The Sony VTC6 arrived today. I think the solder blobs should be ok?
Looks great.
Thank you for your kind answer.
+1 … Those are some nice looking solder boobs Spiderlight!!! Impressive……. :+1:
Definitely. I never thought I’d think solder “boobs” (???) were good looking, but those certainly are.
Those look wonderful.
Thank you all for the solder blob compliments.
I’m a bit bored during the Christmas holidays and I’m still waiting for my light thus I tinkered a bit more with the blobs.
I used 800 grid paper to sand the blobs down.
Wrapped some tape around the cells and put them into the tube of my Convoy S2+.
The bigger surface of the tube helps to get a perfectly aligned grinding. Just press with one finger onto the cell and scrape the cell and the tube over the paper.
Now they look more like button top cells.
Just have to wait for my flashlight to arrive now.
Does anyone know the sizes of the o-rings? The bezel and the battery tube please.
All I have is a tape measure. It reads about 2inch/50-51mm and 1.5inch/38mm… Not sure it’s accurate enough.
I just disassembled a second-batch Q8 to measure the grooves and o-rings for you with a caliper. 
The battery tube’s o-ring grooves are approx 47.9mm. The o-rings measures approx 41.0mm when relaxed. Their thickness is approx 1.4mm.
The bezel’s o-ring groove is approx 52.0mm inner diameter. The o-ring measures approx 54.0mm inner diameter when relaxed. Its thickness is approx 1.8mm. Yes, I measured the o-ring as larger than the groove it sits in. 
Are you replacing the o-rings?
Thank you.
I’m not replacing the o-rings.
A member asked if I knew the o-ring sizes. Instead of guessing, thought I’d ask here and share link to thread with them.
In some ways, I miss when this thread was 300 new posts a day, in others less so :smiling_imp:
Q8 still going strong! :+1:
Time for a Q16 thread? 
I still haven’t bought mine. I want cool white. Lol
Found other seller selling BLF Q8. Not sure its original item or not.
Maybe a phony Q8? What is the link?
It looks like Q8 pictures and text. What makes you think it’s something different? Is the price too low? I don’t know what RM140 is equal to.
When in doubt, just buy from trusted source.
35 USD = 140 RM
I think that is too cheap.