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

This is the photobook album on it. No mod thread unfortunately. It's all XHP50 K2 bin, E2 tint group (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) on 16mm Noctigons - about $140 in LED/MCPCB's:

Album: Slide Show:

Longtime lurker, first-time poster… found the BLF A6 on Banggood and turned me on to this forum. Finally registered so I could sub this thread, put me down for at least 1.

Enjoyed the BLF A6 so much I realized I needed a new toy. Found this thread, happy days.
First post for the Q8. Please put me down for one.

Welcome new members!
Gonna update the list now.

Please include me in as well

OP updated with:
Prototype 2:

looking sharp
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better LED alignment
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do we see cell polarity protection?
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double springs!
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HYPE

Awesome!!! Hope it’s as good as it looks… :wink:

crosses fingers that everything works as it should

I’m hoping that I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. (pun intended)

OK, that proto 2 is VERY nice! :money_mouth_face:

So the lit switch is still happening?

Still there, so hoping so . It really should not cost them much more - it's a couple pennies or less for the parts: 1 resistor, 1 or 2 SMD LEDs. I kind of prefer the aluminum/metal switches though. I find dbl-clicks, triple clicks, etc. easier to do. The one in proto #1 has that little bit of softness (like most rubber/silicone switches) to it so it takes more thumb movement and more force to engage vs. a metal switch. I prefer to have the LED indicator next to the switch so you can see the blinks when you have your thumb on the switch, but under the switch is simpler, and of course makes it easy to find the switch in the dark. The harder activation of this switch will make it less prone to accidental activation though - probably what they are thinking. The rubber switch protrudes slightly over it's trimming, but probably needs force applied just below that trimming to activate.

By the way, the switch looks like a cleaner mount in proto #2 from proto #1 - the round trimming housing the switch is more flush now.

?? Boy, hope not… Pics look real. They told us they want to send it out to us asap.

Sorry, haven’t read all 171 pages, is there an ETA on this or is it just as soon as it’s ready…

This switch was chosen because better water proofing
The light is a bonus Thorfire put in.
And they must like the beacon function a lot since they implemented it in the S70S

Hype, certainly hope not.

Ahh true - forgot bout the water-proofing advantage.

No ETA. It’s just as soon as it’s ready…

Yes exactly :wink:

OH MYYYY! She's a beauty. Congrats Q8 development team. That looks like a real winner.

Please add me to the interest list for 1.

Thanks.

Ford Prefect

I have a question about the size. I know, I could do a bunch of research myself and find the answer, but maybe somebody could answer it easily and save me lots of trouble. Compared to “standard” sized SRK style lights, is the head of the Q8 a larger diameter, or the tube smaller diameter, or both? Because SRK’s are tube style, meaning there is not a head that is bigger than the body, rather all is the same diameter (Edit: or very nearly the same). I like the look of the Q8, so this isn’t a complaint. I’m just curious about the proportional size(s).