I am a big fan of Fasttech and the convoy line, having an s3, m2 and s2. The S3 is a regular EDC for me.
But something seems to be holding back the brightness of the convoy c8. Almost every one of my c8s (or c8 clone like the c10 and ke-5) are ALL brighter than the convoy c8. Did I get a dud? Is it the orange-peel reflector?
And not just slightly brighter. I would say most outshine it by as much as 15%. Really noticeable.
I just got the convoy c8 yesterday, so haven’t really played with it for an extended period, so these are very prelimlinary findings. GREAT build quality, but just not great brightness — so far. Maybe I need to play around with the reflector positioning or something. Hmmmmm.
Darn - totally missed your review! Your pics explain it all. For C8's, I got/worked on XinTD's, LightMalls UF C8, TMART C8 w/SS bezel, and a couple of other styles, all had a 20mm star - weird. Now I need to order a couple of these hosts... Couple of weeks away for Nitro's 16mm SinkPAD's, close enough. Yes, the throw is impressive for an OP. I just got 49 kcd measured on a XinTD mod: XM-L2 T6 0D/SinkPAD, 3.8A (3.75A measured on a Samsung INR 2000), so think that's close to top-end for C8 XML's without dedoming.