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Could also be the plastic spacer ring is upside-down. As said you will see what I mean when you get in there.
Another pet peeve of mine it to slice the nipple inside the rubber tailcap so it does not apply any pressure to the sw button. Especially on an omten 1288.

Hmm, it’s got the retaining ring, switch+PCB, “top-hat” spacer, and rubber boot. Everything seems to fit only one way.

Replaced everything, pressing on the spring while flicking the switch a buncha times, then liiiiightly putting the retaining ring in place, gently snugging it up.

Seems to work a bit better, but almost seems to have a NMM unless I let it settle down for quite a few seconds between mode-changes. Most disconcerting.

One thing I did notice is that this one tailstands perfectly, ie, the boot doesn’t protrude the 1mm or so like on my “good” VG10.

Also, there’s no “nipple” inside the rubber boot. Not sure if this one’s shaved down and why it sits flush vs protruding, as this is the first tailcap on a ’10 that I took apart (kinda tired to dissect another one, and got ’em all from the same batch anyway) so have nothing yet to compare it with.

Bugger, I thought someone else mentioned the nipple and umop apisdn spacer. Could’ve combined the replies… :smiley:

But nope, in this case the spacer’s like a top-hat, only one way to fit.

Inside of the boot might very well be shaved (got a bit of a “balloon” feel when first applying pressure to the boot), but can’t really be sure w/o something from a different batch to compare with.

Good idea. I will contact him when I measure precisely. :+1:

Have you tried bypassing the tailcaps all together to see how the lights work? Using a thick paper clip or something to connect the bottom of the battery tube to the negative of the cell.

I really having rarely have used the stock VG10 switches. The lights are much nicer with reverse-clickie switches. So I pretty much swap them before even using the light. Throw in a PD68 lighted tailcap board while at it. You need not bleeder resistor with the stock driver.

EDIT: Fixed typo

Me? Yeh, in msg 106. Only a key instead of paperclip. Worked fine, which is why I zeroed in on the tailcap/switch.

Probably the same issue in one of my F13s which goes wonky like that. Will (eventually) try loosening the ring and diddling with the switch.

Oh, lordy…

I just got back a reply through Amazon, basically “Can you describe the problem in detail?”, as if no one knows what’s going on.

I did specifically mention the thread on BLF, so that in case someone there knows the problem, I could short-circuit the multiple back’n’forth to find someone who knows about it. Guess not…

Why do I get the feeling this is going to end badly?

Whups, spoke too soon. Got a PM, just replied… :smiley:

When the problems became clear, we the Q-team were a bit worried and following this
Besides TF stepping up to correct things I think Barry/Thorfire understands the importance of a well executed Q8.

Personally when I read (long ago) what “marketing talk” Thorfire wrote for the then V2 of the VG10 I wanted one, they said something like “the tactical ring sucked so we adapted it” and this was so “un-marketing” I really liked it.
Got a VG10 from BLFer X3 and liked it a lot, it started to good relationship with Barry (I wrote a little review as response to a Dutch blog and Barry shipped the S70 and S50 to me for review, starting the whole review thing for me and making them a good candidate for the Q8.

My guess is that the people that manage amazon and those that post on here are different people and work through different channels. So the right hand not talking to the left hand is my first guess in this case.

No luck for me :frowning:

Yah, I figured that, but in an early message I got

As amazon order must be handled on amazon backstage, Our customer service will contact you and take care of it.

so I figured someone on the BLF side had to get in touch with someone on the Amazon side to make anything happen.

Unno, hopefully it’ll all shake out.

So… what are we talking about, anyway? I was assured that I wouldn’t have to return the lights, but what’s on the table? I heard “refund or replacement, as you like”, but does that mean a 1:1 set of replacement lights?? Or 100% refund?!? Man, they’d take a bath on that if that’s the case.

I ran the ’10 on high for a few min, and it didn’t get as “warm” as I expected, so I’m suspecting the thermal path isn’t as good as it could be. That concerns me a bit, so yeah, I definitely want to fix the lights. But wow, if that’s the offer, and if that goes through, then TF is pretty stand-up.

Okay, we’ll see. More as it unfolds… :slight_smile:

Bright side…

The holsters for the VG10? I thought they were rather big for the ’10, even in a head-down config, but either way (HU or HD) you can slide the ’10 to the side and remove it from the holster w/o undoing the velcroed flap.

But!, the holster perfectly fits my DV-S9, albeit a bit snugly. And that’s a 26650 light!

I’m using a generic Jetbeam holster (from FT, ’though now discontinued) for my ’10, albeit in a head-up config. Same size as for a ’501, ’502, other similar-sized 18650 lights. Just need to give it a little twist to tuck the fins into the holster and get the tail to seat fully in the holster as far down as it’ll go.

Anyhoo, if anyone else thinks the supplied holster is a tad big for the ’10, you can use the holster for a bigger light, and a smaller holster for the ’10. Works out perfectly!

Thorfire offered full refund right away so respect for them. I only agreed on half of price as it seems fair to me. Half is enough to pay for copper spacer to make it perfect.

I was away from home. Got mine today. it also has the multiple spacers and doubble O-rings around reflector.

Didn’t someone say that the convoy M2 reflector fit perfectly in this light without the need for spacers?

If so maybe those reflectors could be sourced, either from simon or another option, and used to fix these lights. That would seem to be the best option for this. Followed by a copper spacer.

I mentioned it in my quad build using the copper quad spacer for the M2… theoretically possible but I haven’t checked yet. Got to the bench and tangents started… Finished 2 other lights but quickly forgot what I initially wanted to do. Will try again.

I also received an email from “thorfire official” about my lights. I have replied and have not heard back in a few days. Time to go directly through Amazon.

Their e-mail server has problems , contact them with a PM here !

Well the M2 erflector does physically fit into these VG10 with the spacers under emitter, using reflector without spacers.
I did have to file/sand top of reflector to get it to seat the bezel to body. After test fitting I chose to build one up using a XM-L2 U4 1A on a 20mm Noctigon and More filing/sanding off the top was needed because of the thicker MCPCB and reflector spacer used. M2 uses an OP reflector. Finished light off with an A6 Fet driver and bypassed the tail SW spring.


And i don’t have even one M2 :confounded: