Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

In the manual, first page, says 16 Hz . I've read that post a few times over the years. Dunno why I backed off from 18, but the 16 is really intense as-is. Bistro uses 10 Hz.

I have a custom 16hz strobe in the TA version of bistro, it is far more intense then the 10hz for sure.

Looking at the beam shots, I prefer the old Kung beam profile. Broader spill which is very important for a general purpose light. The hot spot is more defined and intense which is a plus or minus depending on the situation.

EDIT: Changed tone and clarified.

Hmm.. I was not aiming to demonstrate that it's fine and we can hack it if we want. I was trying to demonstrate that this makes a difference, and so should be improved, but it's also possible that it doesn't.

Oh yeah, still liking the SRK with that wider spill and tighter spot.

Or possibly $44, give or take. Either way, to say this is going to be a lot of light for the money is a tremendous understatement. I didn’t want to get on the list, I really didn’t. I resisted, but it was inevitable. Even if you really don’t want to buy another light, there is really no choice. What we will be getting for our money here is silly good. Thanks all.

Here's the 3 lights from the beamshots:

This shows the BLF Q8 (left) compared to the 4X SRK clone (right). The Q8 reflectors are clearly smaller, maybe deeper as well, but the XPL vs. XM-L2 can confuse that perspective. The clone has deeper cut done portions at the overlap positions, and the center point of the reflector is lower than the Q8:

I have to say I really like the beam profile myself. IMHO too many lights these days are designed with throw in mind which is great if you use your lights in places where the closest object is 300 yards away but that’s not my case. 95% of the time my light usage is within 5 foot of me, 2.5% is up to 25 yards, and the last 2.5% is greater than 25 yards. Based on this I have need for a super tight spotlight, a nice smooth broad beam is ideal for me.

Tac Gunner, remove the glass lens from your light and take it to a machine shop or gunsmith, have them bead blast the outside surface of the glass lightly to frost it. You’ll have uniform floody output with virtually no hotspot. :wink:

About the strobe i think tom is right with the 16Hz nitecore has the most disturbing strobe i think and their strobe is 16.309hz http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/selfbuilt/2014/P12-Strobe.gif

Um, did you know…
If you point a modified TM16 (4 XHP-35 at 7072 lumens) at your own face from about 2’ away in strobe mode it’s even painful with your eyes closed?

FWIW, even the little MH20GT is pretty staggering if aimed directly at ones face in strobe. Just saying.

What Nitecore model is it?

OP updated
started with making groups of 10 of the usernames on the interest list, now at nr 67 on the list. plan on doing about that amount each time a OP edit is needed an well hope it will be done when the Q8 is done :wink:

What? Groups of 10? What are you talking about?

I have a few questions related to the prototype:

  1. Has a diffuser been tested on it yet? (I recall talk about a Fenix AOD-L diffuser earlier in the thread).
  2. What are the largest protected cells that have been tested to fit? (As some protected Sanyo/Panasonic NCR18650GAs are a bit obese)
    Thanks :slight_smile:

One can only mass PM 10 users at the time, so those 760 need to be divided in groups of 10, thought I do it openly, in case I make a mistake (spaces or comma, all needs to be correct and I kind of expect people to see f their nae is on there ;))

Good Q's - just tried the Fenix diffusor and it fits - holds on pretty good. The Fenix ones are pretty grippy - I don't see how this can come off easy the way it's designed and fits. On max, pretty much lights up the whole house! With ramping, easy to set the level you want.

For protected cells, I tried:

  • 68.85 mm KP 3100's - worked fine, fit fine
  • 69.96 mm Pana B no name protected circuit - worked fine, fit fine

This is not surprising - they use pretty tall springs so lots of sizes should fit.

Oh, ok. So, where is the new sub-divided list? I looked earlier and didn’t see it that way.

A little late to the party. I’d like to get on the list for one light, please!

Thanks Tom!

Another question, if you place the SRK clone reflector on the Q8 ledboard, does it align with the LEDs then?
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David, below the interest list, it is not really relevant, unless you want to make a few groups, then it is handy to know where I stopped :smiley:

Thanks Tom!

Another question, if you place the SRK clone reflector on the Q8 ledboard, does it align with the LEDs then?
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David, below the interest list, it is not really relevant, unless you want to make a few groups, then it is handy to know where I stopped :smiley: