A C8 host with BLF on it would be nice, especially if any 'Utrafire' or 'Cree' logo's are absent as well :-)
It would be nice if it can be directly shipped to anyone (like me, and koyotee) who do not need the mods. Reshipping costs from the US to abroad will kill the deal for us.
For 7.55$ that has to be crappiest C8 light in history! Good quality host itself must be at least 10$ + about 2.5-3$ for led and 1.5-2$ driver … pill will probably have big hole in it!!!
That is probably true, but i’ll wait for a test sample to be reviewed.
I’ll ask about shipping directly to each of you but I doubt that he would for the same price.
Sounds like it would be fun. Can never have enough C8 hosts, and can use the guts for other projects. A BLF host would be really cool.
Just took a look at his site. He claims 1800lm, 1600lm, 5 modes, 3 modes,… All for the same light. I’m out 
As long as it’s actually an XM-L2 and an aluminum reflector I don’t really care what they claim. It’s basically a host with a good emitter to me. I’ll let him know that if it’s not aluminum and an XM-L2 then he is not getting paid. That is how ali-express works. The money goes into an escrow and the seller doesn’t get it until I get the shipment and inspect it.
+1
You will still have shipping cost from me to you, but it would still make it a cheap host even with the extra five bucks or so for shipping.
Thanks for trying this !
An C8 XML2 seems a little redundant to most people on the forum me thinks. I have about 5 myself.I would rather pay a little more for a properly driven C12 with an XML2 NW. Or something we cannot otherwise buy with assurance of quality, C8 XPG2?
Thanks again!
You’re welcome. I’ll keep that in mind if this one doesn’t make it to enough people. I like the C-12 a lot myself but I was trying to keep this cheap.
Of course I could mod it with any emitter that is asked for it would just be extra. For an XP-G2 it would only be an extra couple bucks.
I would like decent C12 host also
ill be in for 1, like above it would be nice if they could make a special listing for them and have them ship as we place the order and those who wants them modded u can order there's ? :)
I’m in for at least 1, probably 2 or 3.
Thanks, I’ll find out if they will ship individual orders. And the special listing is a good idea.
Thanks for doing this 18sixfifty. I hope this takes off, but I can see difficulties making everyone happy with all the variables. I would be interested in the BLF logo host for sure, specially if it's a true "standard" C8 pill, but those seem hard to come by lately.
He is supposed to be sending me pictures with it broken down soon.
He got back to me with the driver question.
There are three modes available.
single mode
high low strobe
high medium low strobe sos.
This driver could be the way to go: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/22326 - nice modes, direct drive turbo, 7135 controlled lower modes. I got the parts in, just waiting for the PCB boards to arrive, then got a bit of work to do to test a couple of them. tivo532 looks like he did a great job with them. Boy, if we could get a production run done at a reasonable cost, might be interesting for this light. Someone would still have to do a thorough test/review of them first though and cost would be a big factor for sure.
That would be sweet. A true direct drive with low resistance and good low would be perfect. If this guy doesn’t have the best host around then I’ll shop it until I find someone who does. It would be nice to have a BLF C8 with this driver and a really good host too. If I have to I’ll go on Alibaba and deal with someone direct.