(closed,all sold out) Give me your money: 2nd BLF Light, TrustFire A8

To me starting out on high is utterly pointless because you will have blinded yourself or disturbed whomever/whatever you were trying to not disturb in the first place. If you want high then give it a couple quick taps and you are there - no harm no foul except a couple extra clicks for the truly lazy. If they use High mode all the time then memory will keep it there for them. Personally I prefer no memory and starting on low.

I'm stuck with picking a preferred mode order and memory or no memory. I kind of like the idea of having no memory and starting in firefly and progressing to high. That way you never blind yourself turning the light on. I don't think it's a big deal to toggle modes to get to high when you want high. I'm picturing in my mind walking into a room to check on a sleeping baby or out camping and grabbing the light inside the tent to get prepared when nature calls. In these situations having memory or starting in high mode won't work too well (well memory mode would work if you had remembered ahead of time to set the light in firefly or low).

Then there's that driver program that Dr. Jones came up with which has been touted as being the best of both worlds. I'd have to look it up again. Is it ok/legal to use it?

EDIT - looks like I'm right there with JohnnyMac! Seems I'm in good company!

EDIT #2 - here's what I was thinking (copied two posts from here and here):

-Garry

OK so I am not alone. Good.
:slight_smile:

Can’t lie, at first I was all for H>M>L… but after more thought, it really defeats the whole idea of having a firefly mode. (Unless there is mode memory.)

How about a hidden beacon mode? Anyone else see this as helpful? Hey, and while we're at it instead of S-O-S it could do B-L-F in morse code! :)

-Garry

Well, Rey could always just sell us the host without a driver and let us put our own in. TrustFire will never install a Nanjg driver as they will want to use their own. A Nanjg 105v2 will let us chose 2,3 or 5 modes, whether it starts out in high or in low, and whether it uses mode memory. It even has moon low. As a bonus we'd get true 3.04A output and very high PWM. Offer the option to get one without a driver installed and drop a Nanjg v2 into the package for us do-it-yourselfers. Offer the option of the complete light as planned for those who don't/can't mod.

Just thinking out loud and don't expect Rey to take this serious.

I’d be up for no memory and moon/low/med/high/beacon modes. Dump crappy SOS and strobe and go beacon. Very useful if outdoors for locating camp or other campers. Never have to see it if you don’t need it either

I'm not sure how anyone can take you serious anymore with that avatar! (I get a laugh every time I see it!) And just in case you change it, here it is:

-Garry

(Sorry for going off-topic.)

You don’t have Trustfire A8, BLF Edition listed as an option. It’s what most people are asking for.

I could probably due without beacon personally. I do like the idea of it being hidden if it is added though.

I'd say some sort of "press and hold for 5 seconds" to trigger beacon. Beacon being something like 1 second on, 10 seconds off. Definitely hidden well, but easily accessible.

-Garry

I'm in for some (two-three-four?), both options.

I have to agree with JM & GB: FF-L-M-H without memory would be my #1 choice, but I'll be happy also with H-M-L-FF with memory.

Firefly + 26650 will be a great combination. Runtimes up to what? 3 months? ;)

For a primary firefly flashlight the A8 is a pretty hefty chunk. I always wear tactical pants, so I can handle a lot of gear. Bigger lights are no problem for EDC. The A8 really is a big weight that I am always aware of dragging down my pants. This is not an easy pocket carry light.

So no U3 CW option? Just T6 CW?

Talk about nightlight

+1

+1

If I end up with this light, It’s a 90% chance I’m going to change the driver to a Nanjg105C anyway.

I guess if everyone is excited about start mode and memory I have to say I don’t know why.

If a light has memory that I can set, I generally set it for low. And invariably I have to ramp it up and then forget to reset it to low.

If it always starts on high, I want low and have to click through modes.

If it always starts on low, I want high and have to click through modes.

If it doesn’t have any memory, it will start one level past the one I want.

Sometimes, I won’t be sure of the level and will click through all of them once or twice anyway, just to be sure. Especially lights with moonlight where I have to look to see if it is on or off.

And finally, even with all these lights I will always pick up the wrong one for the start mode I prefer at the moment.

So does this include the 18650 tube or is that extra? The OP is ambiguous here.

Hello Rey,
this sounds really good. I hope to get my ordered Trustfire Minis (I think I’m the one, who ordered the most Minis) before this groupbuy will end. At the moment, I look every day in my postbox and hope to find the flashlights or the letter of the customer service.

I’m a tint snob, but even more I’m a UI snob, so actually I don’t care about the driver, as long as a NANJG105C fits, because I’m going to exchange it anyway and have whatever modes and memory I want. :slight_smile: The downside is that this adds some cost.

Hi,

if it starts in firefly mode, I might get one, or at least the driver. But starting on high is a no go for me….