Thank you… I appreciate that info. I am gonna nab some of those… 
doganygood to hear
B42 remove the ring around the switch to get access there
I finally figured out that my 30 digit tracking number is a DHL eCommerce number, and tracking now indicates that my Q8 was “processed” this morning at the DHL eCommerce distribution facility in Compton, California. Others with a 30 digit tracking number may want to see if they can track their Q8 with DHL.
2017-10-18 18:58 LAX-US, Arrive to destination airport
2017-10-13 04:27 UNITED STATES, EN ROUTE TO DHL ECOMMERCE DISTRIBUTION CENTER
2017-10-13 04:06 UNITED STATES, ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION RECEIVED: YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND TRACKING WILL BE UPDATED SOON
2017-10-09 00:00 HK, 已到港
2017-10-08 18:01 Depart from Origin airport
2017-10-07 01:07 广州处理中心
2017-10-06 16:37 广州处理中心, 已扫描
2017-09-30 17:02 Flyt Express’s sorting centre, Item dispatched. PKG#:PKG04302338
2017-09-28 13:48 Flyt Express’s sorting centre, Item in transit
2017-09-28 12:48 Flyt Express’s sorting centre, Item received
Finally , on the move…….
Thanks Ag76. My info is the same as yours, processed in Compton, CA this morning. To be delivered by USPS.
Could someone recommend a tripod lanyard screw for this? Can't seem to find a nice one.
The one you linked I use a lot and is about as good as it gets, I’ve looked everywhere for something better and I can’t find it, so I’d suggest what you have there.
I also just got my Q8’s today and all I can say is WOW, what a beautiful light.
I could not find one flaw, not even a spec of dust in the reflector, not a sharp spot on the light anywhere, even has some thread lube on it, just beautiful and extremely nice machine work.
Thank you to all involved in making this happen, this light is just over the top.
I could not be anymore happy at all,
Thank You again Q8 Team you are tops …!!
Just got an email from Liion Wholesale has button top 30Q’s in stock today
for Akovia:
Go to the top of the page
Choose “Search within thread”
enter the words “tripod socket” (without quotation marks)
That will give you a variety of possibilities several people have mentioned
So my Q8 seems great. No scratches, not dirt, led's fairly well aligned (not quite dead perfect, but ok). The screws are nice quality with the possible exception of the LED board center screw that still doesn't look bad. The indicator LED's are not quite even (mabe 2x different), but they work, and it's not an issue to me. My battery tube initially located just short of perfect alignment, and after a little use it's already gone past perfect alignment, so that just proves it's not a reasonable thing to expect and isn't possible to deliver, at least not without a completely redesigned closure mechanism. It definitely has the bump-on bump off feature. Handy for slamming it down on the table to turn it off. Not dependable for biking, but it's not uncommon from what I can tell.
Otherwise, it works great. I do have bistro-HD running on it (not the posted version, it doesn't work). The light does seem to have switch bouncing (mostly simple fix), so I'm guessing my bench setups don't because of either the big OTSM cap they have (even when I'm not testing them for OTSM) and/or maybe the lack of R1/R2 impacts C1 stability, not sure, but it bounces, and the bouncing finds every little race in the code real fast. There's still some rare lockup so maybe it find that soon or maybe I won't.
Nice light, well done.
> tripod socket
Someone up there
EDIT: that was Nil, at Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light - #13392 by Nil
recommended this one. I agree it looks better than the other choices.
Removing the switch cover
You can scratch the black ring, try to wrap one layer of tape arround the needle noses of the pliers
Just preformed the requested test. Deactivation of the switch LED has no affect on the constant glowing of the main LED’s.
I will now disassemble for inspection of the SMD components on the driver. I’ll be sure to get some close up photos for documentation and analysis.
Received my Q8 (second batch).
Construction cannot be faulted, though I haven’t turned on yet (BT VTC6s still charging).
Tripod hole is perfect!
Thanks!
Everything I have seen suggested so far seems pretty generic. The ones that already come with some flashlights seem more durable and of course purpose made. Was hoping there was a place to buy these.
Like this one from the Lumintop PS03 reviewed here.
So many nice lights have tripod mounts now. Hopefully someone will produce a quality lanyard screw for the aftermarket. Guess I could try contacting Lumintop.
Okay, this is a puzzling thing to say. Bicycles have vertical loads (bumps on ground). Assuming the flashlight is not pointed straight up at the sky, why would the batteries ever loose contact?
Tks all, I guess it could be this cover then, if it can move even further over from what I saw…I was imagining a flat switch underneath but I guess not. So it looks like there is a mobile peg type switch underneath? I don’t currently have access, but should this weekend and will try replacing the cover.
TY for the suggestion, I wouldn’t want to scratch a gift.