Thanks for the review, benckie.
Thanks for the review benckie.
It looks like a perfect gift for a flashaholic to be ;-)
Hey guys please don’t trust my DMM measurements.
I was out last night trying to take beam shot’s but my camera is stuff almost all photo’s now are coming out blurry and its just impossible to take beam shots at night.
Testing last night against a L2P with a ultrafire 3 mode drop in with a redilast 2600 mAh cell tail cap current tested on my DMM to 1.35 amps and the Trustfire A8 tail cap current 1.20 amps.
The hot spot of the A8 is much tighter and brighter then the LP2 and the corona is much larger on the A8 it gives more throw and more flood if that makes sense.
Both lights heat up a lot quicker then 1.2 to 1.3 amp XM-L and put out to much light for this kind of draw i say my DMM is under reading, i still cant find my fluke since i moved so ill try and get hold of another DMM to re-test.
I used the LP2 to test it against the A8 as they are the closest in size and power i have even thought the A8 is bigger and has a slightly bigger reflector.
Compared to my ultrafire 3 mode drop in with a orange peel relector
P60 reflector size
Width: 23.11mm
Depth: 18.47mm
A8 reflector size
Width: 24.43mm
Depth: 21.40mm
This is why i compare the A8 to the P60 host as the A8 is just a beefed up P60 host with better heat transfer and better battery run time due to the 26650 battery.
I think the A8 will make a great modified light due to better heat sink, not just a drop in sitting there or wrapped in foil, the XM-L is mounted directly to the head and it soaks up the heat well.
Does any one sell this light without the charger and cell?
thanks in advance
I may be wrong but this looks like a hell of a deal. $45 for a 26650 XM-L with battery and charger?
It may be no JM07 (about $50) but it looks pretty well built.
ilikeitFoy
Does it work with unprotected cells?
There is no +B spring so I am wondering if theres enough flexibility to fit both cell types.
thanks and great review!!
All light reviews should include one pic of the light in someone's hand :)
That givse a good feel of its size. It's hard to tell otherwise.
Ive only seen it in the combo kit.
I think so.
Yes it works with unprotected 26550 king Kong's, unprotected 18650 panisonic NCR18650A's with the single 18650 spacer from my TR-J12, plus all my other 18650's, flat tops are no problem.
The tail cap has a spring loaded brass plunger, on the driver side there is a brass positive button that sticks up and out so there is plenty of contact with protected, unprotected and flat top cell's. If you look at the top right of the 4th picture down and the last picture you can just see what i mean.
cell's ive tested
trusfire flames 2400 mAh (protected 18650)
NCR18650A's 3100 mAh (unprotected 18650)
king kong's 4000 mAh (unprotected 26650)
trustfire 5000 mAh (protected 26650)
solarforce V2 2400 mAh (protected 18650)
hi-max 2600 mAh (protected 18650)
redilast 2600 mAh (protected 18650)
Ill take one for you soon.
I am also wondering this, anyone found a seller for the flashlight only? Maybe ebay???
Ebay was the first place I searched for a light-only sale... I came up empty, but that was a week or so ago.
thanks!!!
I don't know if this helps or not. But, on Ebay, I saw a light I wanted, and they only had it listed with battery. I sent a message and asked could I get the light minus battery and charger. They replied with a price, I agreed, paid and got the light!!
You can't lose anything buy asking..
Just had a look on ebay, they also list it with a charger plus battery, although at $39.99
With the possibility of getting a fake
OK, i update the opening post with a hand shot as requested and a comparison shot with a L2P
Looks like the perfect light to keep in the glove box if you just bought an Audi A8.
OK a little update of the driver and my plans.
OK with the driver's white nylon screw in cover ? removed, the driver is 16.65mm in diameter, there is a brass button that sits on top of the spring, held in by the white nylon screw in cover ?.
There is a recess of 1.43mm on the bottom side of the white nylon screw in cover ? giving 1.43mm of room from the spring side of the driver to the top of the white nylon screw in cover ? where the lip of the brass button sits.
The white nylon screw in cover ? is 3.51mm thick, the hole for the button that sits on the spring is 4.9 mm wide.
Reason's for these measurements is Ive ordered a KD 8x7135 V2 LED Driver 3040mA 17mm I'm planing of doing a driver swap as i really like this light but dislike the disco modes.
I'm thinking there is two ways to do this one is with this train of thought, the KD V2 driver is 4.8mm thick, the board is 1.2 mm thick, so i will have 2 mm approx sticking up from the base of the driver on the spring side, but i believe i can hide 1.40 mm of this under the white nylon screw in cover ?. Then i would use my dremal to make the spring hole bigger on the white nylon screw in cover ?.
Or I could leave out the white nylon screw in cover ? and use it as is and save around 1.5 mm of hight from not using the white nylon screw in cover ? but i worry since the driver is 16.65 mm wide and the KD V2 might need a bit of sanding to fit, the last 105c driver i used needed a bit of sanding to fit.
I will have to buy a new soldering iron tip so i can solder vertical, but i believe the driver swap will not be to hard to swap and will fit, worth the effort for a 2 or 3 mode light with a decent driver with no s.o.s or strobe modes.
Now i just have to wait for 2 months for KD to ship the driver 
I like the idea of covering the 7135 chips... I dont know why but those always looked kind of out of place on the battery side of the board. I would try and attach the plastic cover over the new driver, but leave out the brass plug thing.
I can't believe no one sells just the light by itself... Still on my radar.
I will most likely leave out the plastic cover as most modders and torch makers don't use any with similar drivers, and i would not be able to use the brass plug thing as i would have to make the hole wider, but i will try both ways and see what works.
The price is not bad really in the kit you get a really good protected 4500 mAh 26650 cell (see my link in the first post with the battery test) its worth $13.33 usd.
The charger is good as in it will charge at 1.5 amps the highest amp 26650 charger Ive seen so far so its faster then most others, it is worth $10.94 usd (see my link in the first post with the charger review)
Plus you get a holster and a gift box, thats got to be worth a couple of $.
Most other similar 26650 lights cost from $35 to $50 usd and you get no battery, no charger, no holster and no gift box, even though its free shipping i like the idea the gift box cost the seller more to ship then just a light.
To me if you break the cost down for each item it is not a bad deal at all, the light to me alone is worth $44 usd and i like the look of it.
I have a hobby charger, so i don't need the charger, it could come in handy when my hobby charger is busy charging some thing else, but i will most likely use the charger and the gift box the A8 came in to make up a nice gift set for some one with a good cheap 26650 light like the POPPas W-878 XM-L T6 Flood-To-Throw it will make some one really happy