The_Miller
(The Miller)
September 27, 2017, 6:58am
14025
PM send
If code doesn’t work anymore, you contact M4DM4X for his code and I pay the difference between $40 and his price.
First 500 of new Q8 ready.
Production in full swing again.
Confirmed shipping via Banggood warehouse to cope with the coming holiday.
I_like_lamb
(I_like_lamb)
September 27, 2017, 7:07am
14028
Wait, so is the indicator light ever supposed to be orange/yellow? Are there supposed to be more colours than just green?
The_Miller
(The Miller)
September 27, 2017, 7:09am
14029
Djozz modded it into another color
OrangePeel
(OrangePeel)
September 27, 2017, 7:56am
14031
emarkd:
OrangePeel:
Flashlight B:
I would estimate brightness is a tad (maybe 20%) dimmer than light “A”, but that might be partially attributed to a slightly yellower tint.
The screw heads under the tailcap are mildly stripped, though still usable.
There are two gouges around the switch that have been not so gracefully painted over.
The fit between tube and head is as good as any light I own.
Out of the box, the switch light worked normally except for as a locator. However, when I enabled locator through the Advanced Config UI, it began to work perfectly. After that, the short cut worked as expected. Initially, I made not changes to the light. Out of the box, the locator setting was disabled.
I’d really like to see these photos, especially the painted gouges, and my “open image in new tab” trick isn’t working on yours. Could you reshare them somewhere that works, like imgur? Or if nothing else just give us a link directly to your Q8 photo album. I’m pretty sure we can still see the images on photobucket, just not embedded in other sites like this.
emarkd,
I posted the images on Imgur and updated my post: Original Post
The_Miller
(The Miller)
September 27, 2017, 8:00am
14032
hmm, I wonder that happened to that poor second Q8
your first seems indeed done sloppy
not real nice that both yours had clear sloppy details
Scorpia
(Scorpia)
September 27, 2017, 8:24am
14033
Well, i finally cracked and ordered my second,
the code still worked a few minutes ago.
Hopefully i can get some batteries now. banggood still dont want to ship batteries to me.
Scorpia
Terry_White
(Terry White)
September 27, 2017, 8:32am
14034
Did I read the headline correctly... Productions is up and running again?
patmurris
(patmurris)
September 27, 2017, 9:14am
14035
Yep! That’s just a few post up the page:
Tom_Tom
(Tom Tom)
September 27, 2017, 9:59am
14036
So when Banggood said ” “Expect ship in:Sep.26,2017 – Oct.08,2017” for my last order they weren’t joking
FWIW, when I ordered my second, predicted shipping date was “Expect ship in:Sep.26,2017 - Oct.08,2017”
Fingers crossed.
I am impressed, from stopping the line (what date was that ?) Recognising and investigating the issues, re-designing and manufacturing new switch PCBs including procuring new components, maybe sourcing some new fasteners, reviewing assembly procedures, building the next batch of 500 and getting them over to Banggood to despatch, took how many days ?
The_Miller
(The Miller)
September 27, 2017, 10:33am
14037
yes that old very well be true tomtom
the holiday coming sure pushed things along fast!
The_Miller
(The Miller)
September 27, 2017, 11:13am
14038
yeah sorry, I figured the topic title change would answer your PM
gregor
(gregor)
September 27, 2017, 11:28am
14039
This is very good news.
When will BG start sending out these flashlights?
Thank you
patmurris
(patmurris)
September 27, 2017, 11:46am
14040
Nobody knows.
If the next 500 lights are ready they will probably start shipping today or in the next days, but that’s just a guess.
We’ll know when people start to report shipping notice emails from BG.
However, there is a big holiday coming in China, so even if it’s shipped, it may well stay put for a while as most of the country will be off work.
gregor
(gregor)
September 27, 2017, 11:48am
14041
I hope I will get a notice from BG
I_like_lamb
(I_like_lamb)
September 27, 2017, 11:53am
14042
Thanks for calming my frazzled nerves d:
Tom_Tom
(Tom Tom)
September 27, 2017, 1:04pm
14043
Hoping at least one of mine will be in the next 500 (first was ordered Sept 12, strategic choice not to be in first batch)
After that perhaps there will be a pause before the next 700+ go out. If so, not the least bit bothered. Good things come to those who wait.
patmurris
(patmurris)
September 27, 2017, 1:36pm
14044
On Sept 12 there was already more then 1300 preorders… Yours is likely to be out of the second 500 batch.