I remember Haikelite did a charger cap that went on a battery tube of 4 cells. It acted as a charger, power bank and mini flashlight. I never got any details on how it worked, though.
FWIW, there’s a cool white version coming:
If I recall correctly, this might be of particular interest to JasonWW. 
Yep… you “recall correctly” TK, JasonWW will be beside himself. 
cool eh?? the world needs more warmer tints, how about making it a 4000k or even 3000k edition ??
Yeah. How about they make an LH351D 90CRI version instead?
Especially since we know they are going to be using them in the Lantern project.
Not really. It’s the stupid HI version instead of the HD. :rage:
Oh well, I’ll wait and see. Maybe they will do a HD vesion as well. I need to read that new thread.
FWIW, the HI version should give a more consistent tint without the usual Cree rainbow. And if you want it less throwy, DC-Fix is cheap. Together, they should make for a very nice-looking beam.
Offtopic, you have some nice nails :heart_eyes:
Back on topic, what light is this? For some reason, I thought you managed to put a triple reflector inside of a BLF Q8.
I’m more interested in output levels. I’ll probably have the weakest output Q8 of anybody. 4000 lumen maybe. I want 6000, but no way with the HI version.
No biggie, I’ll wait and see what happens.
Nope. You know the big golden light in BLF’s front-page logo? It’s that light. An original Skyray King, modded with a BLF driver and some other things. Currently it has a prototype Q8 driver in it, and it’s what I used for part of FSM’s development.
Oooh I had completely forgotten about the original inspiration of the BLF Q8.
Very nice light BTW. Also, very smart idea to combine multi-tint/CCT LEDs. Maybe I should do that for my bathroom with some high CRI LEDs lol. The fluorescent lamp currently in makes everything look green.
Because of this, I feel like I look much worse during the evening than during the morning when there’s abundant sunlight.
Have you ever experimented with multi-tint high CRI LED strips setup BTW? I don’t know if it’s a false memory or not, but I have seen you write about it on BLF. Maybe I’m just hallucinating or something.
I’ve been meaning to, but the parts are pricey and I’ve been busy.
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The hole on the center of Ledboard shel is bad to see
when manufactured make a flat surface area?
That does look like a big hole. 
With a big copper DTP MCPCB I doubt such a hole would make much difference. It’s what, 10-15% of the area? and its the furthest from the outer edge and the emitters.
but if they can fix it or smaller will be better
Probably a good point eas. :+1:
I’m sure this was discussed way back in the design phase, before I followed the progress, and the best choice was made.
Maybe someone remembers the reason why they couldn’t shrink the hole another few millimeters.
The hole it’s too large,it can be smaller
That hole doesn’t really have any significant effect on the light’s performance or heat-sinking capacity. There is a thick copper MCPCB over it with four emitters, and the purpose of the shelf is to wick heat from the copper to the outside of the light.
This was considered extensively during the design of the light, the team went with what they determined would work, and it does.