Look at the feet of the chair in the background, it does not have casters or large feet, and there is no obvious crater around them. Which leads me to believe that, while there may be carpet on the floor, there is probably no padding under it. Never underestimate the ability of a shipping company to damage a box, but it looks like Thorfire is trying.
Iām confused. What was the point of doing a drop test? Was it to test the packaging or the light? I assumed the packaging.
My assumption of the test was that it would be dropped from 1 meter onto a concrete floor. This would test the box and padding quite well.
If itās going to be shipped in an unpadded, small card board box, then why do a drop test?
Is the cardboard box also going to be in a padded envelope? If so, then thatās how the drop test should be done. In the box with the padded envelope on a concrete floor.
The test is to show that the light itself will survive shipping, which they have proven quite nicely. And with the worst possible circumstances too boot.
There is a concrete floor under that thin layer of carpet.
Who cares if the box is damaged, I use the light not the box. Although I do assume that a bubble mailer will be used during shipping but that only improves things. No reason to test it like that, I prefer this test, the worst case scenario and it still passed.
Oh my gosh I cringed every time it hit the floor! I wanted someone to stop him! LOL
I apologize to all for not posting more feedback on the Q8 protoype. Life has gone a bit wonky and I havenāt had much time for testing but I will post more soon and try to get a few decent beamshots.
I donāt see any possible way this light will fall short of being a huge success. Itās just very well executed all around from build quality to Narsil topped off with insane lumen numbers. I was out on my front porch playing with the Q8 prototype with my 11 year old son the other night. You canāt make this stuff upā¦
My wife thinks itās hilarious that my 9 and 11 year old kids know flashlight terminology that is just gibberish to her.
Makes a father proud to hear his son say
The one thing I will say is some of you are going to be tuning back the step-down timer. At 3 minutes being handheld on a night that was somewhere between 45 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit it was getting uncomfortable to hold when it hit the 3 minute step-down. Touching it at the head I didnāt want to keep my finger on it for more than a second. It wasnāt at the point that it would cause burns but Iāll probably tune that back a bit before the next round of testing.
Tom PLEASE give us lightning! That sounds WAAAY too fun. :+1:
Yikes! Maybe I'm used to hot lights , I certainly have enough of them... Also the cells make a big difference - fully charged, low resistance will definitely generate more heat.
I was debating making that 3 minutes down to 2 minutes. Should still be able to change that I hope...
Actually, dunno if the one step down is sufficient to keep it running cool enough for a full drain test. I think the proper test is worse case cells (maybe VTC6 or VTC5A's), fully charged doing a full drain test starting on max. Then we can see if the single timed step down is enough - checking outer temp of the body periodically. Temperature regulation is safer in how it's implemented for this light.
Hhmm - could "back up" the timed stepdown with thermal stepdowns, just using a higher temp point, like 65C or so.
Good video.
It clearly shows that light, in that packaging; can survive 12 drops to that floor from a distance of around 4.5 to 5 feetā¦ā¦ and still work. :+1:
Did anyone else notice the āfeather crackā in the lens at about 2 oāclock besides me?
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Great videoā¦. but the sandals stole the show imo.
Two minutes or even 90 seconds might be a bit more muggle friendly. It will still be hot enough to terrify the unenlightened!
To be fair, now that Iām thinking about it, it was only handheld maybe 50-75% of that 3 minutes. 30Q button tops were fully charged BTW. I set it down a few times for attempted beam shots and L6 beam comparison.
The heat spread nicely throughout the entire body with the head of course being the warmest. It was holdable at 3 minutes in the normal tube-grip area. Itās only at the head that it was a bit too warm for comfortable holding. People that arenāt used to modded lights would probably chuck it and run. :laughing:
I handed it to my wife when I came back in from testing and she yipped with a āWhat the heck!ā as she almost instantly let go of it. Sheās among the unenlightened at least in personal use. She likes her lights tame and simple. The Q8 Iām happy to say is neither tame, nor simple. This is a grown-upās flashlight. :+1:
how about testing the package in water
once i order the light, they arrived at airport when itās raining :person_facepalming: , when it came to my house, the water ruined the package, and the accesory in it(not much, just an useless instruction)
Looks like the Q8 will at least have a fighting chance against Danish Postal, but i must underline that those guys can dish up mind boggling incompetence.
But i guess thatās a trademark of most postal carriers, or at least those still tucked in firmly under the gooberment wing.
This sounds very interesting. Please add me to the list for one flashlight. I am converting an old Surefire P9 to LED/rechargeable right now, but this new flashlight should also be an excellent alternative.
If the box gets wet and soggy the light will come out and then get lost in shipping. No light for you.
Also a soggy box will not protect it in a fall. It will get chipped or scratched for sure.
I canāt recall a package from asia that did not come in a plastic bag of some sort.
I get that water/rain can cause damage to the box itself and the contents but I just donāt see the rain getting through to the box in the first place.
the packaging allways kinda locks pretty simple, basic and bad, but so far I have far more problems with lost shipments (including customs) than with damaged goods. So Iām happy with the droptest and whatever packaging thorfire will come up with.