Want to buy crappiest C8 light on Aliexpress

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Hi friends

I would like to buy worst possible qulity C8 flashlight that is available on aliexpress.
It must have screw-on hollow pill and press-fit driver.
Plastic reflector would be a good bonus.

:smiley:

Thank you


Photo borrowed from fellow ralfaro.

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A very interesting and unusual request! What's your motivation for it?

Sadly I can't offer any recommendations but commenting to bump the thread.

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Just buy any C8 under US10 with FIRE in the name and you are good to go :smiley:

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My therapist said I should challenge myself :sunglasses:
JK
Some folks around can’t understand that not all C8 are the same just because they look the same so I want to show them.

Found this one, and ordered :stuck_out_tongue:
If we judge by the company name, I have high hopes :smiley:

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You should be safe to get worst possible C8 with that one :smiley:

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Nice that price ain’t bad. I actually got one for slightly cheaper - MYR14.40 which is about USD3.15. For the price the host is actually not bad - threads weren’t greased and the anodization is feels as thin as the eggwash on pastry. Horrendous UI and mystery “Q5” LED.

I’m also doing a challenge to build the hottest light I can for under $10.

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Yes, I can vouch for the crappiness of those. Not nice to work with for a modding job.

Realise this is the opposite of the thread subject, but by contrast the Boruit C8 is a quality host, equal with the Convoy.

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Somewhere I still have some Lohan C8's that we paid under $5 for . I must have bought 4 or more .

I figure if Lindsey Lohan is selling lights. I'm a buyer

If they have any weight to them it's gotta be the lead paint .

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Just ordered myself a Litwod (what’s in a name) C8 with T6 emitter.
Probably won’t arrive this year, I hope it will be worth the wait.
Let’s see what I can achieve with the goodies in my spare parts box.

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I am hoping for the worst. :laughing:

How many times you heard that :sunglasses:

I also ordered myself the “T6” version. Could have spent less if I registered new account with new email but that was too much hassle.

But, you can only use working parts that you discarded from other projects as “not worthy” :wink:

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Ordered this from Amazon just yesterday for my first mod build, no idea what to do till I have a look at the guts.
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I hope you got the set that includes “Exquisite gift box”

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I have a spare XHP70.2 on a Convoy MCPCB and I am really tempted to buy one of the cheapest crappy “P70” lights on Ali and see if I can cramp the real deal into it. Just need to find a driver because I’m sure the stock driver will be 3V and/or crap.

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Update

Ordered November 22nd, expected arrival January 2nd. €5.04 incl. S&H and VAT.
Arrived yesterday (December 10th) at my neighbours door, after a mere 18 days.

First impresions: low quality ano (few chips off despite being properly packaged).
Has generic UI: high, med, low, strobe, and SOS. Next mode memory AFAIK.
The driver looks press-fit. Can’t see any threads in that side of the head.
There is no pill or shelf on the business end of the head.
The emitter seems to be press-fit in a ledge in the “floor” of the head.
Looks a bit like the driver side of a regular C8, but without a retaining ring.

Tailcap with press-fit switch, not swappable with a regular Convoy C8 tailcap.
However, the industrial strenght tailcap of my Fandyfire fits quite well.
A hard lockout is not possible because the tube has clean threads on both sides.

The bezel is swappable with all previous Convoy C8 models. Glass lens, not coated.
Plastic reflector, a bit shorter than the usual Convoy C8 reflector.
I you wanna use a regular Convoy reflector, you need a thinner centering ring.

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Looks like they managed to cut every corner possible. It’s a lost cause. If you want to make it half way decent you have to spend way more time and money than buying a quality one from the start. Lessen learned. I wanted to do the same, buying a crap light and try to ‘do it up’ just to have some fun. Not so at this time. An old Convoy C8, maybe even a beat up sceond hand would be a better bet.

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Wow, it's every bit as janky as you wished for, and then some!

I'd stick a dedomed 3500K 519A in it, put in a super low current driver (maybe 50mA because that's all it can thermally handle), and pretend it's a high-achieving incandescent.

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That would be a waste for a good 519A emitter.

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My light arrived December 23 (about 30 day over the world tour) and I can confirm what Henk4U2 described is exactly what I got.
I am impressed :smiley:

:heavy_check_mark: - low quality build materials (cheapest aluminium you can find)
:heavy_check_mark: - see through screw on pill
:heavy_check_mark: - press-fit driver and led
:heavy_check_mark: - fake “Cree” led
:heavy_check_mark: - plastic reflector
bonus
:heavy_check_mark: - press-fit switch (wasn’t expecting that)

This is exactly what I wanted :laughing:

2 Thanks
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$4, wow, I would say it’s worth at least $5.

Congratulations

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It blows my mind sometimes.

- all that CNC work to make the host

- anodisation

- molds for all the plastic parts (reflector is plastic but the business end is fairly good looking, nice and shiny with minimal visual imperfections)

- all included manual labor

  • and shipping all the way from China to me, about 9000 kilometers

all that for $4.10
on top the quality is actually not the worst it could be, threads are not grinding, everything sits well…