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

My 30Qs came in the other day, after testing them for resistance and capacity “for the record” as I do all “new to me” cells I fully charged them and did the solder blobbing today. The blobing was actually much easier than I envisioned. I didn’t think the solder would stick as readily as it did. My iron was a 27 watt model with a fairly large chisel point end. I cleaned the iron tip by putting it directly into the tin of Nokorode paste. Then I spread a film of the melted paste residue that was on the iron to the roughed up anode. Used a Dremel and a sandpaper disk for the roughing up.

I’m in for one

I don’t even sand then, just heat with iron, use good high quality kester solder, give it a few seconds and blob is done.

I’m in. Thank you

Welcome to BLF!
Nice you dedicated your first post to the Q8!
Will update the list later.

im so lost with this long thread.

when will it be on sale?

Still working on things
When true flawless samples are in our hands we of course will change the topic title and write about them.
It is not before that moment guesses of when it will be available can be made :wink:

Thanks The Miller

I shall revisit this thread next year :smiley:

OP updated
just wow how many are on there :wink:

Count me in please!

Is it known how many lights they intend to make as a first run? I might have to buy multiples that I haven’t spoken for, as everyone I talk to about this seems to want one, or more. It’s like the branches of a tree… my Brother-in-Law loves it, knows 7 people that will have to have one, they each know a few more and suddenly there’s a demand for 15-20 lights stemming from that one gifted one. :wink:

I might have to have 10 or something, as a start, but don’t have funds to lock that in right at the moment. Should have within a few weeks, guess I’ll speak up for some numbers when that time comes. Maybe a dozen? :slight_smile:

Yeah… I was thinking the same. I may want to grab more than one with the way this is turning out.

I know for a fact I can’t afford as many as I will have wished I had purchased after this is over.

I could easily buy 25 of these and still wish I had more by the time a Christmas has come and gone.

I'll probably add a couple more as well, over what I'm already signed up for. Yikes, these #'s can go insane, but I would like to see at least one made at or near our specs.

I'm not certain why the Q8 proto performs so much better than my hand modded 4X SRK clone, but suspect it's the LED wires. Those 18 AWG wires, even though just one pair, could be much better than 4 pairs of 22 AWG I'm using. I know the battery tube is the same, driver is the same, and LED's should be equivalent (XPL V6 3D on one MCPCB vs XM-L2 U3 3D on 4 separate MCPCB's).

Might experiment with the wires in the SRK clone to see if changes help or make a difference.

Or the more mass under the leds help cooling them down so they can work better efficiency.

Agreed. There is no doubt that this will be a nice light and most anyone who sees it and appreciates it will want one. However, even for a bargain price of $40, its going to start adding up to “real money” pretty quick. And that does not even take into account cells and a charger - if you are giving these to rookies. I already bought a set of button top 30Q’s back before the most recent ‘shipping Lion’ brouhaha, and I have plenty of laptop salvage cells, but I wouldn’t want to give those to anyone.

Maybe I just stick with giving out Eagle Eye X6R’s.

Anyway, add me in for a second one.

Well actually they got some nice copper to sit on:

Ah! I didn’t know that. Nice setup.

Still, you have bad stuff (thermal adhesive?) between the MCPCBs and that copper and more stuff with unknown thermal conductivity (metallic epoxy IIRC?) between the copper and the light body. The prototype is likely far better at conducting heat.

Yes, true mostly. The thermal grease is good stuff though, probably GC Extreme, and the other stuff is that aluminum based epoxy/putty stuff that comes in a stick shape, recommended by KB (I Think?). True, not great thermal properties but shouldn't be that bad? Was hoping better than JB Weld.

Ahh, found the pic:

Mostly though the lower amps is resulting in the lower output, and the primary LED to Noctigon DTP is there, and after that it would take a few secs at least to drop from heat, but I'm seeing the lower amps/#'s immediately.

Agree though the big copper DTP quad MCPCB is the key part of the Q8 achieving high output, but also allowing 18 AWG to solder in there unimpeded is a big time feature.

Notice my $3 zoomie with the high CRI Nichia and the multi-layer paper towel filter held on by a rubberband? It takes a pro to make those nice macro pics...