Is it possible to buy spare parts which could be handy if I mess up some modifications?
Joey Adams, I think I remember you posting you got a grenade pouch for your Q8 (IIRC); but I can’t seem to find that post amongst all the posts in this huge thread.
When you have a minute could you please post a picture of your Q8 in your pouch with the top open…. so I can see how far the Q8 goes into the pouch.
No rush… just when you have time. :+1:
Thank you in advance.
And if you happen to have a link to where you got yours share that too please sir. If you don’t, no big deal.
The Q8 pouch that was mentioned the most comes from an ebay seller here
Last I remember the deeper variant was sold out, but he still had a slightly shallower variant. You can check post #10290 by Tom E to see the pictures of the Q8 in the pouch. This is by far the best value and quality pouch I’ve seen in this entire thread. My buddy got it and prefers the shallower pouch he told me if it was any deeper it would be awkward to fish the light out. If you want more pictures the search within thread tool is very handy
/\\\ … Thank you Jtm94 for that info. . :+1:
My switch had started to flicker a lot in this last week so last night I got fed up with it and decided to either fix it or send it to hell… Luckily I fixed it
I carefully unscrewed the retaining ring using snap ring pliers and proceeded to put a very small amount of flux on each side of the resistor and the leds, then while the switch was powered on I used a soldering iron to gently touch each side of the resistor and the leds, the problem was a bad solder on one of the left side led, now it does not flicker at all!
HTH
AlexGT
Nice move…… & info. . :+1:
I ordered a total of nine Q8s for myself and several friends, and they all arrived in perfect working condition.
Before distributing them among my friends, I clamped seven Q8s together. I used small lengths of dowel between the battery tubes to keep the Q8s parallel.
Click the photos to embiggen.
The huge difference in brightness required that I set the camera’s exposure so the 7x just barely didn’t overexpose the scene. In person, both scenes are much brighter.
The 7x Q8 photo reveals a marauder peering from behind the tree. (He’s wearing sunglasses and still had to squint.) :sunglasses:
Here is a comparison .GIF:
Here is a view from the marauder’s position next to the tree, 115 feet from the 7x Q8.
Here’s a view from behind the 7x rig on the tripod.
The question is who will do that with 7 GTs?
That’s the coolest thing I’ve seen in 2018, maybe even 2017 as well
why buy a Q8 when you can buy this
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More run time obviously! Lol
I’m sure the single xml on a tiny boost driver with a AAA battery can do at least what, 150 lumen?
+ at least 1…… …. :person_facepalming: . . . …
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- 3500 lumens
- 3 modes
- Zoomie
- 1 x AAA
Priceless………
why buy a Q8 when you can buy this
“Super bright lamp beads” Yeah, brightest beads I’ve ever seen! Hahaha
ok, my q8’s indicator light (switch) doesn’t stay on anymore. I didn’t understand the manual posted. (have to be in a certain mode to fix the issue) (eye roll). anyone want to give me the “for dummies” solution? . I cant read 550 pages of q8. I just read 500 pages of GT, I can barely see now
ok, my q8’s indicator light (switch) doesn’t stay on anymore. I didn’t understand the manual posted. (have to be in a certain mode to fix the issue) (eye roll). anyone want to give me the “for dummies” solution? . I cant read 550 pages of q8. I just read 500 pages of GT, I can barely see now
Does it come on under any circumstances?
Did you program it to not come on?
It my be broken. A lot of the early Q8’s had defective switches. It was something about the leds or resistors not being fully soldered.
See AlexGT’s post #16711 to see how he fixed his.
If you think the problem is in the programming, you can do a factory reset and put the light back to stock. Is that what you want to do?
The instructions to reset the factory settings are in post #2. Let me know if you need help with them.
This is just a guess Jason… but I bet if it just happened all at once, after previously working fine; it has been deactivated …. as you mentioned. And a factory reset, as you also mentioned; will solve it.
I have done this a few times myself by accident…… :person_facepalming: :person_facepalming:
Factory reset was my friend……
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Below is a link to the simplest Factory Reset directions I have found.
Or do a factory reset…. Restore to Factory Settings This is a feature, undocumented in the user manual, that will restore all configuration settings to factory defaults, in the state as originally shipped. It comes in handy in case there’s any doubts of how the light is configured. To access this feature, while displaying the firmware number (dbl click for voltage display, then dbl click for temperature display, then dbl click for version display), press&hold the switch until the light blin…
Hope this solves it…….
Let us know.
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Edit for spelling….
yeh, when you check the battery voltage by doing three clicks…sometimes sticky fingers or whatever can make strange things happen…little green light goes byebye
ask me how i know… :disappointed: