Oh, I hate you guys. I really do.
I wasn’t even planning to get a Q8, like, wtf would I “need” with a light that bright, eh?
For just a smidge over half-price, I just had to go get one.
I just placed the order…
Such a good, organized review, man! Nice!
Hi WITL
Nice review mate
I liked your clever use of stills in the video
It’s given me the courage to take on configuring the strobes off with confidence
Come on George you can do it , just say to yourself I am strong and I can do it …I am strong and I can do it
Heh, yeah, I have a video on my youtube page that shows me “smoking” paper with it in seconds. So, yes, it will literally smoke stuff!
Yes, lithium-ion powered lights aren’t for everyone. Luckily, this light uses them in parallel and has low-voltage protection for safety. But, good 18650’s can be hard to get at times. It’s not as easy as loading cheap alkaleaks into a dollar-store light and throwing them away when they’re done.
For people that have never used rechargeable batteries, I’d probably start out with something fail-safe, like Eneloops. You’re limited to about a thousand lumens on a 4xAA light, which is still pretty good for anyone that’s only ever used maglites.
Nice review!
Thanks
_Heh heh hehhhh_...come on over...
Break the circle, stretch the line, call upon the devil
Bring the gods, the gods' own fire In the conflict revel. Jethro Tull...
You'll luv it... :LOVE:
I only need food/water/oxygen/(sex)
I WANT everything else
Great review, just ordered…thanks!
Yes, the stills were very helpful. I wish more video reviewers would do this.
Great review. I hope to get mine next week. 
Is there any way to configure the BLF Q8 so that the power button LED is On when the light is turned ON (as well as OFF)?
I don’t believe so.
Yeah, nothing in the docs about how to do it, but the last paragraph says “Switch Indicator LED - TBD…”, so I was hoping there might be a secret command…
How is disabling the power switch led done?
Go into battery-check mode, by doing 3 quick clicks while the light is off.
Do a click&hold, then release.
The light will blink twice rapidly, then blink once.
Click once (before the light starts blinking the next configuration setting).
Wait a few seconds, the light should blink 4 times.
Done.
Or, what I prefer to do, it just disable it temporarily:
From off, press and hold the switch to start ramping up the light.
Then, let go of the switch, and quickly click it again.
The light will turn off, and the switch LED will remain off.
It will come on again the next time you use the light.
Thanks WITL!
I got 4 batteries from illumn at the same time, but they came in pairs and are the same part number. Is it ok to use these in the Q8 even though they came in pairs and not 4 in one box?
Yes, they will be fine together.
Charge them up at the same time with the same charger to keep them equal.
Good to know, thank you!
Just to know the Q8 works with 1, 2, 3 or 4 batteries. So, if you run it on one battery, is it still going to give you the same lumens in all modes and divided by 4 for how long it will run in each mode compared to using 4 batteries?