Convoy L6... XHP70 Beast!

Streamer · November 16, 2016, 4:40am

Hold on….there’s a new military color in the works.

klrman · November 16, 2016, 6:32am

Really? I would buy the military color hands down if it's true?

stephenk · November 16, 2016, 5:59am

I find the shorter protected Keeppower 26650s easier to get in and out of my Lii-500 than some 18650s.

Ragsy · November 16, 2016, 6:16am

For now I’ll keep toiling with the D4 and add the Lii-500 to next years shopping list

JockRobbins · November 16, 2016, 6:21am

That wouldn’t be the same sand/tan colour of the S2, would it?
I would buy an L6 in a flash if they were ever made in the Convoy S2 blue colour.

hIKARInoob · November 16, 2016, 2:58pm

Convoy is working on a new colour, which was supposed to be tan, but it turned out a bit darker. They haven’t decided yet whether to accept this version, or to change it. The discussion takes place here (last page for pics):

It is also not known whether this new colour will be used for the L6 as well. Maybe it’s going to take time…

J-Dub74 · November 16, 2016, 2:16pm

Cut it out Streamer.
I can hardly keep up with the “colorful” conversation in it’s own thread.

Seriously though, it will be a while before we see another new color on the L6. The S2+ will be the testing ground. If that goes well then we may see the color crossing over into other lights.

adirondackdestroyer · November 16, 2016, 2:44pm

I’d go with the Black version if I were you. The matte finish is unbelievable! It’s unlike any other flashlight I own, and gives it much more grip then a typical finish does. It also looks really nice as well!
It might be because of the impressive size (when does size not impress? lol) but the L6 impressed my girl more than any other light that I own, and it lacks all the fancy bells at whistles that some of my other lights possess.

Streamer · November 16, 2016, 3:06pm

“Good things come to those who wait”. :arrow_right:

klrman · November 17, 2016, 1:10am

Just ordered the black version! My wife thinks I'm addicted to flashlights but it's not true ............. not false either Is there a pdf manual for the L6 somewhere?

hIKARInoob · November 17, 2016, 1:15am

Congrats! Addicted? Pfff, no one is addicted here ;-). I don’t think there is a manual, but it pretty much speaks for itself. Light output is about: 40, 160, 1400 and 3800 lumen (approximate numbers based on current values of 50, 200, 1700 and 5000 mA). Those are not official lumen values; I just gave you a rough estimate. Double tap on sideswitch gives you strobe. That’s about it.

klrman · November 17, 2016, 1:35am

hIKARInoob:

klrman:

adirondackdestroyer:

I’d go with the Black version if I were you. The matte finish is unbelievable! It’s unlike any other flashlight I own, and gives it much more grip then a typical finish does. It also looks really nice as well! It might be because of the impressive size (when does size not impress? lol) but the L6 impressed my girl more than any other light that I own, and it lacks all the fancy bells at whistles that some of my other lights possess.

Just ordered the black version! My wife thinks I'm addicted to flashlights but it's not true ............. not false either Is there a pdf manual for the L6 somewhere?

Congrats! Addicted? Pfff, no one is addicted here ;-). I don’t think there is a manual, but it pretty much speaks for itself. Light output is about: 40, 160, 1400 and 3800 lumen (approximate numbers based on current values of 50, 200, 1700 and 5000 mA). Those are not official lumen values; I just gave you a rough estimate. Double tap on sideswitch gives you strobe. That’s about it.

Haha, glad I'm not the only one! Thanks for the info, that's all I need to know. When it arrives, I may have a winter project and paint it in a camouflage colors like one of my other flashlights that I got.

hIKARInoob · November 17, 2016, 1:48am

That’s up to you of course. But seriously, the finish… is… to cry for… It is really that good. I personally would not change that

J-Dub74 · November 17, 2016, 1:57am

Welcome to the family! I’m not addicted either…
As you’ve been told, there is no manual yet (there will be) but the operation is quite simple. You will not be disappointed. :+1:

klrman · November 17, 2016, 2:24am

Really looking forward then to when it arrives which should be in about 1 week.

klrman · November 17, 2016, 3:10am

J-Dub74:

klrman:

adirondackdestroyer:

I’d go with the Black version if I were you. The matte finish is unbelievable! It’s unlike any other flashlight I own, and gives it much more grip then a typical finish does. It also looks really nice as well! It might be because of the impressive size (when does size not impress? lol) but the L6 impressed my girl more than any other light that I own, and it lacks all the fancy bells at whistles that some of my other lights possess.

Just ordered the black version! My wife thinks I'm addicted to flashlights but it's not true ............. not false either Is there a pdf manual for the L6 somewhere?

Welcome to the family! I’m not addicted either… As you’ve been told, there is no manual yet (there will be) but the operation is quite simple. You will not be disappointed. :+1:

Thanks J-Dub. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but all of a sudden I really got into flashlights. It started off with a few cheap ones from Aliexpress with the T6 and U2, but the quality was surprisingly very good and then I started to enjoy expanding my collection.

