Review: TrustFire A8 from Manafont.

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.

i want this thing, i just don't want 2 pay for it. when it's cheaper, it's mine!

You can change the driver easy enough to a 3 mode

Or you can look at these

Cheap U2 XML single cell 26650 lights

I bought my dad a cheap zoomable 3 x aaa toch for xmas. Since then he has wanted something different with more light. Showing him my 504B host with Ultrafire 3 mode dropin last night he was hooked. Dad, not having any charges or batteries I thought this A8 would be the perfect torch for him. I hope he does not have to wait 5 weeks for it as he's pretty excited. Thanks guys.

Thats kind of why i brought and reviewed the light for this reason and to me it looks sexy, my last 3 or 4 orders have been around 21 days but they are getting faster so i hope its even quicker for your Steve.

The last 2 MF orders were 18 days. The one before was 5 weeks.

Must of been a back order

Are you going to try another driver swap in this light? I had as much luck as you with my first driver swap but persisted and the second driver, touch wood is working fine. Blinkie modes should be an option.

Dads A8 left on the 28th so hopefully will only be a couple of weeks.