Sofirn Q8 group buy (gb closed, but try PM to Sofirn for discount)

Yā€™all ready?

The XP-L2 Q8 with all itā€™s tweaks and the new UCLp lens is up from 9453 lumens to 9936 lumens, by merely swapping the lens. :smiley:

Gotta love it when a plan comes together!

Youā€™re the first guy with 10k lumens out of a Q8 :slight_smile:

Oh, I did 10,200 with SST-40ā€™s quite a while back in the original Q8. Sold that one to Slow2Go earlier this year.

I want 15,000 or more now. Considering how to go about that. The power grid on this one I just got is ready to go, just have to figure out what Iā€™m going to do up top and not spend a fortune doing it. :wink: I have some thick walled aluminum pipe here as well as some pure copper that is difficult to machine, may just make a copper core for the heavy pipe and then cut an extension with fins to be able to use 8 18350ā€™s to power 4 XHP-70.2ā€™s. That should be good for upwards of 20,000 lumens and maybe then some. :smiley: Working on figuring it out, this method would enable me to use some components that have been sitting here gathering dust for a whileā€¦still would have to spend $100 on emitters and cells. Thatā€™s the yuck part.

that would mean your Q8 is pulling between 35 and 40 amps

Probably contactcr, pretty sure I measured it at the emitters at 33.8A.

That might have once been scary, but my M43 is doing 58.8A. :smiley:

I guess ya get a little numbed to it after a while. lol

Edit: Eyes wide open, no doubt, but it takes more and more to be shocking if you know what I meanā€¦

Did the price go up on Amazon US?

I thought so too ?

Yep, it has. They told us it would be going up soon after the Group Buy ended IIRC.
And so it did. :wink:

I was told the deal was good until the end of Octoberā€¦ maybe they just meant the code was good until thenā€¦ :person_facepalming:

Hmmmā€¦ I donā€™t know anything about that. :frowning:
Maybe Sofirn or someone ā€˜in the knowā€™ will chime in. Good luck.

58.8A, isn't that illegal

I assumed the Group Buy ended Sept 21 when Sofirn said it was ending that day. Sorry.

djozz started this thread on 9-1-2018, on the first page he statedā€¦

ā€œThe set-up:
I will maintain an interest list in this OP for a limited amount of time (a few weeks?), being on the list will entitle you to buy the flashlight at the group buy price.
The lights can be purchased via the Sofirn aliexpress store or via their Amazon store (both US and DE), but the way to buy is different (I hope it will be easy enough for you, this is not something I have an influence on)
For the Amazon stores, Barry will PM you a promotion code that will get the price down to $39.99. Please indicate if you are planning to buy at Amazon, and US or DE.
For the aliexpress store, order the light but do not pay yet! Instead, while still in the unpaid order, leave a message with your BLF-name, Barry will check if you are on the interest list and will lower the price for you. Then (I hope it will be quick) ā€œrefresh the orderā€ and finish paying.
Currently there is no limit on this group buy, if more are on the list than they have produced, they will make more.

When will the lights be available?
400 lights are already made, 300 of them will stay in China, 50 will be shipped to Amazon US, and 50 to Amazon DE. That sounds soon enough to me but when exactly the purchase can happen I donā€™t know. I guess they will show up in the stores and then either you have had your code (Amazon) or you can order and wait for the price-lowering (aliexpress).ā€

So, the few weeks is up and the Amazon lights have been sold. We tend to gobble up group buys around here, what with 26,530 members. :wink:


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Love this - Tell the truth - You have had this expression on you face more than once

klrman, it probably should be. More than a little scary, I have to admit.

shirnask, I canā€™t say if Iā€™ve had that EXACT expression, but I know thereā€™s been more than a few times it had to have been pretty close to that. lol I found that pic when ToyKeeper started calling me Dr. Frankendaleā€¦ :person_facepalming:

No I thought we got a price of $39.99 or so, I paid 49.99 + sales tax. $56.26 total.

Canā€™t find the transaction via my Amazon account, but I can find the transaction by my AMEX statement.

Am I wrong, was the BLF price $39.99 or $49.99 ?

Assuming you put in their code before Sept 22, it should be 39.94.

49.xx was the price without the discount code.

The group buy was at $39.99, we got a code to use on Amazon to bring the price down. If ordering from AliExpress we were to put a note in the check-out page listing that we are a BLF member and our member name, wait for them to adjust the price, then finalize the order.

Edit: I think we bought up the available lights really quickly.

Well I got it wrong, I didnā€™t get the code until after that and purchased the Q8 on Sept 25th, oh well, I still like the light.