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

Lovely sharp pics there Gregor. I don’t know anything about photography, but to me those are magazine quality if not better. Maybe even calendar quality. Not the sexiest subject matter, but at least here they are appreciated.

Thank you for your kind words.

Only nikon dslr with good tamron macro lens.
Hand held.

:slight_smile:

Hand Held! Seriously?
I think I will be calling you if I ever need brain surgery.

You can do this :smiley:

+1…. Very nice indeed!! Thank you. :beer: . :+1:

++1 too! Wow!!

Finally got my BLF Q8!

Opening up to place batteries, I notice the head’s ring (sorry for terminology… the part where the battery’s + side touches) seems oily/dirty. Is this normal upon shipping? I suppose I just wipe/clean them (alcohol needed?)

I used protected NCR18650Bs since those are my only button-top 18650s for now.

I notice it’s quite heavy when loaded (I’ve thus far only handled single-18650 flashlights), but well-balanced when holding it.

Still trying to learn how to use it (as this is also my first ‘ramping’ flashlight). Testing some modes, but not all yet — it seems difficult to get to the part to cycle thru the various strobe modes. (for instance, double-click, then double-click to get to the 1st strobe mode, is there a shortcut to cycle to the next strobe mode?)

Also did a firmware check, looks like it still is NarsilM v1.0 (too bad it was not yet part of the new batch with v1.2 firmware as mentioned just a few pages back).

I remember reading a ‘checklist’ to test if there’s any issues for the BLF Q8, can’t seem to find where it is now. I’d like to check if my BLF Q8 has any issues…

d_t_a …… hope this helps.

  • 1. As far as the ‘dirty ring’, many shipped like that. Just wipe it down or clean it with alchol… what ever suits you.
  • 2. Not sure about short cut to strobe cause I do not use them.

@d t a

If you are in strobes you can use single-clicks to cycle forward through the different types of strobes, but you have to be quick: If resting on a strobe longer than 1.2 s it locks in and the next single-click is OFF.

Trick for Firmware v1.0 in RAMPING
1.
You can do it in a complete sequence: 2X, 2x, 4X brings you to 10sec beacon

Now you can go back via click&hold. You can go back 4 times, then comes OFF. If you go backwards you have time to do this.

It is always easier if you navigate backwards in strobes, but you should go first to the last strobe mode.

For firmware v1.2
it’s easier
1.
2x, 2x

You can go endlessly backwards. There is no OFF in the back cycle.

An updated cheatsheet with more notes for beginners is under http://bit.ly/narsil-cs
Make sure you download v10 Q8

The dark stuff comes from the function test. The batteries they use to test get over time dirty and that rubs onto the ring. Clean it with alcohol and you are fine.

If you want to see the timing involved to get to and move through the blinkies modes, I’ve got a video here.

The trick is to NOT stop on the first of the 5 modes. Stop on the 2nd or higher mode. Then you can “press and hold” to unlock and cycle backwards and forwards.

Make note of the 5 modes:
Normal strobe
Alternating strobe
Bike strobe
2 second beacon
10 second beacon

Has anyone else received an email from @thorfiredirect.com?
They offered a 30% off code for the Q8 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Powerful-Flashlight-Searchlight-Configurable-Professional/dp/B0773Q46D3/

Pretty cool of them to offer this code and I am very grateful that they are including a seller/shipper like Amazon.

here’s the code Coupon Code: KXCWYFBO (30% OFF) * Is it still valid?*

They posted the 30% off deal to the forum a couple days ago
ThorFire Official Deals-ONLY $50.96 for BLF Q8 on amazon USA

[quote=Streamer]

Same code I received.
Wasn’t sure if they were unique or if they might not have wanted it shared publicly.

The emails tone seems to suggest that they want verified reviews to help boost their sales rank on Amazon.

The links I posted you could only buy one light per order but you could make more than one order on that code. It IS still valid and Amazon only shows 4 left in stock.

[quote=CircaM]

OK, just received same email about 30 min. ago. So I’m guessing Thorfire has my contact info through previous Banggood Q8 group buy??? Oh the power of the WWW. :open_mouth:
ETA: so glad got mine from batch 2 for $40. :slight_smile:

Banggood probably sold out our info. They have really been doing wrong by most of their customers in every other category. Anything Banggood can do to make/save money, they are doing it now, customers get to suffer from Banggood’s greed.

I like it when I get coupons by email for things I might actually want.

It’s the other crap I’d never buy that irks me. Buying Canadian medicine? Junk mail.

BTW, Banggood has stores on Amazon and Aliexpress.

At this time of the day I don’t know if this was meant as a joke, but I have to clarify anyway in case of any uninformed readers taking this seriously.

“Unprotected” means just that - the lack of any protection (by the means of an added protective circuitry). Unprotected li-ion cells do, however, have safety features including more than those inherent in the chemistry, materials, insulation etc. Such devices include over-pressure valves and fuses or a combination of these; in case of cylindrical cells, typically found under the positive contact. These are irreversible and will cause the cell to read a dead 0 volts when they operate correctly. These will also not activate from overdischarging or just from overcharging by itself. When they do, it’s often quite dramatic.

Just going very rapidly from about 2.5 to 0.8 volts is not indicative of a protective measure activating, just a feature of the li-ion chemistry. However, this is not expected behavior in most typical LED flashlights like the linear regulated or FET driven variety. This IS expected in various other scenarios including a dead short.

Mistaking electrically protected batteries for non-protected ones is common, though. It’s not unheard of that unprotected li-ion batteries were sold as protected and vice versa.

Maybe unprotected cells have fuseable links under one of the end caps?