Oh and about moon setting 1
come on, meybo one doesn’t use it (nobody forces you to) it is very cool to set it up at 1 and just see the LEDs fainly shine. A moon or low mode that is too bright seems like a point of real annoyance, but LOL being able to set up a moon so faint as in the Q8 is just flipping awesome, lumens Q8: from 0.01 all the way up to 5000 to 6000, just plain cool, and then after seeing it, just make it 2 or 3 and have 0.1 as moon.
My Q8 ordered around #1040 Preorders was shipped.
Ether they produced more than 500 in the second batch or there were some order cancelations.
@Alex, an easy and cheap source for 0603 leds is Fasttech:
https://www.fasttech.com/search?0603%20smd%20led
Yep…. the journey of your Q8 has definately began David. Next stop will be Hong Kong…. 
Remember… pay no attention to what FedEx Tracking says at this point. Nothing will show on it until they have actually received the package in hand. And even then mine have not been 100%.
BUT 17Track has been 100% right to my mailbox.
Below is what one of my PreOrders shows a few minutes ago …. So these bad boys, as well as yours; are definatly on the move. 
Origin Country - China
HONGKONG - HONG KONG, Arrived at Sort Facility HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
2017-09-30 15:00
SHENZHEN, Departed Facility in SHENZHEN
2017-09-30 02:50
SHENZHEN, Arrived at Sort Facility SHENZHEN
2017-09-30 02:50
Shipment information received
2017-09-27 22:28
…………………………………………………
PLEASE NOTE
This above information is only valid for USA orders that were shipped Priority Air Mail.
It might work for some other countries… but that is an unkown.
I’m resisting the urge to keep checking tracking. It’ll save me a few grey hairs.
It says that my two lights should arrive by October 22nd and I’m hoping I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it takes less than three weeks.
Regardless, it’ll be fun blasting mischievous trick-or-treaters up to no good with a double-fisted wall of light!
“Drop the eggs and toilet paper and get the heck out of my yard!” :smiling_imp:
Oh, and a request: I’d love to see a side-by-side comparison of a Q8 from the first batch and one from the next. Just curious about the subtle changes they are making after the halt.
I got my Q8 today. Very solid and awesome light for this price. Just cleaned some dust (there was very little of it) and drilled screw holes a little bigger. Threads where lubed, but adding a little extra is always a good idea. Basically perfect light right out of the box.
Big thanks to hole team! I might order couple more as a gift. ;)
Got no hairs to spare … I ordered, got shipping notification,I’ll check the PO box couple of times a week for the next few weeks.
Ramping and mode set operation are completely different UI's. A multi click sequence in mode sets would get confused with fast single clicks, so it's avoided. Ramping is all about press&hold or single clicks so 2X and more fast clicks is not so easily confused, unless you wanted to very quickly do ON/OFF's or OFF/ON's and make up your own strobe or something.
Q8 s on the move from Banggood. I ordered 9/7, shipped 9/29. Thanks to the BLF team that made this possible!
Yeah! Mine is shipping! 
Just a tip on how one can make Q8 a little bit more comfortable to use. The underside area where you hold index finger can feel a bit sharp when operating the flashlight. If the 3 furthest fins had stopped halfway only to go half the circumferences, that underside area would be smoother. Olight Sr Mini Intimitator seems to be designed that way. The cooling fins stop there to make a smooth area.
As a quick fix for that I used a 17 cm long x 2.5 cm wide strip of Gorilla tape.
Banggood told me mine has shipped, order date 09/09/2017 09:00:44
How does everyone track? I tracked at Fedex.com and I get a generic ‘information received’ for a few days now.
Assuming it has left their facility, I feel comfortable expecting them in two weeks…
I think the answer to that is probably “space”. That’s a big component. What would you do with all those switches in there anyway? There is a tailswitch board with a single switch on it though, designed to allow you to turn the taillight off. It mounts inside the spring.
Even if you found a micro sized dip switch, you would still need to run several tiny wires from the driver near the head, to the tail cap. Then how would you be able to twist the cap and keep the wires connected? There is no way. That’s why you don’t see them in tail caps.
I just received an email, haven’t tried tracking. I actually ordered without tracking (free shipping)
Soon flashlights will need to have a locking key like some lasers
This way you can go from 0 to some lumens, then turn the key and unlock insane mode.
When ramping mine up its like when i reach the top there are 1 “larger” and a smaller flash of the beam, dunno what it is but it dont bother me that much, just saying.
I got a shipping notice from Banggood! Ordered on 9/9. Tracking number doesn’t show up in 17Track.net at first, but then if I click the FedEx link it does come up. BG order says it’s “Priority Air Mail” with an ETA of 10/22 (How is that “priorty air mail”? Though I expect it will deliver sooner.) We’ll see if I win the Chinese lottery in regards to all of these reported issues.
-Garry
Yes dont get worked up by all the people who do something checking tracking or post how to check it.
It will come when it comes
That is the idea, so you know you are at the end and can stop pressing, so not to enter config or lockout