ThorFire Official Deals- Save 45% on 500 Lumen TG06S flashlight($9.89), 6th Dec 2018 Updated

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You can say that again.
Come on ThorFire, care to comment about this?

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Interested in VG-10 please.

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I have 4 to sell Ya. I am an honest seller. Posted Pics of the defects earlier.

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PM sent

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it is unwise to pawn off the defect lights in a group buy. While most people would never notice or care about things like this, BLF’ers will both find out and be very unhappy about this and it really hurts the brand name on BLF when something like this happens.

Look at astrolux and manker, they now make some ok lights but because they screwed some people over in the beginning many still refuse to even try them.

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I totally agree with Texas Ace. I only buy this light because I thought athorfire is the only somthingFire named brand which I can trust and give a fire brand a chance. And thes screwed up. This is my first Thorfire light. And now I’m not very happy and afraid that they will make the Q8. I hope they dont want to slap that together like this. I have an M1 which is a very good light and apmost same in specs like VG10 but now I cant use this VG10 like this anyway and I don’t want it. :cry:
Nice heat path… Led-solder-top star dielectric layer-top star aluminum-heat paste-alu disc-heat paste-bottom star aluminum-bottom star dielectric layer-some leftover solder-heat paste-and the very thin shelf. You almost can afraid of frying the led at 2Amp. That is bad!

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Hi folks, We are very sorry to hear about that this batch of VG10 flashlights turned out to be so disappointing. We sincerely apologies for the problems you have been with and we will take the responsibility to help solve this issue. Anybody who bought the VG10 flashlight from us and have quality problems, please PM me for customer service.

As you are professional and enthusiast in flashlights. That’s why we are here more to hear your comment and suggestions in order to improve quality and service. And now we are paying more attention to structure and craft for an upgraded version.

With regards to the group buy, we never had it on BLF before and this is the first try, because many people from other countries except USA hope that we can have deals here. But it seems that we mess it up this time :person_facepalming:

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Thank you for the reassuring words Thorfire. They mean a lot and I have no doubt you will back them up in deed. PM incomming.

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how did u guys get the bezel off? after reading this thread, i wanna check mine. but mine is very tight.

  • nevermind. i got it off. i used latex gloves. and i just checked. mine is the same. 2 spacers. and i got mine from amazon.
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Pulled mine apart and it looks like its fine with no spacers. Will look at it closer tomorrow. Beam profile looks pretty good too.

edit… no spacers in mine. But there is no o-ring sealing the lens, and the lens just sits on top of the reflector, so there is no way this could be IPX-8 water proof or water resistant.

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Hi Prometheus,

I pushed the bezel against the corner of a peice of pine (a soft wood) and turned. After removing the bezel, I then used a pick to gently pry out the first O-Ring. Then I used the pick to gently pry up the reflector.

Texas_Ace,

The led shelf does appear to be thin. It isn't flat on the back side (by design to clear the inductor). The thickest part is about .05", the thinnest part about .04" (about 1mm). All three of my VG10's had the short reflector and stack of stuff under the base.

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thanks ImA4Wheelr. i got it off now.

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isn’t the centering ring a bit too tall?

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My 1x VG10 is still on the way. I never pry the insides of a light before, but seeing this fiasco, I might as well have to try.

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Bad news from me too.

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Don't worry. Thorfire will make you whole. They got right back to me with a generous solution. I told them I would be happy with just a 50% refund because I can make an alternative use for my lights.

EDIT: Just PM the OP about your situation and he will get back to you soon.

I see my reply cross posted. So I will move it here with a quote. You're very welcome. Thank you for the feedback.

Your are correct on that. When I across these, I file them the lip down to just shy of reaching up into the plane of the reflective surface. Improves the beam pattern nicely.

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How is the rest of light, like threads, machining, anodization, switch and the LED itself?
Seems like just an assembly fuck-up.

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But that must have a reason: it seems like they were out of reflectors and sourced another one that appeared to be more shallow.

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Or a CNC machining error and the shelf cutted too deep.

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Sent you a PM regarding a problem with one of my VG10. Hope to hear from you soon.