New info, how to tell if your light has the lockout problem fixed:
The model with fixed lockout will not blink red when the buttons are touched while locked. The version 1 with high drain Lockout will blink red.
credit goes to TreviLux for first reporting this.
there are also at least 2 reports that the Version 2 with fixed lockout are approximately 5000k, even though some are shipping in the Tip220 3500k packaging
Wonderful. Now if we can just get BG reps to test em before shipping to the group buy.
i doubt the callcenter people can travel to the warehouses, ripp open the sealed blister packages and test them :(
or can it be evaluated without opening the package?
yes
anyone with the light in hand, in the sealed package, can press the buttons without unsealing the packaging, put it in lockout, and confirm that there is No red flash if the buttons are touched while in lockout.
as you may have read, the updated versions are shipping in modified packaging, with an opening cut in the packaging that allows the dealer to recharge the lights without opening the package… see more info here
I do not know if this opening in the package is also how the lockout drain got fixed, by reprogramming through the USB port.
Since you are trying to get info whether the ones ready to ship are version 2, besides the no red flash test, you could ask if there is a hole in the packaging, where the USB port is.
the bottom line is, WE are the only reliable source of info. I put zero faith in what call center people say. Once people here start buying the new Tips, expect to see reports cofirming that on lockout the version2 Tip No longer flashes red when buttons are touched…
disclaimer, Im just a guy at a computer, who has too much time on his hands, repeating info posted in various Tip threads, that I believe is credible.
Also, imo the 5000k Tip 240, is probably the most versatile option for people who want High CRI without the warm color of the original 220 Tip…
Im not aware of anyone who has recently received a 220 Tip, of the LED being 3500k, Nitecore seems to be using 220 packaging and 240 packaging interchangeably, but the lights being shipped all seem to be 240 5000k versions
seek confirmation of anything I say here, I have no inside knowledge nor relationship with any lightmakers
ps
News Flash, the Tip uses PWM
hmm - my post got lost???
(€dit found it in the other thread...)
-> the manager assured me the send the new Version only
a nitecore guy told him that the existing lights have been reprogrammed (would explain the hole in some packackings)
he had some in his office and told e they are latest batch
Thanks for the email M4D. Just wanted to make sure you got credit for the order. ORDERED ! Thanks!
I just ordered my Nitecore TIP.
Thanks, M4D M4X!
ordered!! thanks, Martin.
Please PM for TIP 360 lm. Thank you!!
I just ordered a Nitecore Tip CRI, shipped within 24 hours. Cant wait for it to arrive.
Thanks, M4D M4X!
I ordered a Nitecore Tip. Thank you!
Hi:
date for winter edition?, any information? (will be offer for this edition?)
Too bad. out of stock
I’m in, still waiting on price
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God I Hope Not…_
I hope not too. When I saw the “new versions” were out I ordered a couple. They were shipped out yesterday.
Hopefully all will be well though. 
Where did you order from?
I ordered from Banggood, the 12th I think it was. It says it was shipped out yesterday.
Mine from Banggood was shipped out the 10th of November. Still waitin’.
Hopefully, it’s what the manager said it was. REVISED.
