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

At 7. Sept 02:15 I have 867 for you. Will try to catch 768 next time.

Can someone please make a list of all the issues and fixes for this flashlight? I’m a newbie and would hate for it to fail on me while camping. I’ll probably take it to someone and have them fix it. Thanks.

LOL LOL! I like it. :smiley: :smiley:

I wouldn’t mind swapping colours, blue seems good. I don’t mind soldering in new leds and a second resistor on the switchboard if I have a spare, but I won’t try it on my only one in case I damage it, I don’t have the best soldering equipment or skills.

$40 may not be a lot to people earning $, but in South African currency it is significant (at least to me), this is likely to be the most I will ever spend on a light, unless a really good deal comes up on the latest L6, maybe next year.

OTOH, projects like this are a good step toward getting premium brands to take the community seriously. :slight_smile:

My second one shipped today.

The one I ordered day before yesterday didn’t

Can I please have a list of all the things that are great about the Q8 too, that can go with the list of issues? To balance things out.

Winspiration, very probably your Q8 just works fine, no fixes are needed and it will keep working on your camping trip. A small minority of people received a Q8 with the switch-indicator-led failing but that would not prevent the light from using it on vacation.

I agree $40 is not cheap. I consider flashlights below $16,- cheap. For what one gets the S70/S70S/L6/Q8 are not expensive either and worth it

All Q8 lights work out of the box stock 100, 0 failure rate

There in the OP, you see the way too long list of people having issue with indicator led not working.

All issues with indicator led showed themselves within a day AND do not affect the light out of the front of the Q8 or jeopardise the safety.
2.6% of first 500 lights affected, but counting, and hoping this will not rise.

Then you can see in the OP there are some issues with screws that only matter to those wanting to bump output, mod it, all except for 2 screws were relatively easy to unscrew. 2 different screws of the 3500 screws (0.57‰ o screws)
4‰ of lights affected

There are a few things worth checking, like the inside of the tube and the top of the tube, if not smooth sandpaper touches it up easy.

So when your Q8 arrives there is no indication it cannot be used on a camping trip :slight_smile:

Adding to my initial post:

Flashlight B update:

The switch light has begun to dim on the left side, but is still functioning for now:

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The dimming LED in the switch got me curious and I removed the rubber button. I found even more damage than the gouges on the exterior of the switch housing. The threads are all cut through and I am hoping this does not compromise the water resistance, especially being on the switch. I hate to use DC 111 to block any water since it might make the area greasy, but I may have to just to be safe. Looking more closely, the seal looks to be against the switch’s mount so maybe the grease is not necessary.

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I’ll disable my switch led before I light them up and tell myself that my Q8 is very special while others have lighted switch mine have a glow in the dark rubber switch cover…… :smiling_imp:

I will accept my “special” light & STFU…… :smiling_imp:

Edit : mine shipped today on the way too

Edit again : just a joke for those with switch problem please don’t misunderstood….sorry :blush:

Click the Link in my signature for answers. :slight_smile:

(it needs only some cheap hardware and free software, and the Q8 makes it particularly easy since the driver comes out far enough to access the right parts without soldering)

I thought reports of issues were being solicited to help the Q8 crew. My mistake as this seems to be taken as “complaining”. Hope everything goes well with the lights you receive….sorry :blush:

Am I the only one who is not able to see the imgur pictures? I get a 404 error.

Orange peel, if your light has problems (well, it won’t have problemS as there is just one problem known) you should tell the team either here or via pm. They will have their own list of issues (there is one in the op).

There is no need for ‘us’ to make a list in the forum adding more and more posts to the thread, thus making it harder to find relevant information.

Asking for a list of issues sounded maybe a little rude and didn’t show good intentions.

Edit: I now know you, orange peel, did not ask for the list. I got the posts confused. Sorry

Flashy Mike is may be a good thing you can’t see the pictures, those damages look pretty bad.
Wonder what they did to this poor Q8 :frowning:

All posts of things people run into are welcome of course

Don’t get me wrong. I will still report issues here to inform everyone (I don’t consider that as complaining) and hopefully able to resolve them. In case it can’t be resolve I’ll just disable the switch (cos i’m not FL modder) to me the main led is the most important component of a good FL even my X80 switch is not lighted ones…haha :smiley:

Yeah. Looks like I made it.

Everyone on the Q8 team does want to hear about any problems or issues anyone might be having.

Myflashguy is not on the Q8 team. He is just a regular member like me and was making a joke. I hope this clears things up.

Just to clarify, orange peel did not ask for a list of problems, it was winspiration who asked.