I like throwers that don’t have pencil beams. That looks nice.
In the mean time, mine hasn’t shipped yet.
Pics are in this thread. Everything is exactly the same as the original Q8, just color is cooler and the hot spot is a bit smaller.
received mine today
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Ordered mine a little late..about a day after getting my code and it said restocking sept 27? and shipped by oct 2-3 ? ...anyway it came today sept 25th with no prime /regular shipping .
This light has more throw than the BLF-Q8 but visually it doesn't look like twice as much throw . Cooler white tint outdoors is ok but inside it isn't as nice as the BLF Q8 NW tint . BLF Q8 IMHO is still a nicer light
I guess you just want a hurrah?
Hurrah!
Interested. Amazn US. Thanks
any benefits to switching to brass screws?
No clue… I think rubber switch is pretty responsive…
Welcome to forum. The Group Buy is over. The price is now $50.
I think there are 6 left, but I’m not sure.
I think a couple hundred lumen. Maybe just 100 lumen. Something like that.
Nice, Goin to switch them out now. I can’t wait.
It’s the 4 tail screws that give a benefit. They are button head M2.5 x 5mm.
Bypassing the springs give the most benefit, maybe 300 more lumen. It will be drawing about 20A on good high drain cells.
Actually, just replacing brass screws can yield an increase of 400 lumens on XPL-HDs.
Bypassing springs, or replacing them with copper alloy ones can yield up to a 1200 lumen boost.
However, on an XPL-HI Q8, the lumen output boost will not be as great because of the higher FV of the XPL-HIs.
Where would you buy those screws? Can't find button head brass on Ali.
Really? I didn’t think the increases where that high. I am tempering my expectations. Lol
Local hardware store?
I think people were buying them on ebay. This was a year ago when the Q8 first came out so my memory is fuzzy. You might check the Q8 modding thread.
Here’s the link from where I bought last year:
Nothing like that at our local hardware store! Will do some looking around those threads thanks. Just unscrewed my BLF Q8 cap and those screws are countersunk, not button or pan heads.
Thanks!