Is there anything that can sereve a diffuser for a BLF Q8?
The Q8 great but a bit bulky to EDC and the max output to high for my needs.
A have a Tool 2.0 AA/AAA and they give an amazing amount of light using a diffuser.
That makes me think my Q8 at 1100lm with diffuser would be a great lantaren.
It will be a work light, so it shouldn’t be to fragile.
I really like the Fenix AOD-L. It fits on snug so doesn’t fall off or move about and it diffuses the beam very nicely when I use it inside. I’ve bought one from hkequipment and one from Kaidomain. I’ve found hkequipment tends to ship a little faster than KD, at least in my experiemce (in case you want it quickly).
Does it well fit on the Q8?
Diameter of the Q8 is 59mm and the Fenix diffuser has a diameter of 63mm
I have Lumintop Tool 2.0 AA/AAA with a silicone differs and a Nitecore LC10 with a PVC (I think) diffuser.
The Lumintops have a much more pleasant light. Doesn’t hurt my eyes at all when looking in the light.
Yes, fits on the Q8. That’s what I use them on. The opening is larger so the Q8’s bezel sits about 2cm inside the diffuser where it tapers in. A gentle press down fits it quite tightly to the bezel.
I've never been a fan of wand style diffusers since they generally become like a bare light bulb and be unbearable to even be around . So my default is to run flat diffuser film and even then on a light like the Q8 to make a lens cap type one that will pop on and pop off easily .
If you must run a wand diffuser I like ones that let lots of light out the top and not so much out the sides.
It's a matter of using a different type of plastic .One like is commonly used as a medical specimen testing or test sample container .
Even on my Aider/Ultratac/whatever AAA light with diffuser, the paltry amount of light concentrated into a small area just grates on me after a while. I much rather use ceiling-bounce.
Unless you’re glamping and would have to use “tent-bounce” for light, I’d use something other than a diffuser. But if you’re stuck with that as the only reasonable solution, yeah, the above suggestions should work fine.
I’d be happy with a flashlight equivalent of a “cone of shame” that dogs wear to keep from biting at stitches, wounds, etc.
Would still direct diffuse light forward, but keep it from shining back in my face. Even holding it directly away from me, there’s enough arm-length parallax to expose the bright glowy bits to both eyes.
I recently took apart a few LCD TVs at work and salvaged parts for repair work. I also salvaged the diffuser film used for the backlight. Nearly 180 deg. of light, almost no glare. Like it enough to put in a Maglite 2AA and some Defiant flashlights, as well as a couple 6V lanterns we use at work for general lighting tasks.