Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

Oh, I agree. I think The Miller is doing a wonderful job. Some people remain unsatisfied though, so I wonder if maybe there’s something to what they’re saying? Maybe there’s a need which hasn’t been adequately addressed?

Now, it’s not the responsibility of the Q8 team to make sure all 1000+ people in the thread are 100% satisfied. Volunteer-based systems don’t work that way. But perhaps someone who isn’t happy with things as they are might be willing to scratch their own itch and provide a solution for the benefit of other like-minded folks?

Each forum has its own purpose and audience. For everyone’s sake, we try not to make judgments about other forums… it tends to get awfully political.

You guys in the “anything goes” camp need to keep in mind that some people don’t have an infinite amount of time to keep up. And they might still have useful contributions to make to the project.

There’s a huge difference between a few off topic posts in a 5 page thread and a few hundred off topic posts in a nearly 300 page thread. What you’re doing is effectively a denial of service attack on the project. Yes, that’s harsh, but it’s what it is. You’re saying that because you have a lot of free time on your hands, only people with as much free time are allowed to contribute. That’s selfish beyond imagination, no matter what rhetoric you use to justify it.

And seriously, registering a new user just to spam the thread? That’s just childish.

Hmmmmm, it would seem there is a prankster at work possibly…… :smiley:

Welcome to BLF, quite an entrance; enjoy the party. :wink:

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I totally & completely disagree with what you have said here. BrianK, TK, and others have mentioned ways to easily keep up with what is going on in this thread. You have no idea who has “time on their hands” or in what amount either.
So yeah what you said is “harsh” but it is far from “what it is”.

Totally agree.

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I disagree to agree.

C’mon fellows, don’t you realize what’s going on here? Thorfire promised us one lumen per post on the production Q8. We need to keep this up so we’ll all have a 12,000 or even 15,000 lumen Q8 in our hands! They might even throw in an Ove’Glove!

Click < first (below the “reply”) button to see the first and frequently updated post with all the vital news and information linked there.

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I am still so tempted to swap in some xhp50.2’s into the Q8 and make 15k lumens, even though I know it will overheat in moments. Or go really crazy and put 4 xhp70.2’s in it and make 25k lumens….

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That would be amazing!! Even more so if you could find a way to transfer the heat from the light & dissipate it.

No way in heck you would be able to disapate xhp70.2’s. That would be around 350W+ from rough math, you would need a massive CPU heat sink to even hope to try to keep that reasonably well cooled.

The xhp50.2 should be a bit more tame a mere 225W. Still impossible to cool in basically any flashlight though. Based on my 17k lumens SRK I have now, You would be lucky to get the same turbo runtime as say a triple S2 before it overheats. Or about 30-45 seconds.

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Do you have any links were someone converted an SRK style light to 2P 2S? I’m drawing a blank as to how you would do it with the twist on battery tube.

BTW, Vinh over at Sky Lumen has got some 70.2’s and made a few 20k+ lumen monsters with them.

Oh I know what your saying, that’ why I said “if”. :slight_smile:

But remember, we did send men to the moon. :wink:

My MT03 is for sure getting XHP70.2's.

A few people at BLF have done it. The trick is to lock the battery tube in place and unscrew only the very tail end of the light, with posts built in to keep the rotation correct. For example:

Yep, as TK said it has been done. I did it to my 17k lumen SRK. Pretty easy really, the hardest part was getting the driver all lined up before gluing everything together.

It finally stopped raining, so I went out to try a new trick.

Achievement unlocked: A dozen behind-the-head lightsaber catches in a row with alternating hands and zero head-bonking.

Maybe next time I’ll remember to change into exercise clothes first instead of wearing a dress.

We have some 21,000 members these days. Impossible to cater to every Individual. The goal is that every individual will cater to the forum and it will be a better place for everyone.

I happen to know for a fact that there are quite a few people here suffering some form of disability or impairment and the flashlight hobby is crucial to their well being… I am one of them. So yes, some of us have more time on our hands than others. Some are retired, some just got their first job. Everyone is here under their own circumstances.

If any here that are complaining of how much off topic chatter would like to burden themselves with some of my pain, or any number of other members pain, please feel free to do so. If you’re not willing to do this, then perhaps you could at least allow us the freedom to enjoy what little there is left to us to put a smile on our face. Thank you in advance for cowboying up.

So sorry for those that are too busy to enjoy the forum, perhaps you will be better able to spend time here in the future. Here’s to that being pain free on your part… :beer: