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

Joey, I tend to use the new Rocket (XTAR SV2) the most, it shows a percentage of cell charge so it’s easy to see how much is left or what the status is. It also will charge 2 cells (it’s a 2 bay charger) at 2A, so charging the 26650’s or 32650’s is quicker.

Second to that I use the 4 bay XTAR XP4 at 1A for all 4 bays.

+1 to the Rocket… I have a couple. 2A is great!
Lii 500 for 4 x 1A & analyzing

Yea I noticed the rocket charger at Richards store. That 2A would be nice on some of my 26650s.

My three units from the second batch arrived today and everything looks great!

My Q8 arrived today. I ran through the quick check and found no issues with mine at all. It’s much warmer than what I expected, but that’s not a bad thing…just wasn’t expecting that. Of course I’ll be performing the spring bypass among other things for better output, but out of the box, mine seems perfect…no imperfections or issues.

Good to see V2 arriving and being without obvious flaws!

I wonder if the first 500 all have reached their owners by new.

According to tracking mine has took nearly 2 weeks to have not even left China yet :person_facepalming:

My dad and brother are ecstatic so I have you and the rest of the Q8 team to thank.

And blame, as I’m now on the path to modding. :smiley: It’s a fantastic light as-is but I’ll be trying my hand at spring bypassing thanks to Tom E’s posts in the Q8 modding thread.

Really looking forward to the GT and FW3A now.

Had the itch to buy a new light and luckily stumbled across this (where have I been?) This will be my second BLF light and I had no hesitation forking out the money. The effort and dedication from the people behind developing these special editions lights pretty much guarantees I’m in for a treat! Ordered today and already posted :blush: Der brain me didn’t choose Priority Direct Mail for an extra $2. x2 :person_facepalming:
Looks like I’m joining the order and forget brigade.

Heheh “order and forget brigade” :smiley:

I think I saw somebody else who too started modding that is pretty cool!

Not a chance, I will be lucky if I get it this month, not expecting it until mid November.I think I was number 516 but it shipped within a couple of days, is currently in Johannesburg where it can sit for up to 5 weeks judging by past experience.

Hi!

Sorry for the late reply. It is not much but they are a bit lower yes. 0.75mm if I have to guess

Upon checking in daylight I now found some damage/fabrication flaws ;-(
My first light was perfect in that aspect. think it screwed less smooth because of it too


And the bezel has a few milling errors/flaws where it has been cut out(no that is not a reflection. There are some deeper cuts in there)

Is this bezel black?

Hoping that's just shadows. They supposedly changed the spring design - would love to hear or see pics of the new springs.

Thanks rayman, it is reassuring that the new screws are still under ring-level. And those imperfections, well, it is still Thorfire making the Q8 for limited money, I’m actually happily surprised how little of those imperfections have been found until now.

Is that bezel sharp on those places?
What is that under the glass?

OP updated with:
PMs send to those with issues, please check.
If I have not missed anybody all with issues should have gotten a PM, if not, let me know. I am collecting the information so we can make haste with the solution(s).
PMs send to a few BLFers who helped a lot during the Q8 process. If the aff link results are in, I am going to ask SB to draw 14 numbers between 1 and 1730 for the little GAW as mentioned in the PM you all got with the code(s). Of course the winners and the end result of this will be published.

Got my 4 BLF Q8 yesterday from first batch. All seams to work and feels and look great,

The beacon led all seams to work. No damage to the lighs.

Some screws where damaged and and maybe some looks a little bit dirty but I think I can fix that. Giving 2 away and they are very happy about the lights.

I really like them and was somewhat smaller than I thought.

Bought some cheap chargers, but I have some better chargers for my self. The pouches are somewhat big but works. Sadly I didnt got my 16 Samsung 30Q batteris shipped from Banggood. So had to use some Sanyo 18650GA on some lights but they worked even if they are not button-top.

Thanks for all the work you have done with this great flashlight. Sadly I am going away so cant test them more……

Just for kicks and giggles. Remember when I said this in Post #5425?

I did a turbo temperature test. After 4-5 minutes I got an external temp reading of about 69 degrees C. I did the test to confirm that I had not accidentally disabled the turbo timer while changing the settings to my liking. So is this the typical temp I should have expected? I really can’t tell you if it stepped down visually because I did it with the light facing a white wall and after so many lumens is hard to tell if anything is really changing, I also do not know how quickly the timer drops output.