I understand buddy, priorities…… just wanted to make sure you were still kickin’.
Yeah, you better keep the ‘wifey’ happy…. cause if she ain’t happy, nobody is. 
Good luck with the 2YO too… sounds like your gonna need it. 
Well just looked at mine in more detail
Screws look good, switch LEDs are even and working.
Their shouldn’t be a lot to tell this apart from the second that is in transit.
mine says shipped 9/29 with fedex, label created, tracks on fedex website fine, but its been a week with no movement after label has been created ?
Hi,
I just received my second q8 this one is from the 2nd batch and I must say it is better finished/cleaner inside
The screws are different and not stripped this time
The led in the switch is a bit dimmer though but uniformly lit (but my first one was also)
The original is better aligned and is easier to screw thatn the second one.
Once the 3rd one comes ill try and make comparison shots
Drop your tracking number here…https://www.fedex.com/apps/fedextrack/
In transit…
Departed FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST LOS ANGELES, CA
Ship date:
Wed 10/04/2017
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA US
Scheduled delivery:
Tue 10/10/2017 by end of day
OXNARD, CA US
I was notified on 9-28-17 from BG.
I am about an 11/2 from Rowland Heights so it should probably get here sooner than the 10th.
> some simple nickname for the second batch of lights (Q8* maybe?)
Q8.1?
There should be some quick-look way to tell them apart — maybe the screw heads differ?
If you read my post they are different Perhaps I wasnt clear enough. The heads are less flat
First report above
seems like TF did dim the switch led a bit, like on the proto
So side by side one could see it then.
If only one comes, it’ll be harder
First report from the second batch! Thanks. :+1:
Some picts?
What’s with the tube screwing?
Sounds like they went back to a round panhead, which is good.
Mine has landed in the USA, so tracking now works on the FedEx site. It says the shipment should arrive Thu 10/12/2017 by end of day! That actually seems like a long time, even for FedEx Smartpost. I’m hoping it comes near the beginning of the week instead.
And some glamour shots of the OG and Nitecore lanyard
Thanks for the picts! :+1:
It looks much better indeed.
The driver screws seem smaller… M2.5 vs M3? Do they move freely though the holes in the PCB?
No problem.
Yeah looks way cleaner
Havent unscrewed them (yet) so don’t know mate
Thanks for the pics!
Can you show the LEDs of the switches next to each other?
I tried
but it is dark and they either both look like a torch or you can only see the leds
It is very minimal the difference but the 2nd one is a very tiny bit more dim but does have the T centered
Bump sensitivity is an inherent issue in any light without springs on both ends. However, longer cells or BAT- magnets would probably help. I’ve used this approach before and it was effective.
Another option is possibly adding some short/long press detection to the firmware and resuming at the previous level after a short press. This could probably make the Q8 tolerate pretty long interruptions of power, depending on how fast the MCU’s SRAM decays. I suspect that a couple “noinit” vars checked on boot could probably make bumps a non-issue.
> Bump sensitivity
Remember when joggers ran with portable CD players?
Those had to be developed to tolerate all sorts of bumping and jarring, I recall.
I guess they cached a few seconds of the recording. Like the “5-second obscenity delay” on live television …