J-Dub74 · November 17, 2016, 3:01am

klrman:

J-Dub74:

klrman:

adirondackdestroyer:

I’d go with the Black version if I were you. The matte finish is unbelievable! It’s unlike any other flashlight I own, and gives it much more grip then a typical finish does. It also looks really nice as well! It might be because of the impressive size (when does size not impress? lol) but the L6 impressed my girl more than any other light that I own, and it lacks all the fancy bells at whistles that some of my other lights possess.

Just ordered the black version! My wife thinks I’m addicted to flashlights but it’s not true …………. not false either Is there a pdf manual for the L6 somewhere?

Welcome to the family! I’m not addicted either… As you’ve been told, there is no manual yet (there will be) but the operation is quite simple. You will not be disappointed. :+1:

Thanks J-Dub. I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but all of a sudden I really got into flashlights. It started off with a few cheap ones from Aliexpress with the T6 and U2, but the quality was surprisingly very good and then I started to enjoy expanding my collection.

Ha!
We all started that way my friend! Most of us anyway. For me it was @mazon and a few varieties of the SK68 which led me to the Bay for a bunch of random generic lights most of which had the name Ultrafire printed on them yet as I now know, were not made by said company. Finally, I found a “real” Ultrafire 501B and then my first Convoy C8. The well made 501B was eye opening, but the Convoy C8 changed the way I looked at budget lights forever. I had no idea such quality could be so affordable.

This is why I do what I do…

In summary, I’m sorry…and you’re welcome.

klrman · November 17, 2016, 3:34am

J-Dub74:

klrman:

J-Dub74:

klrman:

adirondackdestroyer:

I’d go with the Black version if I were you. The matte finish is unbelievable! It’s unlike any other flashlight I own, and gives it much more grip then a typical finish does. It also looks really nice as well! It might be because of the impressive size (when does size not impress? lol) but the L6 impressed my girl more than any other light that I own, and it lacks all the fancy bells at whistles that some of my other lights possess.

Just ordered the black version! My wife thinks I'm addicted to flashlights but it's not true ............. not false either Is there a pdf manual for the L6 somewhere?

Welcome to the family! I’m not addicted either… As you’ve been told, there is no manual yet (there will be) but the operation is quite simple. You will not be disappointed. :+1:

Thanks J-Dub. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but all of a sudden I really got into flashlights. It started off with a few cheap ones from Aliexpress with the T6 and U2, but the quality was surprisingly very good and then I started to enjoy expanding my collection.

Ha! We all started that way my friend! Most of us anyway. For me it was @mazon and a few varieties of the SK68 which led me to the Bay for a bunch of random generic lights most of which had the name Ultrafire printed on them yet as I now know, were not made by said company. Finally, I found a “real” Ultrafire 501B and then my first Convoy C8. The well made 501B was eye opening, but the Convoy C8 changed the way I looked at budget lights forever. I had no idea such quality could be so affordable. This is why I do what I do… In summary, I’m sorry…and you’re welcome.

I guess I went the same way then. Initially, the price/quality ratio stunned me a little, enough to purchase some more. The thing about is that overall, I have not spent much money for what I have gotten back, so I'm really happy with what I have for what I spent and the L6 is going to be the icing on the cake.

I also just purchased that huge looking flashlight with the head that holds 24 T6's. I know it will be under driven and not so strong, but I decided that if I do not like it, I will give it away as a Christmas gift, unless some knowledgeable people around here could help me modify it with a better driver to get maybe 10,000 lumens out of it. Either way, I'm real happy to be part of this forum.

Slayer1 · November 19, 2016, 10:16am

J-Dub74:

Ok so I just went back to my PM from Banggood and the new link they sent and the coupon code.

This is for the Keeppower 5200mAh protected cells which are the Convoy recommended cells for the L6.

The purchase link is HERE.
The coupon code is “Keeppower” which brings the price down to $10.99

The new Banggood rep asked me to use the new link so they could track it better and I see they added a string of info that includes the words BLF and jdub. I assume people are going to think it’s an affiliate link as that’s about how it looks to me but for the record I don’t have any affiliate accounts setup anywhere. Maybe I should…but I don’t.

As far as “Why protected and why these exact cells?” it’s about user protection/safety and also Simon felt these were the ideal cells for the L6. That does not mean you can’t use unprotected cells, you just need to know what you are doing as most of us here do. Still I personally feel better using protected cells in series lights as there is a very real added danger (mostly to the uninitiated). I use unprotected cells in all my single cell lights. If you’re build a hotrod custom L6 with a FET driver you’re going to want to use hi-drain unprotected cells to get the most out of your light but again here it is assumed that if you are building such a light you know and understand the dangers and monitor your cells closely. The stock L6 driver is current controlled so there is no benefit to be had from using hi-drain cells so I go with protected just for that added piece of mind. It makes me more comfortable when others want to try it out as they always do.

These don’t ship to Singapore.

klrman · November 20, 2016, 4:46am

Anyone have pics on how to shave the L6 emitter for optimal performance? I read this youtube comment on the L6 below and would really like to know how to do it?

"you can shave the emitter yourself with a razor blade with little effort. Did mine in a total of about 10 minutes and gained roughly 25% more throw and lost that ugly slightly purple ring around the beam."