I’ve gone ahead and posted a ticket with FT, to try to find out if this is something that whoever manufactures Convoy C8 started doing. Man, this is really frustrating :(!!
Anyway, so any suggestions about how to get this disassembled? I’ve read about putting the light into a ziploc bag and boiling it? Will that work?
Thanks,
Jim
Hi,
I guess that the guy that they named those 26650 batteries after must be working for Convoy now :)… I was just able to separate the head from the body. Luckily two sides of the tube are flat, so I used a crescent wrench to grab that, and then turned the head while wearing a nitrile glove.
However, I still can’t seem to get the bezel off of the head :(…
You could try using a piece of leather to protect while using vise-grips… though a rubber tube wrench might be better tool for the job.
I sometimes use one of those rubber grip mats used in the kitchen for opening stuck bottles and stuff. Works pretty well, but sound like you need heavier weaponry in this case.
I’ll see what I can figure out.
Also, BTW, FastTech support responded to my ticket, and confirmed that Convoy C8 “indeed comes with sealed bezel” :(!!
Why? Why would they do that?
Mine came apart easily??
I’m glad that’s the case. When did you purchase that?
Edit: Also which one did you get? The one I got was this one:
WTF? Thats lame.
Whoa! This is weird! I just woke up, and tried the bezel again, and guess what? It came off easily!!
I have NO idea what is going on with this, but I am glad that I can now get both the body and bezel apart, albeit with some scratches on my relatively brand new Convoy C8 :)!!
Grrrreat!
No glue on mine. I would not have expected them to start doing this. If this is confirmed, I’ll update the review to provide that as a warning to potential buyers. If mine was glued I would have made it very clear and would not recommend for modders.
I just took it off. It was tight but not glued. I got it off by hand.
I have two 2,8A 3C and both are not glued.
Mine wasn’t glued either
Hi,
At this point, I DON’T know if it was glued :(.
- I know that I had a heck of time getting the body separated from the head, and only got it off with a crescent wrench (dinging it in the process)
- I know that I could NOT get the bezel off last night, including using nitrile gloves (didn’t try the vise grips - too worried)
- I know that FastTech said that the bezel at least is glued, in response to a ticket
- I know that when I tried this morning, the bezel came off no problem, no gloves needed
Anyway, sorry for the panic that I may’ve created. I’m just glad I was able to get it apart.
Thanx for this review Relic38! Just ordered 2 Convoy C8s from FastTech. 
Nice review, thanks for sharing
No problem. I have purchased three more of these and all have the same build quality. Very consistent.
BTW, the FT price is now $16.51…
The price in the review is the price I paid, after BLF code.
Thanks for the review. I now have a Convoy C8 on it’s way to my mailbox.