I am 100% on board with the lantern idea as I was also following the lantern project, but eventually most of that anticipation got funneled here. There will be plenty of Q8 inspired modifications popping up such as the dual-led board, new boost driver designs, whatever else you can think of. Within the first week of having it I’ll probably have shoved most translucent containers in my house on top of it for use as a diffuser.
Mine was exactly a month apart too but 9/7/2017 and 10/7/2017. However their response to my email said that it wouldn’t be in stock until 10/17.
Well its my birthday on 27/10, we will see if I get it as a present to myself :sunglasses:
Cheers David
I think you are exactly right David.
The people at BG answering inquires are most likely giving “stock, scripted, general answers”. I mean look… TomE shared how his specefic question about expedited shipping had not been answered yet. And the person he asked was familiar with the Q8 project.
No way the average CS person is gonna know any specefics at all… that’s just how it is.
As far as I know from reading all this thread… at this point no one knows for sure if BG or TF is actually ‘hands on’ doing the shipping. .
I am betting that real soon there will be another large batch shipped out to people on the Q8 list. And so on untill all of those orders are filled.
I don’t think that will be 5 or six weeks either. I think it will be much quicker.
That is my prediction… only time will tell if it is correct or not. 
after the first 500 that have shipped is the next batch october 10th?
“Probably” … Not. …
BUT…… no one can say / has said with 100% accuracy.
BUT… ’most likely’ , it will be much sooner than that for the people on the Q8 list.
Don’t forget… the code we were PM’d is good for 20 days from receipt of 1st round PM’s.
Loctite
A tripod mount is never meant to withstand bumping around like on a bicycle. You could get away with it or not, I would not trust on it (Loctite will not prevent the threads to break out). I would go for a mount that wraps around the light.
It ought to be sooner if people have orders changing to shipped we will see it here no doubt
The first batch was finished on Sept 7 and TF said they were going to do at least 3 batches in a row. Each batch takes 1 week (I think). So the early part of batch 2 might have already started shipping. They may be starting on batch 3 in the next couple days. I would guess that all 1400 would be finished and shipped within the next 9 to 12 days assuming no delays and they can maintain making 500 a week.
I think the Miller might know in more detail, but this is what I remember from past thread posts.
I just got confirmation all open orders will be shipped this month (late, but before October ;) )
:beer: :)
about the time gap between batches:
i guess that the manufacturer gets the parts for final assembly also from other companies.
and our price would be significant higher when every supplier would send the ordered ammount of LEDs / boards / srings / lenses / whatever in small packs of 50-100 just to have some lights go out constantly...
that would multiply logistics extremely!
please stay calm, relax and look forward for the parcel to arrive!
there is no contest who gets the first, no price for the first review ;)
its just in your head - do not spoil your fun with trcking # and shipping times :)
I’m guessing these recent order changes from back ordered to shipped are lights from the early part of batch 2. Don’t you think?
Maybe, my second is still not shipped, and tracking of the first (placed order hours before anybody else so it literally is the first order) is a no show on 17track and such. Yeah the tension and all the posting made me look again…sigh
Pre orders now at 1408
when the stock arrives the system looks to the open orders one after one according to the time it was placed into the system.
THEN it sees how it will be shipped (slow boat or plane)
you cannot jump the queue by paying extra, that would not be fair...
Wow, I wonder what will happen after the group buy when the price drops from $99 to the more normal price and regular folks start buying them? There might be another surge in sales. 
Could be,
but there is already some public code available which lowers the price down to USD 46,50
my order status is “CONTACT CUSTOMER”
what in the world does that mean? o.0
I just received my 30Q’s which i ordered an hour or two after my Q8 (i think first 500). My tracking still doesn’t show on banggood or anywhere i have looked though. Hopefully my Q8 is not too far behind.
Why don’t you ask BangGood? … There is a chat option and you could have an answer in 10 minutes from now maybe.
Ordered. Thanks! :+1: