The Q8 is on the list I saw some beam shots which looked good. I receny had a blf36-pro arrive which is kinda similar, it’s a 3x18650 8k-lumen. Im a biqt of a sucker for Sofirn lights, for the money they are pretty good. What I’ve been trying to find is the right size collapsible silicon bowl to do what DBSAR did making a ‘shade’ cutting a whole the diameter of the LT1 fitting it to the top to direct light down/across. I also like being able to use 1-4 18650’s in the lamp, that’s clever.
I put 4000k LED’s in my Q8, I much prefer the tint! You can also get a nice plastic diffuser for the Q8, completely different to the LT1, but good for a “work light” or similar.
Re. Bowls, I think it’s one of those Chinese products that are all produced in the same factory. You’ll probably want a white one to avoid casting colourful light all around the room.
Theyre pretty cheap, 3-5 USD on ebay, they all look the same- they’re the ones with the black coloured, hard plastic rim, with a cheap and nasty carabina.
Black plastic rim can be carefully removed to help minimise pack volume.
Don’t cut the hole too small- mine is only just snug enough. I’ve taken the orange o-ring around the top off and the shade fits neatly in the groove.
Re. 1 to 4 cells, I know different folks have different views, but I’ve a couple of sets of 4 cells, which I specifically keep married together so they all behave the same and are always the same level of charge to avoid any problems… :+1:
I’ve seen the lamps with the orange Oring, mine didn’t come with one unless it’s still in the box, but it has that nice recess machined into the lid. Ive seen the silicon bowls with the carabiner. I think from memory had a little tab that the carabiner went through. DBSA has kindly put up a link below which I’ll just buy. I got 2 diffusers for my SP36pro from AliExpress Sofirn store which were the plastic testube shape. They perform well but I don’t like how they fit compared to silicon ones, they seem to require a hammer to stay on! lol. Same with the diffusers I got for little SP31-pro’s through Sofirn, I ordered 3 diffusers, 3 magnetic tailcaps & 3 short 18350 body tubes. They sent 7 diffusers, eight body tubes & 4 tailcaps!!! While I like the generousity of Sofirn China I just wish their diffusers fit better and stayed on the lights. I’ll only buy silicon ones from now on like I have on my MF01S, MF01mini, FW4A etc. I think the silicon shade would be good when you sit the lamp in a table and want to turn it up & not have your eyes cooked. I have 2 30q’s in my LT1 which are probably not the best cells for this light but when turned down I can’t believe how little power the LT1 uses with 4x 3500mAh cells it would near outlast religion!
