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

Might as while take the tour - first time in US and all... Been seeing this on others :FACEPALM:

No unfortunately, not now - source code mod to do so. There's sooo many variations, so many requests, etc....

Think so far:

  • don't want it at all
  • want it on all the time, w/blinks or not? Not sure..
  • want it to implement dragon's breath
  • it's too bright, it's not bright enough
  • dunno how to turn it on, don't know how to turn it off
  • really like it blinks the channel it's using - no, get rid of it

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Thanks, reading the manual and thought it was not possible but i preferred to ask the masters of this flashlight.

I think a lot of us are in that situation. My light also “shipped” on 9/29. However, there was a major Chinese holiday the first week of October so basically everything came to a standstill. With any luck they will actually have movement this week and be in US customs next week.

The light will have seen more of my country than I have!

Small world! Although mine took a more direct route, when it arrived in Clinton the estimated delivery was pushed back a day as well. It showed it departed smartpost to Aliquippa usps at 4:30AM the morning of the original delivery date but didn’t actually get to usps until around 4:00PM.

The man who posted himself to Australia

Don’t try this at home. Particularly nowadays …

So my 3rd one came today ordered on the 27th of sept. They changed the screws for a 3rd time it seems. And The anodisation isnt great

Clearly what we need is a Siri voice interface for the firmware …

I live. In CT. Won’t be here until sat.
Im just surprised it has had so many stops. I am in the north east USA

funny that “smartpost”

Ah, I live about 10 minutes from that location, which was why I had hoped it would be in the USPS’s hands that day but it took 12 hours from “Departed from smartpost” to the arrival at the USPS.

mine arrived today, looking good. Didn’t do the full check yet (I’m not at home) but the tail cap and driver screws look good, no chipping of the anodizing at first glance, LEDs look nicely centered and indicator LEDs have equal brightness. Ramping is cool!! Ordered a 2nd one straight away, so I have another one to mess around with. Thanks Q8-team :+1:
Now where is lexels thread… I’m hearing good things about TK’s Anduril,

Tracked mine 10/9 and said it would be here 10/12! Opened the mailbox today and there it was, yeah!!
Still waiting for the batteries, but the light looks perfect out of the box. Threads are lubed, leds are centered nicely.

Didnt think about this until I read TomEs question to Kawiboy;
My Q8 has new springs, the light stays on when I bump it (pretty hard) against my hand. Looks like TF is stepping up their game, well on my specimen at least :smiley: . Unfortunately KawiBoy wasn’t that lucky with his 2nd batch light :frowning:

I was shocked to received my first q8 today since it was in la according to tracking information. It is a second batch model and it is perfect. There isn’t a single ding or bare spot in the anodization on the entire flashlight. The indicator leds are equally illuminated even though I will disable them. The main leds are perfectly centered and I can’t see a single speck of dust on any of the reflectors. The screws are obviously the new ones and they haven’t got a single mark on them. It is the cleanest and best finish of any light I have purchased, cleaner than the D4’s I have purchased. The tint is truly excellent, i still don’t know why I have purchased so many lights in the past with cool white tint, this neutral tint is way better to look at. I’m not going to modify anything on this one. I have another light on the way in China, i may modify it but this one is pristine and I am not risking messing it up with my ham handed soldering technique. Thanks Blf team and thorfire, I hope the rest of these lights are as good as this one. There will be a lot of happy customers.

Thank you very much.

It’s bizarre. Mine just delayed another day too. They’ve spent nearly 4 days traveling around Kansas. Supposedly smartpost uses some algorithm to use available trucks in the absolute cheapest way possible. Probably does a good job of getting people to pay for faster options next time too.

I got one of mine today. Despite serious oddities from USPS (they really need a helping hand). How can they be a billion dollar operation that can’t get tracking right? FedEx was good.

Brief look at the Q8.

No sharp places. No burrs, sharp edges.

Resistance of screwing on an off of the parts seems reasonable. A bit of drag, but not remarkable. Might be useful to put some appropriate grease on the interfaces. But it does not seem useful.

No visible defects on the outside or inside.

Screws seem fine. I did not go further than unscrewing parts accessible to someone with hands.

I put Stabilant on all the surfaces that will conduct current. It is sort of a lubricant, but the major property is enhanced conductance and corrosion prevention in mating surfaces.

I put a in a set of Samsung ICR 18650-26F 2600 MaH for testing. Charge state unknown, but should be reasonable. Trying to get info on how much current is available internally for the fan in a BT-C3100 charger so I can recharge and evaluate cells. I have a serious fan to cool the whole unit, but I need to avoid killing the internal control device.

I like your idea