CNQ/FF has a bunch. Keep in mind their shipping is painfully slow if you've been spoiled by Fasttech.
What is CNQ/FF?
Cnqualitygoods fancyflashlights
Great review, thank you!
Thank you leaftye and Pulsar, I found about the right size. The thickness is hard to measure. I used a micrometer, but it squishes.
Also, I emailed TrustFire customer support. They responded: “We will order this item to the factory and it will be available in our wesbsite within 25 days.”
I finally got a ring that fits the slide: 1mm x 22 mm from The O-ring Store. Strangely, the same size does not easily fit around the bezel where I borrowed one to try to fix the slide. That one seems to be the same 1 mm cross section but smaller diameter, so that it thins as it stretches to fit under the lip of the bezel.
The sliding one goes in the groove at the very back edge inside the head. There is a second groove by the threads, but it doesn’t work to put the ring there. It seems unusual to have the groove on the inside of the head instead of on the outside of the body, but this light is unusual in many, mostly delightful, ways.
Had the Z8 for a day. Bought brand new $11.00 battery. And thought WoW what a hype this light is. Never took it apart, but the entire exterior of this piece of garbage is aluminum. I got no problem with aluminum, some of my best friends are aluminum. Polished aluminum kinda maybe looks like stainless steel. I don’t have all the gizmos you all have to do all this scientific testing on lights. I just turn them on, they work,ok, they don’t work their garbage. I purchased this piece of garbage to replace my E.D.C. “Techlite” Lumen Master 200lm. I figured 1200lm 5 times more intense than my current 200lm, not this one. Maybe I received a damaged one, maybe I misunderstood the scientific data, maybe 1200lm doesn’t mean more intense than a 200lm. Maybe it just means buying an $11.00 non returnable battery. I’ll try and figure out how to post a picture of the two lights lighting up a wall, next to each other. Not very scientific, but it sure looks like the 200lm is more intense than the Z8. Well I can’t figure out how to get the pic from my desktop to this post. You’ll just have to take my word or not. I did get my money back for the flashlight. Anybody want to by an $11.00 one day old battery ?
Not sure what light you had but it wasn't a Z8. You have a link to this light you had?
A magnet sticks to mine. It sticks strongly to the body, showing that it is low nickel stainless steel. It sticks just a bit to the bezel, showing that it is high nickel stainless.
Ebay does not show what that link was, you should contact eBay to ask for a refund, after verifying that a magnet does not stick to the body.
I don't see it:
If this one doesn’t work sorry.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Flashlight-TrustFire-Z8-CREE-T6-10W-1200LM-3-7-4-2V-1LED-3Modes-Focusing-/121191115445?pt=US_Flashlights&hash=item1c378daab5.
That’s a Z8 all right, I bought one because this review said it was decent, very disappointed with it and hasn’t seen the light of day since.
My SK68 clone that I got for next to nothing poops all over it, and it smaller and lighter and doesn’t require two hands to zoom in/out and has a much nicer tint.
Interestingly my previous observations in this thread have disappeared…
Does yours from that ebay seller have the trustfire logo and model number etched on its head like the one reviewed? That sellers pics show no logos. When this light was reviewed it was a brand new model. It has become very popular and has likely been cloned by other factories. If yours is not stainless and doesn't look exactly like the one I reviewed then you bought a cheap clone. This is why I only buy from known reputable sellers and rarely from ebay.
You bought this light based on a very detailed review and tons of glowing reviews and praise from other owners of the authentic stainless steel bodied TF Z8. When yours is not stainless and is of far inferior quality to nearly everyone elses examples you assumed that we all lied about the Z8 or had no clue of the difference between SS and aluminum and you
never thought maybe your example was a cheap copy since it was not the same as everyone elses? Sad truth is that when a great light comes out other sellers come out with inferior copies to cash in on a lights reputation in order to make a quick buck. Short point is that you were taken by a cheaply made clone. Either get your money back from the seller or file a PP claim then leave negative comments for that seller so no one else gets taken like you were. If you still want the real thing then buy one from Tmart, Fasttech, or DX.
No... please buy mine!!!
I think John Mac is missing the hundreds of people who hate this light and want their money back .. the words glowing reviews need to be tempered by the fact the light is so widely regarded as a huge piece of S***.
I have lots of lights and I know what a good light is .. This ain't it .. It's heavy as hell so carrying it would just be impossable. Mine is so dificult to twist it makes it almost unusable . I had to sand down the SS shaft to even get it to work and then repolish it .It still needs more material taken off to work correctly . The tailcap seems like an after thought and designwise it doesn't match .The tint is fugly. the beam pattern is stupidly bizzare. and the xml emits all sorts of color shifts throughout the zooming of this screwed up light . Come on J mac lets call this light what it really is ...Somewhat pretty,,,,,, and a horrible light, absolutely worthless A total waste of a good battery . I've never seen an uglier tint shift in my like , It goes from purple to yellow if you have the strength to twist it with both hands . This is actually a common occurance from Tmart who obviously only buys stuff according to price .90% of what I've purchased from them seems like a second or just really poor quality .
This was a really stupid buy and it needs to be avoided by everyone ////or please dear god ...buy mine
x 546708933503763 (I agree)
(was this review written on 1st April?! Don’t worry JohnnyMac, we still love ya, and your sexy reviews)
Who would have thought that a stainless steel light would be heavy and a zoomie has the characteristics of a zoomie. Crazy!
This light is okay with a driver swap, at least for the price and with the sense to know what to expect with a steel zoomie.
JM is right, if your light isn't steel, you didn't buy a Trustfire Z8, so it doesn't make sense to complain about it here. Go complain to the vendor that sold you a fake.
This looks like the AL version . Body is AL + 102g .
Afraid I don’t agree.
I think the Z8 is a great little light. Much nicer in the hand than an SK68 and has worn far better due to being stainless and not cheapy aluminium with poor anodising.
Mine zooms very smoothly and is smoother and easier than any SK68 I’ve owned to zoom in and out.
Mine was also pretty bright too. The only complaints I had were:
-PWM on low (but come on, lets face it, almost all budget lights suffer this, so it’s equal odds)
-next mode memory. Which is a real PITA, but again a common trait across many of our favoured budget lights
-a rather too cool a tint. Mine was ice white.
-it gets flippin hot!!! Which means it must be driving the led rather well and have a fairly ok thermal path.
It doesn’t throw as well as an XR-E SK68, but that’s hardly surprising. But it’s brighter on flood and throws as far as some of my XP-G reflector lights do.
Z8:
SK68:
I got a real (came in a gen-u-wine TrustFire® box) Z8 in a trade…VERY unimpressive, I ended up basically giving it away to ‘TrakTuned’ who modded it and apparently loves it! Great machining. 