I want to say someting about the “issues”. The lighted switch “problem” is only a cosmetic issue.
No problem at all! And the few that had a sw led giving up total will get to a solution with TF and BG that is ok for everyone.
But i think every buyer from the first 500 batch should know that it is very usefull to do a few small things.
First remove the 2 screws from the driver, open the holes up a bit clean the contact surface and screw it back together. Same with the Spring pcb. You are not needing new screws to do this (only if the old ones are a total loss.
Now you ask: Why should i do that? I do not want to mod my light and it is working fine.
Yähhh that could be true. But most of the lights have the driver not sitting 100% flat, because the drillholes in the driver are to small and this leads to the more important part. The battery tube is not making contact to the full groundring. That reduces the current flow and leads to more wear on the driver groundring (because instead of laying flat on the complete groundring it now scratches only at a small part of the ring. It is also usefull to check for burrs or ruogh parts at the end of the tube. Is there something take a pice of fine sandpaper and make it nice and even. And then go and remove the spring pcb screws clean the contact surface under the pcb from sandblasting residue or any glue that you may find and then put it back together.
You do not need to buy any parts to do this (you only have to buy new screws if your screws are to damaged to be reused or if you do not like them). And as i sayed your light is working even with the small issues. And maybe your light have no dirt screw or any other issue at all. But if you have some or all of the named issues, adding all the losses together, you are looking at possible 10-20% loss with an unmodified production light.
Sure there is more that can be done to improve the output but that would be the real modding part. For further mods go to Q8 modding
I hope that this will help a few people. And a Big Thanks to the Team. Its an awsome light!!! :partying_face: