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

manxbuggy1 · January 20, 2013, 12:34am

I started to get in on this deal but didn’t. Boy do I regret that decision!

garrybunk · January 20, 2013, 1:00am

Rey announced in the sales thread that he still has some left. Jump in before its too late!

-Garry

leaftye · January 20, 2013, 1:02am

He has at least one less than when he made that announcement. ;)

garrybunk · January 20, 2013, 1:04am

Well he had 30+ left a few days ago. I'm sure that's come down since.

-Garry

whokilledJR · January 20, 2013, 1:16am

BetweenRides:

whokilledJR:

I quite like my A8, although the one problem is it isn’t floody if you’re referring to spill, in fact the spill is very narrow. The hotspot is similar to to a P60 so this part of the beam profile could be considered floody. The problem is the Bezel as it cuts out a lot of the spill due to it’s recessed design. To get mine off I had to carefully apply some anti adhesive gunk as mine was glued. Once removed the spill size is average.

WKJR, I think we’ve discussed this before: I had issues with my first A8 spontaneously changing modes while bike riding. With a lot of finagling in the tailcap area, I got it to quit but then I sold the A8 ‘package’ to another cyclist that was just beginning night riding. I’m curious if you’ve used the BLF version yet on your bike and if you’ve had any issues with mode switch?

My light is in the Chicago area, I’ll be getting it delivered to work on Monday.

Gidday Betweenrides, yes I was counting the Z’s . I haven’t ordered the BLF version, just the original but I too had some tailcap issues, took some messing around to get it too work, not sure what I did. I would assume the BLF version would have the same tailcap? I probably won’t get the BLF version anytime soon, been a bit of a hermit lately and haven’t ordered any new flashlights for 3 months now. Although that’s all going to change in a couple of weeks…… J)

JohnnyMac · January 20, 2013, 1:22am

I have to add that I got mine yesterday and I totally love it! Build quality is phenomenal and output is great.

soytnly · January 20, 2013, 1:28am

I ordered one the day of the great CPF review and it was shipped by the next day. I’d be surprised if he didn’t have at least a few left.

manxbuggy1 · January 20, 2013, 3:05am

Can someone please give me a link or do I just pm him?

scaru · January 20, 2013, 3:08am

manxbuggy1 · January 20, 2013, 3:21am

Oops. Don’t know how I missed that. Thanks for opening my eyes scaru. Lol.

DayLighter · January 20, 2013, 5:15am

stupid question… how do you guys measure at the tail? ’cos mine is only 1.6 A high

manxbuggy1 · January 20, 2013, 5:40am

I just ordered 2. Thanks garrybunk for the tip.

whokilledJR · January 20, 2013, 5:19pm

Might need to fiddle around with the tailcap. Mine at first only gave around 1.3A from it’s first driver the Nanj 6*7135 (around 2.1A). After fiddling it went up to 2.1A. No idea what I did.

hlsgbud · January 23, 2013, 1:34pm

My A8 is NW. I can see it change color from a NW tint to something more CW after being on high for a few seconds. This does not happen for the other modes. Is the color change normal?

Pulsar13 · January 23, 2013, 2:16pm

Lucky it’s going to CW and not green or yellow :bigsmile:

Anyhow, yes, CREE bins their light on lower current. Tints at higher currents are never defined, it’s a bit of a lottery, you just hope they don’t stray too far off the lower-current value.

sb56637 · January 28, 2013, 1:14pm

Thanks very much! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.

justanotherguy · February 9, 2013, 5:07am

Anyone post what the run time was and with which battery?
Thanks
Tony

leaftye · March 21, 2013, 1:25am

I've been trying to use mine more, and the lack of a lanyard is really starting to bother me.

justanotherguy · March 24, 2013, 4:37pm

Waiting for mine….30 days…I hope it arrives soon!

justanotherguy · April 11, 2013, 12:21am

Got it!!! Only problem was it was marked CW on the box and the tint looks cool…
Rey asked me if the light itself as CW or NW….How would I tell from looking at the light itself….?
Thanks
Tony