Yes, lots of interesting ideas were developed on the original thread, but it seemed a little stalled as far as finalising a specification/design, and someone stepping up to commit to manufacture and distribution.
The Miller asked led4power if he was interested in helping.
He has quietly got on with it. Djozz received the first a few days ago, and it’s looking good:
Led4power does have reflow service but it requires him to have the correct emitters in stock, but atm he only has 4000K Luxeon V’s and an IR Oslon. No cool white leds.
Suggestion: led4-power could open up a dedicated thread for his Q8 parts, it’s all spread out on various threads at the moment, so difficult to follow. Well worth the effort though.
I’m the one responsible for that post so he is already counting me. In the end I decided it doesn’t make financial sense to try and change the color myself. I don’t really need the Q8, but if they do produce it in a cool white color I’ll probably get it then.
None, everything I checked was perfect! However, I’m still waiting on batteries and have only been able to power up with two Thorfire 18650s so far. So there’s still room for something to go wrong haha, but anyway my Q8 didn’t have so much as a burr anywhere.
Yep. The Kaidomain AR lens is better, giving up to 7-8% more brightness and making less tint shift for some reason, and when looking at the sides, there is such a cool blue effect on the lens.
Downside? The tint goes from 4790k to about 4930k, making it slightly cooler to the eyes.