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

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Not sure why the original design is being defended. It's not being called into question. I'm talking about the specific one in Alen's picture.

fixed it, here is a djozz picture. The MCPCB spans the whole width of the thermal pasted area below. The 2 small holes in the shelf are smooth. Notice the threads in the refector for those 2 holes. I'm comparing the above picture to the original design. Can't tell is the center hole is smaller in the below picture. My memory of mine was that both samples had much smaller center holes than Alen's picture.

The two pictures show exactly the same thing. Nothing has changed. It is still using the same design the team tested and approved, because it works really well.

The (batch 1) reflector had only one threaded hole; the other two were just to provide enough room for the head of a screw.

Edit: The batch 2 and later builds changed to implement djozz’s original design, with two upward screws instead of two down and one up. If anything, this is probably an improvement.

Almost.
This was the case for the first batch of production Q8’s.
Then without our knowing, Thorfire changed that for all subsequent batches (again this did not seem to alter performance): the two side holes in the reflector became threaded M2.5 holes and the reflector now became fixed to the shelf with long screws (screw heads in driver cavity side), with the ledboard sandwiched in between. In fact that was my first construction that I gave to Thorfire early in the process but they never seemed to understand at the time.

Glad to hear nothing changed regarding the emitter shelf. That assurance works for me. When I get the Sofirn Q8, I will expect no changes. If it is like what Alen seems to describe and what the photograph seems to show, it will be an unacceptable deviation from the original design.

EDIT: Actually, if the 2 small holes are threaded and the reflector is too, then I will just drill open the emitter shelf holes. If the big center hole is within a reasonable margin of the original hole size, that will not concern me much. But if the emitter shelf is not flat, that will be an issue that I would not want to have to correct myself.

Whatever happened to people buying a flashlight and just enjoying it?

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I plan on it as long as I get what I think I am paying for.

this is more important that shelf surface under led board will be perfect flat
but of course scaline are not acceptable,
I don’t have the light currently
thanks for who can check that

^ shelf checked more than a year ago by heaps of modders, result: :+1: ( :weary: )

The two holes in the shelf are not threaded, in the first batch the ledboard was screwed down from above forcing (so sort of self-tapping) the screws in the holes, not elegant, wished it to be different but it worked. In the later batches with the screws coming from the underside the holes were large enough to pass the screws unhindered.

I just found out that the picture in Alen's post is not his light. I was under the impression it was a recently made unit. So I searched the image and found the same photo posted by djozz in the development phase of the Q8. Geez, louise. I wish folks would reference the source of photos when the photos are not their own. A little context goes a long way to understanding a situation.

Please disregard all my concerns mentioned above.

Much ado about nothing.

wisdom is a step behind passion

Yep…+1 to both. :wink:

Which could have been avoided if you would have clearly provided me the information I was clearly lacking.

Nobody can remember where all these old pictures come from. LOL :smiley:

just in case you guys need a new Q8 light.

Sofirn Q8 is available in our aliexpress store now! click me

Just place the order and leave a message saying your BLF ID before payment, our staff will modify the price for you, you need to refresh to find out!

Oh, one more thing, long tube for BLF Q8 will come out soon. :wink:

Details of the new Sofirn Q8 version can be found here.

The big difference is that it’s using xpl-hi in Cool White. A more minor change is that they’ve eliminated the flat sections on the battery tube. It’s now perfectly round.

what about a q8 in warm white 3000/4000k no interest ? cool white meh…

This light was intended to be CW from the beginning. :beer:

WW is the third most popular. So for right now they’re just trying to cover the first two. Maybe they will open up some more versions if this Sofirn version does well.

Weird question does anyone know where to purchase replacement o-rings from? Wanting to pickup a few spare tail cap o-rings just in case