Review: TrustFire A8 from Manafont.

I really like this one because its not much bigger then my EDC my L2P at the moment my L2P is not getting used because of my A8

If only some seller will start listing it as a standalone without the battery & the charger.

I'm going to put the charger through a few more chargers to make sure its all good, then I'm going to use the box, the charger the A8 came with and buy a cheap 26650 torch, throw in a trustfire 26650 battery since they test well and give it away as a gift a nice box set for some brownie points. To me the torch and battery is worth the price.

Hey benckie.

Nive work.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the stuff you've been contributing to the forum & community lately. It is much appreciated.

And I see the point about not being a bad bargain at all. Battery/charger alone will set a guy back around 20 so in all fairness you get the light for something like 24. And it is a good looking light for sure.

I really would love to see the update when you get another driver in it. And also a beamshot or two (I am a sucker for those!)

Anyhow - just wanted to say thanks. I can definately see a lot of work, effort and time going in to these articles you write. TY :-)

Ive been trying to take beam shots for a while now and no matter what settings i use i just get a white blur, my camera is on the way out, it used to take nice macro shot,s but now its hit and miss even with auto focus. even my pictures in my opening post are not that good some are OK, some just really bad and i took heaps and heaps of shots just to get them.

The way i see it is even a solorforce L2 is $14.50 USD for a bare host a decent drop in is $16.21 USD Total $30.71 USD with poor heat sink and heat transfer to the host from the drop in, the A8 the led is mounted directly to the head and it handles heat well IMO.

Then add the cost of a decent battery $10 to 15 USD Total $35 to $45 USD.

Then add the cost of a holster $2 to $6 USD Total $37 to $51 USD.

Then add the cost of the charger $5 to $15 USD Total $42 to $66 USD.

Then add the cost of the gift box $3 to $6 USD Total $45 to $72 USD.

Thats just for a 18650 L2.

I have brought a few 20 to 30 buck lights in the past this is much nicer in finish and build quality plus the added run time of the 26650 cell (thats actually a good one), its worth much more then $24 too me. For a similar 26650 light you would pay $35 to $50 just for the flash light shipped in bubble wrap.

To me this is a great deal for the price, nice light, decent charger great protected 26650 battery that tested to 4300 + mAh at 3 amp discharge, even with out the charger too me its a bargain and a great looking light but thats just my opinion....

Thankyou benckie, this is likely to be next months purchase to replace my cheap 3aaa flood/throw work light, looks like it’ll go in my headstrap too 8) :beer:

KD have blow me away the KD 8x7135 V2 LED Driver 3040mA 17mm driver was in the letter box today, so i know what im doing tonight.

I’m liking that, too bad kd wants so much for the a8 or I’d just order both at the same time 8) still, I like that a lot.

They both have free shipping

This is a real nice light.

I've been thinking about the Trustfire A8 or the Citycat M6 1x18650/26650 from CNQ, which is a little over $30.00, but you get a choice of tint and modes and also has the 8*7135 2.8 driver installed.

I'm curious to see how your driver swap works and then decide which to get. Great review, thanks.

With the driver swap im getting an extra 0.31 amps with it in single mode only with a redilast cell, but ive done some thing not right or done some bad soldering as im getting flicker now.

Well I swaped back to the stock driver as I had a couple of issues with kd v2 driver like flicker and cutting out I checked the soldering I might of got it to hot, or got a bad one, but it was most likely my soldering or I put to much pressure on the driver with the nylon driver ring. The stock driver is working well like it did new.

Hi! New here. Just want to thank everyone for all your contribution & hard work; which I've enjoyed reading & researching. :)

Anyway, just curious about how bright is this A8, compare to other Trustfire/Ultrafire Single 18650 cell, with about Mfg rated 1000 Lumens lights? Some BeamShots maybe? Thanks.

Welcome to the cool kids' club, Jin!

Hello and welcome

Post number 7 might answer your question as i compared to to a popular P60 drop in of the same size, the tint is a little nicer on the A8 when white wall hunting. I'm sorry i can not take beam shots.

Thanks for the warm welcome. Cool Kids?! I thought you guys are the "BRIGHT" ones !

Still got lots to learn. I'm sorry I still have no idea what is "tail cap", "current @ 1.20 amps", "mod" etc yet. The 3 things I do know are simple: Bright, Throw, Flood. Ha Ha

Trying to learn more from all of you. Thanks.

Na I'm not a bright one as i need lights for that, but a tail cap is using a digital multi meter as the torches tail cap (switch) and it shows a ruff idea of how much current the light draws mine did 1.2 amps but i suspect its more like 2.5 + amps 3 is a safe Maxim, your eyes could not tell the difference between 2.5 and 3 amps, it is to get an idea on power, my readings are normally very low due to cheap digital multi meter. Mod means modifying light or its suitable for modding. my performs better then this popular drop in of similar sized reflector ultrafire 3 mode drop in if you brought one i think you would be very happy with it,

Thanks for your info. Don't mind me asking: So, the more current draw or bigger amps number, the better or worse? Please forgive my ignorance, but basically I'm just trying to get a "quantitative" feel of what we are talking about here. Say we have Light "A" and "Light "B", "A" shows a tail cap reading of 2.5 Amp and "B" shows 1.5 Amp. What does this mean? "A" is brighter/better? Which one will last longer on the same battery? What other conclusion can I make from this info? Thanks.

A-8 3 mode?

Would be nice.

Do you know of any like the posted unit for size?

Like the 26650 and slim and trim.