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

Please add me to the Q8 list.

Thanks!

Welcome to BLF!
Will update the list later :wink:

I would definitely be in for one!

So , what is the current thoughts on this “Added charging system like BD0x negotiable”

Seriously doubt it.

The spec is pretty much settled on Eggun. I have no idea what BD0x negotiable is but it sounds interesting.

He might be referring to the Convoy BD0x range of lights.

Thanks Steve. I’d say your right. l’m not up with the latest at Convoy.

I intend to purchase when this becomes available. A quantity of 2 would be preferred.

Yep will update the list later

Charging like Convoy BD series was dropped pretty fast for a lot of reasons like complexity, safety and costs.

OK I wanted somebody outside the team to check a proto for objectivity.
Tom reflowed V6 xpls on one, flashed the Narsil version that is going to be used (thanks Tom!) and it was ready

I got to know J-Dub74 as reliable and honest and I trust him. I wrote it before, I consider him a friend.
Do I thought it was good to have him receive the sole proto closest to production as possible and yay he got it in not long ago!
Exciting to see what his experiences are!

THX for the update.

I am so looking forward to get my hands on this sucker, i am getting the batteries for it next week that’s how ready i am.

Lucky J-Dub74! I’m looking forward to what he has to write.

Well to be honest I am a bit jealous at J-Dub74 :wink:
It is all pictures and in depth reports from Tom (great and thanks you make it almost like touching man!) for me as well… And now that there is a proto so close to what we aim for…dang I wish I could play with it so much!

But that is a pitfall, we work on it for so long, I have read Narsil documentation so often, we are not objective and, how to put it, know how it works, an outsider doesn’t have that.

Me too, but i have other areas where i do beta testing and helping beat on new products, so i will not be the one volunteering here to beat on the new flashlight.

But i do hope it get knocked out of the park soon, and land in a production facility :sunglasses: but i will wait until it is good to go.

Besides its easy when you can just load up a new firmware, that you cant do as easy on a flashlight as on a camera.

i am looking forward to the review and hope for a GO!

Yeah and well this is the stage we got to keep it cool
A video with droptest and samples as agreed upon are needed before we can give the go

It is very welcome to see how J-Dub74 is doing with proto V2 modified to closely resemble specs for sure

And if I am not mistaken Barry is holding the samples this weekend
He showed some pics (looking good) and a wall beam shot in sweet NW tint so it is looking great bit as always, it is done when it is done :wink:

Well, thanks to The Miller…at least there’s no pressure. :stuck_out_tongue:

Yes, I received the prototype Q8 yesterday. I must admit I found it very difficult not to leave work early to get my hands on it. This has been an exciting project from the start. The post count per day has been quite difficult to keep up with.

My time was quite limited last night but I did fit in some Q8 play time. In summary…Wow is this thing sweet!

When I first took it out of the box I intentionally put myself in flashlight noob mode to see what the uninitiated will think. I click it on and it’s quite dim. I click it again to bump up the power and it just shuts off. What the heck man, mine’s a dud! :smiley: That reaction even from a total noob will be put to rest as soon as they bother to look at the manual but you can be sure it will happen.

That little scenario aside, if the finished product matches this prototype, this soda-can flashlight just might take the flashlight world by storm. Noobs shouldn’t be using this light anyway. :wink:

This is my first experience with Narsil. The ramping works beautifully and the blip at the top of the ramp is perfect to let you know you’re at the max. I think I’m going to like Narsil a LOT! I’m also really impressed with the build quality I’m seeing here. It’s quite heavy for its size and I mean that as a compliment. All of my best performing lights have a bit of weight to them.

I remember thinking that I wished it had an OP reflector while the team was conceptualizing it. I held my tongue though as I’m not involved in this project. Now that I can see the beam for myself I would have probably had to take back those words had I voiced them. This beam is quite gorgeous and much throwier than I expected. It definitely does get warm quickly in turbo but I haven’t had a full 3 minute run yet where it should step down so as of yet I have no comment on heat or step-down other than what I said.

I’ll try to do some more playing outside tonight. I have all the cells for my L6 and Q8 fully charged and ready to go. I know they are very different lights but they’re also the two brightest in my collection. I’m looking forward to this fight. Not sure which Rocky movie analogy applies here but it’s gonna be fun!

Hat’s off to the Q8 team! This certainly looks like it’s going to be a stellar example of what can happen when BLF people come together and a manufacturer is willing to bring our collective ideas “to light”. :+1:

Well said J-Dub, nicely played.

Now get busy and give us some more! :stuck_out_tongue:

@The Miller
I want to ask if there is maybee a plan for a BLF Ultimate aspherical flashlight after the Q8 is finished?