**NEW** Nitecore EA8

[herosemblem]

If you are looking down into the battery tube and wish to use the ea8 with four cells, it should be like this: +-
Two positives in a stack. The positive stack is to the left of the negative stack.

You could literally put the positive stack on the right of the negative stack, except the light will not actually turn on if you do that.

 

[Devildude]

I got my EA8W today and it is more compact than the TK41. Good tint and nice throw no rattles.

 

[InquisitiveInquirer]

I got my EA8W today and it is more compact than the TK41. Good tint and nice throw no rattles.

Both are rated at 60k cd. Having both in your hands, would you say that the throw is equal? BTW, is your tk41 the 800 or 860 lumen one?

 

[Devildude]

I have both versions of the TK41, I had to get ready for work right after I posted last night. Will try to get all of them out tonight when I get up for work and see how they stack up.

 

[gilson65]

has anyone heard of problems with switch ballooning like on the ea 4

 

[Patriot]

has anyone heard of problems with switch ballooning like on the ea 4

I haven't but I'm pretty sure that was a cell issue and not a fault of the light.

 

[Devildude]

Quickly comparing the EA8 to the TK41's reveals that it is equal in the throw area as far as I can see.

 

[InquisitiveInquirer]

Quickly comparing the EA8 to the TK41's reveals that it is equal in the throw area as far as I can see.

Nice! Thanks for letting us know. I can't wait for my CW Nitecore EA8 to come. I was thinking about getting the neutral, but in the end, i stuck with the CW

 

[gilson65]

I haven't but I'm pretty sure that was a cell issue and not a fault of the light.

thanks patriot definitly next on my list now

 

[Stereodude]

I got my EA8 CW this week. I am very impressed with the amount of flashlight you get for the money. The beacon mode totally messes with your eyes in pitch black room.

 

[fatbrad]

I got my EA8W this week also. It makes my EA4W seem like a flood light. For anything less than 20 yards, the EA4 seems to be more useful, but at 50 yards the tighter beam and 3x peak lux makes it a lot easier to see the details of what I am illuminating. For walking the dogs in town, the EA4 will probably get a lot more duty than the EA8. For checking out what is happening in the woods surrounding the house, I will be grabbing the EA8.

On a white wall, my EA8 doesn't have as symmetric of a beam as my EA4. The corona has a lobsided flower petal pattern. My EA4 has a more even ring of light. I really only notice it when shining in a flat continuous surface. For almost all outdoor use it is difficult to see even if I look for it.

I really like both lights. Got mine from Illumination Supply with quick delivery and a good price. Thanks Craig.

Brad

 

[dmevis]

Prefer the EA4W

I took my dog and my EA4W and EA8 out for a walk tonight. If I needed to see things 500 yards away, then the EA8 would be great. The beam on the EA8 is quite hot in the center and provides less usable spill than the EA4.

I do not share the common obsession with "long throw" lights. I wish there were some modern (CREE XM-L U2) lights out there with Orange Peel, lots of spill, and lots of battery life.

I will be returning the EA8.

 

[markr6]

Re: Prefer the EA4W

I will be returning the EA8.

I'm sure it's a great light, but I would probably come to the same conclusion if I purchased one.

 

[Stereodude]

Re: Prefer the EA4W

I do not share the common obsession with "long throw" lights. I wish there were some modern (CREE XM-L U2) lights out there with Orange Peel, lots of spill, and lots of battery life.

Well if you can't find anything that tickles your fancy, you can always roll your own by getting a P60 host and a P60 drop-in. If you still can't find a "off the shelf" drop-in that does what you want, Nailbender makes nice custom order P60 drop-in modules with the XM-L2 (or probably any other LED you could want) in a wide variety of configurations. link There are others making them as well like vinhnguyen54 too.

 

[bwillard01]

Got mine from Illumination Supply with quick delivery and a good price.

Brad

+1 for Illumination Supply, just got an EA8W there, good price, fast shipping, use coupon code "Caveman" for approx $15 off.

 

[GordoJones88]

Re: Prefer the EA4W

I took my dog and my EA4W and EA8 out for a walk tonight. If I needed to see things 500 yards away, then the EA8 would be great. The beam on the EA8 is quite hot in the center and provides less usable spill than the EA4.

I do not share the common obsession with "long throw" lights. I wish there were some modern (CREE XM-L U2) lights out there with Orange Peel, lots of spill, and lots of battery life.

I will be returning the EA8.

Welcome new member, there are indeed a lot of opinions here.
However, I find the general consensus to be "obsessed" with floody lights.
Making a small, shallow, orange peel reflector is cheap and easy, lots of lights do that.
There are very few inexpensive compact lights with good throw like the EA4.

I think a lot of people got mixed up with the popularity of how nice the EA4 is
and mistakenly assumed the EA8 would be for them too.
But it's in a different class of light with 60,000 lux, and it's big and heavy.

I recommend the new Eagletac D25LC2 XM-L2 U2 18650 light.

 

[InquisitiveInquirer]

Re: NEW Nitecore EA8

Anyone who already owns the EA8 know for sure that the brightness of each of the levels is maintained even with the use of only 4AAs? Just curious! I'm still waiting for mines in the mail.
Since the EA8 is pretty much the same brightness (900 compared to 860 lumens) to the EA4, it probably isn't too taxing on the batteries if the EA8 is run with 4AAs, right? Anyone try a runtime test on turbo with only 4AAs?

 

[MachtSchnell]

So I wonder if there'll be a version that uses the XM-L2 U2 1C LED? If not, I'm swayed to the neutral. Just when I saved enough for the EA4W ... may be swayed again if there is an EA4W v2 with the lower low

I was about to pull the trigger on the EA8 through Illumination Supply... Then I decided to shoot them an email inquiring about a future exclusive utilizing the XM-L2... received a response that there were no plans as of yet for one.

Although I do have 2 EA4 exclusives... one has a broken lens, and I'm currently awaiting a replacement lens from Nitecore.
I wonder if an emitter swap from the EA4 to the EA8 would be simple and straightforward? Hmmm...

 

[lightliker]

Re: NEW Nitecore EA8

No, step down during the several minutes that I've run it on turbo however, I've only had it in hand for a couple of hours.

Hi Patriot, when will there be a sequel of your nice in depth revieuw of the EA8 and EA4 with outdoor beamshots?
my EA4 left Fasttech yesterday and will arrive within a week or 4 weeks, dependingon the awful slow customs here n the netherlands :fail:

 

[subwoofer]

Re: NEW Nitecore EA8

For anyone who is interested, I've just posted a review of the EA8 here:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?358879-NITECORE-EA8-Caveman-Review-(8-4xAA)

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