I guess you just want a hurrah?
Hurrah!
Interested. Amazn US. Thanks
any benefits to switching to brass screws?
No clue… I think rubber switch is pretty responsive…
Welcome to forum. The Group Buy is over. The price is now $50.
I think there are 6 left, but I’m not sure.
I think a couple hundred lumen. Maybe just 100 lumen. Something like that.
Nice, Goin to switch them out now. I can’t wait.
It’s the 4 tail screws that give a benefit. They are button head M2.5 x 5mm.
Bypassing the springs give the most benefit, maybe 300 more lumen. It will be drawing about 20A on good high drain cells.
Actually, just replacing brass screws can yield an increase of 400 lumens on XPL-HDs.
Bypassing springs, or replacing them with copper alloy ones can yield up to a 1200 lumen boost.
However, on an XPL-HI Q8, the lumen output boost will not be as great because of the higher FV of the XPL-HIs.
Where would you buy those screws? Can't find button head brass on Ali.
Really? I didn’t think the increases where that high. I am tempering my expectations. Lol
Local hardware store?
I think people were buying them on ebay. This was a year ago when the Q8 first came out so my memory is fuzzy. You might check the Q8 modding thread.
Here’s the link from where I bought last year:
Nothing like that at our local hardware store! Will do some looking around those threads thanks. Just unscrewed my BLF Q8 cap and those screws are countersunk, not button or pan heads.
Thanks!
I thought you were buying them for your Sofirn Q8?
Only the first batch of the original Q8 used countersunk screws. On all later batches they switched to button head/pan head. The countersunk screws kinda suck.
Do you have an Ace Canada store near you?
In the US we have Ace Hardware and my local store has a huge selection of nuts and bolts and specialty fasteners. Plus there’s another hardware store that is privately owned which also has lots of nuts and bolts. Have you been to all the hardware stores near you? Or do you maybe live in a small city that doesn’t have a lot of hardware stores?
Yes for Sofirn but I thought it would be the same as the BLF Q8. I purchased my BLF Q8 way later than the first batch am surprised I got the first run with the countersunk screws. So much for Banggoods honesty! Just checked and I purchased it on Feb of this year.
No Ace Hardware up here and the other hardware stores don't carry something like that around here either. Yeah, live in a small town but have three large hardware stores, all chain stores. Those button head or pan head brass screws will be fine to use on my BLF Q8 too won't they?
Use the button/pan head style. I think your driver has the countersunk screws as well. You can switch that also, but it has no effect on performance. Just make sure your driver screws are below the ring height so your batteries don’t touch it.
Or just leave the drivers screws stock.
Just ordered some from that ebay link thanks.
Tried to order on AE. First with request to adjust price in message field in my cart.
Later same question to Sofirn in the message center in “my” AE.
Same response: none whatsoever. Well: two can sing that song. Consider me out of this buy
Maybe I just got stuck between two bits in their answering bot. IDK, but I’m done with Sofirn.