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[quote=cdjaney]
Entertaining read! But if you’ll allow me to try to boil it down, are you saying you have to hit the switch while it’s blinking to get it to disable locator?
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I also received mine today. Everything looks and works great. The knurling is my favourite feature and that reflector is top notch.
I want to say great job to everyone involved! I'm very happy with how this turned out.
I stuffed in some very well used Panasonic 2900mAh laptop pulls that were all around 4.05volts and stuck it in the BLF legendary integrating sphere with the TA ND filter mod and got 4704 4744 lumens... Excellent!
Srs2000’s bong for your buck cracked me up.
Glad to hear that people around here are getting their lights. Mine should be here Friday.
Yes - that was simple 
It's actually a bug that could be interpreted as a feature, least that's what we call bugs anyway. Bugs is a 4 letter word and feature sounds so much better.
I lol’d too
@ srs2000
Well done sir :laughing:
Got mine today, too. Shipped via free air express to California. Using 30Qs from mtnelectronics. Both green LEDs appear to have similar brightnesses, and have been working thus far (7+ hours). Fingers crossed.
As for the always-on beacon, is the Q8 really consuming only 135uA with the LEDs on? That's pretty good considering how bright they are.
I still have another coupon, and so I guess I'll order another one. Maybe I'll get it by the holidays. :-)
On these lights, there is a spring pcb screwed down in the tail, removing the tail cap only shows you that…. right? So why the worry over rough threads on the tail cap… the one that isn’t removed in daily usage? Puzzles me, is all…
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Maybe to be able to ‘smoothly’ access the secret mini instructions some will stash in there. 
Fixed that for you 
Cheers David
…. Nooooooooooo not me. Some might, but I will not be one of them. 
just got the light today with standard shipping
the ramping mode works great but the blinkies not i double click from off to turbo then double click to strobe and if i click once again its off iff i make a fast double click i get to bike strobe but from there i cant get any further blinkies single click turns the light off and double click also off …. and the double click has to be very fast
Great seeing a lot of new arrivals that bring a lot of “bong for the buck”
Li ion and bang are a poor combination
After the one yesterday that was a setting thing we now see the 4th issue 
Can you make a video while it still is in flicker mode and has not stopped completely (yet)?
And pitches help of course.
Maybe some testing with a DMM?
Thanks for letting know and still be able to enjoy the rest of the Q8!
Title changed and OP updated with an announcement;
Dear all,
It is clear there is an issue with some lighted switches.
I have a little sad announcement to make, production of new Q8 lights is halted while the problem is solved.
There are 2000 hosts ready for assembly and all the parts needed are there.
Thorfire is contacting the supplier of the SMD LEDs and all pictures and tests people do with a non working lighted switch assembly help to further pinpoint the reason of failure.
So I am very sorry to say we are back at “it is done when it is done” but with a big difference, before we did not have a problem if answers took days or even weeks, now that everybody has literally invested at least $40,- we want things to go fast and Thorfire is very responsive so there is good cooperation to get it done ASAP.
This also means that if you have not received a shipping notice, it will not come before it has been made clear the problems are solved.
I have confidence in Thorfire, the issues (now 4) came after some use, all Q8 lights work out of the box so that is great.
With 4 problems more are expected so this is the best way to proceed IMHO.
I am really sorry that the wait continues and hope you can accept it.
Also keep problem reports coming, we will find a good solution while aiming at having the rest free of the issue.
Cheers David
FIXED SWITCH LED!
Turns out it is the resistor. After swapping to another smd led i had from a battery back circuit board (getting polarity right on those things is a pain in the arse), it was still flickering. I re-applied heat to the resistor and noticed that when the iron jumped the resistor (touched both sides) both switch leds came on really bright. So i stacked another smd resistor on top of the original and BAM! Solid light. Measured current draw 6.6mA so you do the math on what the equivalent resistance is, I’m too tired and can go to sleep happy that we found a fix.
Your welcome
How do you disassemble the switch? I got the 2 screws out from the driver board but then the wires are fairly short to really see anything else. I’m hoping someone can do a detailed breakdown of the flashlight for modding. I’d like to swap out the green LEDs for something different. Perhaps pink and blue?
THANKS
Thanks for the update amplificus. Nice detective work.
Once you can get past that first blinky, into the 2ND or higher, you press and hold to go back a level and can then click to go forward again if you wish. See my video. I think it’s Narsil Part 2.