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

Yes emarkd testing such things can be a great help

marsalla, see post 2 and/or the included manual :wink:

Ahhh, thanks! That was easy. Now looking at the leds and I don’t want to do it anymore… ha! Plus I was hoping my brand new retaining ring pliers would help but alas, a scratch was inevitable. Nothing a Sharpie can’t fix :slight_smile:

I've used needlenose with rounded edges on the backside, and was able to loosen the switch retaining ring without scratches, but being careful in doing so.

I would suggest button top Sony VTC6 batteries or Samsung 30Q batteries…I’m partial to the VTC6s myself.

Just get all the black of it, looks good with the bezel :wink:

So both of mine have the switch LED asymmetry — one green LED quite bright (on the same side as the “BLF”), the other (on the “Q8” side) quite dim.

Just reporting for statistical purpuses, the appearance doesn’t bother me.
I’m puzzled and wonder if it’s related to the flickering others have experienced.
I’m leaving mine lit up in case the flicker takes a while to emerge.

All respect to ThorFire for doing the QC. If the problem began with a beancounter buying cheap parts, I hope that gets identified as the actual problem.
It so often is not caused by the guys on the production line putting things together. As with aviation, problems often are initiated days before and far from where they appear.

“There’s three kinds of testers: alpha, beta, and ‘sorry Charlie’” — a programmer.

I rotated the switch assembly on my proto, in case of uneven brightness I would do the same and have the brightest one at the highest point , brings back symmetry :wink:

I'm finding good results with Samsung 35E's, but with DIY solder tops added.

One eBay source sold out of them already - I bought a set of 8 for $40.49 from this eBay store, all seemed good, but he's all sold out now. Just order another set of 8 from eBay here for the same price, just shipped, not received yet, so can't vouch for this source yet.

Again, important to understand they need soldered or added tops of some sort, but still $40 shipped for 8 of these cells is a pretty good deal.

I use snap ring pliers to loosen bezel, then a toothpick to unthread. Some of these type of pliers have interchangable tips of different sizes.

Are those pictures showing how to rotate the switch LED position?

Or — I’d assume — you need to get at the circuit board underneath the plastic cover to rotate the LEDs?

For me the brightness asymmetry is in the “if you fiddle with it long enough you’re going to break it” category
(thanks, Mom, for that good lifetime advice)

The pics I posted was removing bezel & button cover for our friend from Spain.

Here is hypothetical question. For the 4 or 5 out of 500 with indicator issues: would you be interested in returning your q8 to thorfire if return shipping was 100 percent free? Just curious to see what the actual impact of this issue

More better now… :smiley:
Link to what I used.

Very kool.

So on the 7th I ordered 4x 5m led strip rolls from BangGood shipped via "Standard Free Shipping". Not long later, within the hour at most, I ordered the 3 Q8's with their "Priority Air Mail". They all shipped on the 8th and the Q8's were pre-order numbers 1xx. The led rolls turned up yesterday and there's still no sign of the Q8's.

Now, this isn't a complaint, just an observation I find amusing that free, slow shipping arrived before priority air shipping. To make the wait even more unbearable fun, we've had other multiple deliveries and the family are starting to tease with "Ooooh, is this your torches? Nope, it's my ____" whenever a parcel arrives. Rotten lot they are.

My first one has been picked up from the post office. Can’t find any faults with it.

Can’t wait now till its get dark outside.

2nd one will be picked up saturday and get the lexel driver (in stock) and pink leds (on order).

Ordering a 3rd one for a colleauge and probably a few more now. This is a very nice light. Sturdy feel to it too.

JorisFRST, if you can, please take pictures through the process of swapping the LEDs.
For those of us who need a good example to follow.

Hello! Impresive thank your very much, im going to buy this tool i dont have :D.

I can relax now hehe.

I left the switch LED on overnight, and had no issues. It’s one awesome light! :smiley:

I will say that the Narsil firmware is feature rich, yet a little difficult to navigate. The ramping is INCREDIBLE! Love it. But navigating to and from modes, or the configuration menu is still beyond me at this point. I watched some youtube videos on the firmware and I’m still learning.

Overall, this light is a home run! I haven’t placed the order for my second one yet… I think I am going to wait until we find out when production will start back up.

For those of you who’ve mastered the spaghetti diagram of the UI, a plea

Could you set out some of the useful series-of-clicks combinations?

For example, as noted above:

doubleclick, doubleclick, click — police strobe
doubleclick, doubleclick, doubleclick — bike “stutter” strobe