder now. However, when it arrives, I will be able to compare it to my 5xR2 drop-in from DX and hopefully I can also convince my good old Cybershot T-9 to produce some useable beam shots.

Very nice review FlashPilot! Sticky'd and Frontpage'd. That really is a smoking deal for a light with such a new emitter.

Too bad it was not 28usd as i would have snatched it rightaway. Got the next best thing the "skyray" XM-L for 25USD. Not trying to be cheap but if customs see anything above 22€ my expenses almost double (they make up nonexisting expenses and services along with taxes, just taxes alone are 20%). The postal service also charge up another 5€. Damn bastards.

Nice work, Flash. It's always good to read about a budget light that exceeds expectations, and nicer to actually have one in your hands, so Congratulations!

There is a "drop shipping" option (or a sku you can add to cart) on KD. They usually show the total much less and send as a gift when drop shipping is used. DX puts a sticker on the logo too. I don't knwo how KD does it.

Very good review,This host look like the MTE F15's , is the reflector deeper ? mine is 36 mm wide 21 mm deep.

I agree with KD performance, all my orders, six in this days were shipped very fast.

Since the reflector is interchangeable with the MRV one, I imagine it is the same size. My MRV reflectors are 41.something millimetres in diameter and 32.5 or thereabouts mm deep.

Many thanks, one more reason to stick with the RC-G2 xm-l, 24mm X 21mm

Does this light give more or less spill angle than the P60 hosts? Looks like the deep reflector is more for throw and less spill coverage.

Wow thanks for the review! i've been waiting for reviews on these lights :) Do you think I could use a body tube from my trustfire tr-1200 as a 2x18650 extension?

Since my well driven TR-1200 is still my brightest light (and the brightest Ive seen to date, accept for SST-90 variants) I think you might want to consider a different light for comparison. My TR-1200 is an early example with a great driver and really hammers out the photons. To bad they screwed up the current offerings with a bad driver. Do you have any single P7/MC-E lights to compare?

Thanks for the kind words guys. You're all going to like this new light, and it was done correctly the first time.

Don might be spot on because the bezel screws down tightly (and completely) when the MRV reflector is installed. With a ruler, I measured 31mm tall x 41mm wide on the stock KD C8 XML. My micrometer was lent out this morning so I cant get precise measurements.

Sorry, I didn't want to compare. I was just wondering whether or not I could use the body tube from my tr-1200 on this KD xm-l light to make it a 2x18650 light for longer run time, rather than spend an extra $8 to get the KD xm-l light with that 2x18650 body :)

If I were to compare this xml light i'd be curious how it stood up against my Romisen RC-T6 and my skyray with the xpg-r5 drop-in :)

I don't have an XML P60 to compare and that might not matter. Of the P60's that I do have, the KD C8 XML has a greater spill angle because the reflector is not as obstructed by the bezel ring (or protrusion in front of the lens) as are on P60 lights. Then again, most of my fixed lights (thrower or not) have more spill angle than the P60 variants.

i'm pretty sure you just made me buy it.