On the video of the delayed button pressing, is that light set to ramping or mode sets?
The switch lights look like the common issue a lot of early versions had.
Do you have any soldering ability?
Iām really not sure what to recommend. Usually we would ask The Miller, but he is not around right now. I think Texas Ace is a Q8 team member. Have you tried emailing him and posting the link to your videos? Iād try that first and take it from there.
@FreeMagenta:
It sounds like a switchboard thing, and if you can unsolder and solder wires there are two solutions:
*wait for The Miller, he may have some arrangement with Thorfire for a replacement board (I donāt know what the status is of that)
*unsolder the board and send it (as a letter in a simple enevelope with a stamp) to me (=within EU) for repair,I could even get you a different colour leds if you like.
If you can not solder Iām afraid you will have to wait for what The Miller can or can not do for you.
Well, due to my hand injury I will have some problems with soldering.
Surprisingly now the symptoms vanished, button leds are shining for few hours on a fully charged batteries. Will keep it for a few days then Iāll see.
Switch delay - it was probably badly callibrated thermal protection (kicked in on the light start; I didnāt see button leds blinking becauseā¦. well, the leds werenāt working ) Now, with these leds āself-fixedā I can see it (it is visible on the video as well if you know what to pay attention for)
So I suppose I will wait a little - then maybe ask someone to switch the driverboard (one of Lexelās maybe?ā¦ more 7135 modes would be nice; seriously it could be 4+FET instead of 1+FET - efficiency still great on 350mA/led, and much brighter usable light).
Sorry for being a little annoying but I wasnāt sure.
Lovely sharp pics there Gregor. I donāt know anything about photography, but to me those are magazine quality if not better. Maybe even calendar quality. Not the sexiest subject matter, but at least here they are appreciated.
Opening up to place batteries, I notice the headās ring (sorry for terminologyā¦ the part where the batteryās + side touches) seems oily/dirty. Is this normal upon shipping? I suppose I just wipe/clean them (alcohol needed?)
I used protected NCR18650Bs since those are my only button-top 18650s for now.
I notice itās quite heavy when loaded (Iāve thus far only handled single-18650 flashlights), but well-balanced when holding it.
Still trying to learn how to use it (as this is also my first ārampingā flashlight). Testing some modes, but not all yet ā it seems difficult to get to the part to cycle thru the various strobe modes. (for instance, double-click, then double-click to get to the 1st strobe mode, is there a shortcut to cycle to the next strobe mode?)
Also did a firmware check, looks like it still is NarsilM v1.0 (too bad it was not yet part of the new batch with v1.2 firmware as mentioned just a few pages back).
I remember reading a āchecklistā to test if thereās any issues for the BLF Q8, canāt seem to find where it is now. Iād like to check if my BLF Q8 has any issuesā¦
If you are in strobes you can use single-clicks to cycle forward through the different types of strobes, but you have to be quick: If resting on a strobe longer than 1.2 s it locks in and the next single-click is OFF.
Trick for Firmware v1.0 in RAMPING
1.
You can do it in a complete sequence: 2X, 2x, 4X brings you to 10sec beacon
Now you can go back via click&hold. You can go back 4 times, then comes OFF. If you go backwards you have time to do this.
It is always easier if you navigate backwards in strobes, but you should go first to the last strobe mode.
For firmware v1.2
itās easier
1.
2x, 2x
You can go endlessly backwards. There is no OFF in the back cycle.
An updated cheatsheet with more notes for beginners is under http://bit.ly/narsil-cs
Make sure you download v10 Q8
The dark stuff comes from the function test. The batteries they use to test get over time dirty and that rubs onto the ring. Clean it with alcohol and you are fine.
If you want to see the timing involved to get to and move through the blinkies modes, Iāve got a video here.
The trick is to NOT stop on the first of the 5 modes. Stop on the 2nd or higher mode. Then you can āpress and holdā to unlock and cycle backwards and forwards.
Make note of the 5 modes:
Normal strobe
Alternating strobe
Bike strobe
2 second beacon
10 second beacon
The links I posted you could only buy one light per order but you could make more than one order on that code. It IS still valid and Amazon only shows 4 left in stock.
OK, just received same email about 30 min. ago. So Iām guessing Thorfire has my contact info through previous Banggood Q8 group buy??? Oh the power of the WWW.
ETA: so glad got mine from batch 2 for $40.