Q8 modding

[Wieselflinkpro]

@DarkShot

@Wieselflinkpro

I modded my Q8 with Luxeon MZ, bypassed springs and DC-Fix foil.
I get around 10,000 lumen on the start and 8800 after 30 seconds.

Here are some details: What did you mod today? - #6984 by Wieselflinkpro

Questions:

Did you do anything to the stock driver or leave it be? I left the stock driver.

Did you set the emitters off center to reduce the dead spot in the center of the beam? Yes, I wanted to avoid donut hole, but have to use DC-Fix foil.

Do you have more beamshots comparing the unmodded Q8 to the Q8 with the Luxeon MZ emitters? I will add them now.

Great work btw, cheers.

Here are 2 new pictures comparing stock XP-L LED with and without DC-Fix. https://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/media/albums/blf-q8.2372/
All Pictures (Luxeon MZ and XP-L) in automatic mode and with different output levels of the flashlight. But you will see the differences in beam pattern.

From What did you mod today? - #6986 by contactcr

@contactcr

Can you try putting the D-C Fix lens in the stock Q8 and measure output? I want to see how much different the output is and I believe it will be a good test of your sphere’s baffle.

Stock lens about 6100 Lumen and DC-Fix lens about 6000 Lumen at startup. … with different batteries as on my former measurements. And I did Turbo-Beamshots between the todays measurements (with and without DC-Fix).