There are only a handful of lights I've ever reviewed where I had written the review and before I posted "something came up" that caused me to realize I had to scrap my review and start over because I wasn't doing the light justice.
I had a 2 hour "dog search" with the BLF-Q8 in some pretty rough country and it was amazing.
So the BLF-Q8 "Real World Review" is delayed until I am able to whip up prose adequate to the performance of the light.
Oh and as a side note. I know a lot of folks say go unprotected and so forth for max performance, but I have 4 of these EBL 18650 in my light and I've been very happy with how they are playing together.
I do recommend that you commit the batteries to the light as a set though just to keep the use balance equaled out 'cause on high power the light sure does draw on the cells hard.
My Q8 was a bit of a novelty for me until I swapped the XP-Ls for 219Cs. I’m always amazed at how everything pops out in the woods at night instead of just being a dull drab brown. Plus it’s still pretty damn bright (~3800 turn-on lumens).
OK……I broke. I’m a weak man. Yeah, it cost me …I dunno…16…18 dollars but I took the Amazon route. It’ll be here March 1st as opposed to ….whenever.
I’m pumped! Oh, you folks that are familiar with this light—what is the true story on the batteries? Will flattop 30Q’s work? Flattop LG H2’s? Thanks in advance…
That was on 4th December though, so I’m not sure if the deal is still active, or if it’s been replaced by their new offer for their own brand AA/14500 light.