The M8 works great for me. It’s become a fixture on my boat to find the dock coming in at night. Can spot the dock from 1/4 mile away, and the usb charging works perfect, and don’t have to mess with a external charger. I personally don’t care if the ramping is a bit slow, it still works well, and I’m never fidgety about being in a hurry. Double click puts on high anyway.
Just bought another one with your link and code. Thx Freeme
True, ramping M8 is not as bad as most would think. How come never consider getting green instead? I don't really use this light that much but M8 has this strange charm that no other lights have. Throw distance and brightness is very good for XP-L HI at $28. Definitely top three for stock lights in its class.
Some hints from Maeerxu upcoming projects are: 1) 26650 medium head, 2) 4x Li-ION CREE XHP50.2, 3) 8xLi-ION multi-emitter.
New video uploaded by Maeerxu. Enjoy.
Updated - original video contains copyrighted audio.
my green one came in yesterday… :+1: took obviously the racingboat from Banggood … 
But … it has improvements as well as some issues … :person_facepalming:
Improvements:
1. green color looks nice ( a little bit lighter green than green smooth Emisar D1)
2. wider tube for more batteries to fit ( LiitoKala Lii50A black fits now …)
no more “improvements” found …
issues…
1. no more ramping Now its: from off one click for “lowlow”, double for turbo, tripple for strobe, when on click and hold for at least 2.5 seconds to bring this light to cycling through low > mid >high, when on, double click and triple for strobe works too, single click for off.
2. now it has imo bad tinted NW to CW tending instead of its known NW to warm tending nice tint … :person_facepalming:
3. “green anodizing has minor injuries in typical lockout position”
4. Button works not as good as the black one does …
For me this light is a little bit disappointing
Maybe it has dual modes now? Banggood description says “Stepless Dimming Mode” and
“Button Dimming Mode”
Any other can confirm that recent one can use Lii 50A ? If so I will pull the trigger.
Jump on green one if you want
it. Those will go first. Lots of guys wanting that color.
Lii 50A does not fit in original design (Oct '17). Micmania #123 did mention that current batch is able to fit wider 26650.
My green M8 arrived today, same as micmania, I hate cool white!
Has anyone reflashed these with narsil?
Edit to add, not sure if this has been mentioned, mine is USB-C.
hmm … 
mine has USB-C too … and of course I have to add that there was a light-blue sleeved USB-C cable in the box. and wtf … a spare lens was found :disappointed:
Yup, strange!
Just found out today that press and hold from off turns the light on in last mode memorised.
If it’s possible to reflash the driver, this will be the first I try. LED swap should be pretty straight forward.
Can any who owns Green Version give feedback on CW VS NW ? I am a CW guy due to brighter tint. But interested if NW is not yellowish or egg colored. I have the Green coming. Please advise.
CW vs NW tint comparison for M8 v2. Most likely BG only offer CW right now.
I received my green one a few days ago, and it certainly is not neutral white.
To my naked eye, it looks CW to me.
New M8 V2 comes with type-C port now. Does yours come with battery too?
Thanks freeme. I ordered the Green Version from BG the other day. Glad I got CW. I was considering NW to compare at later time.
Nice, Can not wait to get mine.
Huh? I hope it does come with battery. Do you know if it came with latest batch or Green Version? I ordered mine about 1-2 days ago.
I am not aware of the changes until recently. Have to check with their customer support. Ramping has been replaced by low, medium, high arrangement now.
No battery came with my green one that has USB-C connector, and came with a blue USB-C cable.
Anyone who got M8 would you check how many KCD it throw ?