There was brief talk of the haikelite mt07s tubes being made available which lego with the Q8. You just need to line up the tube once then the tailcap just works to support cells in series. That still may be easier than redesigning carriers.
Except for the fact that it’s Haikelite :confounded: and they already said they dont want to sell just tubes
Have you removed the stock thermal regulation? If you remove it in the settings for q8 will get scorching hot on turbo. Not in 1 minute but it does.
This is really disappointing in my opinion from thorfire. The q8 was designed so people could easily MOD it. Spare parts should be readily available. Like I need an new battery tube. Mine is damaged. So thank you for the link.
And thank you Sofirn for people up the slack from thorfire. Really disappointed in thorfire
I use lanyards on my lights whenever possible. This makes it possible with the Q8.
This light should be popular among those that want to carry a flashlight as a self defense weapon. Add a several battery tubes and you have yourself a nice bat.
It was $7 for me. 2 day Prime delivery.
I’m going to get one, some people might not care for it. But I have use for the extended run time without having to change batteries. When your covered in paint overspray having to clean up some to change batteries gets aggravating. At the park it’s not as big of a deal. But I use my light for work. I would also like the q8 with a little more throw. Should be easy enough to MOD for those that want to do 6v emitters. But I feel it’s kinda over kill. All the monster can lights with 6v emitters all overheat in a minute or so. Ya we will get 12000 lumens for 1 minute with that set up. I’d rather 5000 lumens for a couple hours for my use.
I think that is a bit too ambitious. 5000 lumen is stock and it heats up quick to the thermal limit. 2500 to 3000 lumen might be sustainable.
Any news on this?
Not really.
Bump. Sofirn taking on too many projects
Yep. It is quite problematic. I hope one of them doesn’t go south because of this.
They are taking on the BLF Lantern project too, & were awaiting for updates from them.
I think and hope that they are building expertise as well atm (not only from BLF, they are eager to learn stuff and have some new people), and this hopefully results in better flashlights. But the process may be slower than we would like.
I prefer to wait and get a good product than buy quickly made crappy light.
+1… I agree & think the results will be worth the wait. :+1:
+1 …. Amen!!
NEWS UPDATE
Seems like making my own Beryllium Copper C17530 springs have sparked the interest of some companies to use them instead of bypassing springs.
Sofirn was initially planning to go with phosphor bronze springs, but after speaking to the engineers about my idea, they have decided to go with gold plated beryllium copper springs.
That sounds great BSM!! Good job…. . 