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

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

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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….

What makes this light interesting to me is the firefly mode with a super long run time. Without a mode memory and starting on high makes firefly almost useless to me. As a newbie flashaholic I am not sure I posses the skill set to do a driver swap yet. So I would probably pass on this torch. As it stands it seems the only difference between this and stock is the 3c emitter, a FF mode tacked onto the end, driven a tad bit more and BLF A8 printed on the side. Also having Trustfire A8 and BLF A8 on the same torch seems redundant. A8 should only be used once IMO. I.E. Trustfire A8 / BLF Edition.

Get a 50cent fauxton and run down the batteries if you need a dedicated firefly mode light. Look I just saved you $20+.

I’ll take 1 of option 2.

That includes the driver too? And is there any chance of AU charger plug?

Thanks for the suggestion, but that isn’t what I’m looking for. Let me simplify what I was trying to say.

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I’m still in for one of these + 18650 battery tube - so long as it starts on HIGH. If I want almost no light I’ll use a lesser torch or a match. But when I want light I’ll go grab a torch :stuck_out_tongue:

It has to be either:

- FF-L-M-H, no memory

or

- H-M-L-FF, with (working) memory

..because otherwise the firefly mode doesn't make any sense..

I'm in with either of those options, but not with "H-M-L-FF, no memory"

+1 and "Trustfire A8" on one side, "BLF Edition" on the other side. Having "A8" twice is redundant.

-Garry

Hah! I was just came back to this thread to post the same thing. Great minds must think alike!

I will be ordering a copy of this light either way but for the record it is just plain ignorant to start a light with Firefly mode on High whether there is memory or not. Starting on high when needing low can destroy night vision but starting on low hurts no one but those too lazy to give a couple quick half-presses and it doesn't really hurt them either, just their ego. Many of us will be forced to swap out the driver and it's no big deal to me but it is a much bigger deal then just giving a couple quick half-presses to the button. Others will live with the programming and complain. A handful will be happy as it is.

As for selling the driver separately don't count on selling many with the programming you've decided on.

But in the name of redundancy, "BLF A8" is redundant. Please go with "BLF Edition" or, if it is a cost issue for the extra characters, go with "BLF Ed.".

Sign me up for one of Option #1 in NW no matter what way it goes. Both options include a holster, right?

for a compact 1RCR or 14500 light I can see more use for starting on low. Although I still maintain if this is what you want most of the time have a dedicated light for it.

It just gets annoying having to scroll through modes you don’t want just to get to high. Which means such a light would sit on the shelf more than get used. I do see the other side of the coin, but when a torches primary existence is to produce light, it seems odd that some would want it in it’s least light giving mode as the first choice.

Besides if most of the people who want FF first are the people most likely to swap the driver out anyhow, why worry? :wink:

:slight_smile:

Sorry, but that it mean, that we can buy the driver for $0.60?

I think the A8 should use the same style as BLF mini.
If the mini only has “BLF Mini” engraved on it, then the A8 should only “BLF A8” engraved on it (I am not sure as I was too late to get a BLF mini).
If the A8 is going to have “Trustfire A8” engraved on one side, then I feel that it is better to use “BLF Edition” instead of repeating A8 in in “BLF A8” on the other side.
If the A8 can go without the “Trustfire A8” engraving, then I feel that it is better to have only “BLF A8” on just on one side.

Or perhaps a combined “BLF Trustfire A8” or “Trustfire BLF A8”?

It should also follow the BLF mini in modes like L/M/H (or rather firefly/L/M/H), and not start on high.