The flashlight was sent to me by Convoy for review.
Here’s the product’s link for more info: Convoy T3
The variant of the Convoy T3 I got comes with the very nice MAO coating.
The fit and finish of the flashlight is excellent.
The MAO finish gives it a nice chalky texture.
The flashlight uses a single 14500 / AA cell and is operated via a rear-mounted mechanical switch.
At the front of the flashlight, we can see a smooth protruding bezel that’s used to protect the glass lens.
Looking into the head, we can see a Nichia 519A emitter along with an orange peel reflector.
Of course, the light can be very easily taken apart.
Here’s the head full disassmbled.
As you can see, the light comes with a GITD o-ring.
And a closer shot of the emitter MCPBC.
Plenty of thermal paste seems to be in place.
On the rear side of the head we find the driver, which is held in place via a brass retainer.
The Convoy comes with a reverse-clickie mechanical switch.
To match its MAO finish, the included switch boot is white / translucent.
The switch resides lower than the two metal side flaps of the tail, and thus it allows the flashlight to tailstand.
The side flaps of the tail contains some cut-outs to allow for the installation of a lanyard.
The tail contains a quite thick copper / bronze spring.
It’s set in place via a brass retainer.
Here’s the tail taken apart.
Both the front and rear threads are very cleanly cut.
The Convoy T3 also comes with a detachable pocket clip.
The clip has a polished finish and it provides good retention while maintaining a quite slim footprint.
User Interface
The flashlight comes with Convoy’s 13 mode firmware.
The user is able to choose his preferred mode group via a pool of 13 different UIs.
Here’s all the supported actions:
Turn on/off: Single press.
Mode cycle: Half press.
Configuration mode: 20 half presses.
Feel free to have a look at the product’s page on more information on the available mode groups.
I personally use mode group 1 (1%, 10%, 30%, 100%).
Mode memory is also configurable.
Finally, low voltage protection is only available when the flashlight runs on a 14500 cell.
Output
Here’s my output measurements along with the current draw per each output level using an 14500 cell.
As we can see, the flashlight pushes 448 OTF lumen of High CRI light.
Overall the mode spacing of the light is great.
Power Regulation
Here’s my power regulation graph when running on a 14500 cell.
What we can see in the graph:
- Turbo mode is regulated down to 3.4V
- High, Medium and Low are fully regulated for the whole span of the battery’s voltage.
And a power regulation graph for an AA / NiMH cell.
What we can see in the graph:
- Turbo is regulated down to 0.9V
- High, Medium and Low are fully regulated.
Overall the driver is showing great regulation signs!
On both AA and 14500, the driver will gradually increase the current draw while the voltage drops to be able to provide a constant amount of power to the emitter.
Wall Beamshots
Finally, here’s a wall beamshot GIF to help you understand mode spacing.
As already mentioned, I’m using Mode Group 1 (1%, 10%, 30%, 100%).
