REVIEW: A8 BLF Edition - 1x26650 - XM-L T6 NW

that’s odd… mine only measure 1.6 Amp high :frowning:

What battery are you using?

How about if we make it 50 / 50, =the= :wink:

You gotta watch what you say on this forum lol
Almost feel kind of guilty, since its not really a necessity. But I couldn’t pass it up.
Guess I’ll have to pay it forward in a couple weeks to another lucky blf member or two.
I really appreciate the generosity of this forum

I had no idea about CPF’s censorship.

That’s what keeps me here, our community willing to share, I agree, when your on your feet, pay it forward, you never know when someone’s on their arse, and its suprising how much of a boost a gift out of the blue can give, both for the recipient and the good Samaritan 8)

Thanks for the offer, but no need. PayPal would be the only winner in this small transfers… :wink:

But I dare you to give one to someone else, making both him & Rey happy. :slight_smile:

the one that came with it…trustfire

I beleive the CPF ban is a direct response to the * they receive on this forum.

You can’t argue that you guys rip the * out of them.

Thankyou for signing up, purely to state the obvious….

The fact is, the only suprise is how long it took for the review to be deleted.

Heck, we took dares on who would post the review.

Now first things first, welcome to the more light hearted side of flashlight forums, second, please edit your language, this is a family forum. Third, cpf is ribbed so much precisely because of their poor management, poor moderation, elitism, Nazi attitude towards conversation, simply crap server maintenance and blind, sheep like demeanor of many of its members. We have news for you, budget lights can be just as reliable, just as well made as brand name lights - many of the brand name lights are in fact made in China….

Hopefully, you’ll take this as the mild mickey taking its partially intended to be, suck it up, have a read and possibly learn a few things, you never know, you might even enjoy yourself here. We all do, because the forum, members and owner are freaking awesome! 8)

However, I’ve never seen a review of flashlight/gadget published on CPF banned here. On the contrary many link to CPF when there is useful information there.

Banning a honest flashlight review tells me more about CPF than thousand words can.

But I won’t be offtopic. I just received a note from post office that my BLF A8 arrived. I am excited 8)

Hmmm, my rant got derailed :~ - the post you are replying to has been deleted. I put some effort into that rant too….

Don’t you just hate it when that happens. I am kind of a fan of a good rant :party:

Me too, particularly when I tried to edit out swearing (takes a lot of effort) and make it of comedy value to other readers. :~

One things for sure, questions have been raised about the member I quoted, I think this all speaks volumes. As I said in my rant, they’ve hardly contributed and their presense really wouldn’t be missed.

Hm, I´d love to see a comparison with a UF-2100.

Speaking of design I don´t get the idea behind this light (like I don´t get it with 90% of the lights).
Why are the long grooves split into two parts and why does the tailcap has a completely different designed grooves?
Plus, the front part with the cooling fins: at leats three different parts that don´t fit together?

It´s not that it is a problem with this specific model but with almost any light.

The comparison is easy, this is bigger and won’t over heat. As for the host criticism it works, its extremely grippy, there are no sharp machining points. The nurling to the tailcap aids grip in cell replacement, the fins in the head aid cooling, it has the mass to cope with an xm-l at 3a, the finish on mine is flawless and the modes are perfect. It’s no pocket light, hence the holster, but it edc’s fine on a belt. It will out throw any >20mm 18650edc xm-l host - bigger reflector.

Comparison done. :bigsmile:

Yeah, but what about brightness and beam pattern?
; P

MrCG, what do you want to see? A comparison of beam profile and a picture of them next to each other sound good? In other news, I got mine today. :D

And conversely you’ll see nothing derogatory ever written about BLF on CPF