C8 shootout pics! DD xml vs DD xpg vs xpe (?)

hey guys! I've barely posted over the years ive been a member, but this is definitely a place I spend a good bit of time at. I recently started transitioning my "strange hobby" into a very small amount of side cash selling a couple creations to hunter, police and firefighter friends.

anyway, before I write a novel.. I figured I would share these with the only guys that understand my fascination lol. heres some beamshots of 3 C8s I just threw together.

left is a .80 amp c8 that I assume is an xp-E seeing that it has a tighter beam than one of its brothers (same order, supposed to be same light)

middle is an xp-g that I stole from a 2aa xp-g light and acetone/gas dedomed. its at 1.90 amps in the pic and I'll note that tint shift was much better than the xm-l!

right is a gas only dedomed xm-l @ 3.2A

all SMO.

all 3 were tail-tested seconds prior to the pic. in person, the xp-e falls behind in lux. the xp-g and xm-l seem to tango well. I'll also note the pics are taken from almost exactly 18 feet away with my phone, ISO and exposure as low as possible.

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after additional outside fun, they're all so close in lux! but one thing is for sure, they all have significantly more beam intensity than my completely stock g25c2mkii @ ~23kcd

am I morally obligated to put the 3.2a driver behind the xp-g and the 1.80 driver behind the xp-e?

final note, stay tuned for my xp-l c12 build. I pressed a hand machined copper slug, just need to get my FET from richard. here's a teaser pic

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Hey mate what brand C8 are you using?

hazard, they are unlabeled but resumably of the ultrafire origin with green rubber tail caps. that "xpe" is untouched & how they all came.

Okay cool because the pills looks crap! I have bought some Ultrafire branded C8 and these fit and are solid they are even better built then the Convoy C8 2 edition pills. What Direct drives are you using? You should be getting about 5.5amps with a XML2 DE-domed should still be good for about 1200 lumen?
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1208600


This is a Convoy C8 with a XPG3 Direct Drive it gets almost 8 amps at the tail cap maybe 1800 OTF lumen.