If the box gets wet and soggy the light will come out and then get lost in shipping. No light for you.
Also a soggy box will not protect it in a fall. It will get chipped or scratched for sure.
I can’t recall a package from asia that did not come in a plastic bag of some sort.
I get that water/rain can cause damage to the box itself and the contents but I just don’t see the rain getting through to the box in the first place.
the packaging allways kinda locks pretty simple, basic and bad, but so far I have far more problems with lost shipments (including customs) than with damaged goods. So I’m happy with the droptest and whatever packaging thorfire will come up with.
The plastic bag which gearbest used to protect package was not damage much, but it’s not water proof, so, thing happened
Thanksfully it is a keychain light
All of the lights I’ve received from China, including lights from Thorfire, have either been in one of those grey padded bags, or wrapped in padding that was covered in yellow tape. I don’t think the package getting wet is going to be a problem.
<—-trying to imagine 6000 lumens aimed at a deluge of rain. Gonna light some stuff up, for sure! Maybe not very far away, but like a miniature city’s worth of light coming out of your hand with all that rain to act as a diffuser!
That would be a no on the “Bronze Color”. That was done by baking it in an oven.
Soooooo, you could do it yourself if you wish. Just be sure to disassemble it first of course………
Shoot, I'll post pics. The prototypes I got came in, what appears, the same box they used in the drop test, plus the light in one of those bubble wrap bags. What was nice, since they sent two, the two were in one bigger heavier box, so thought they were very well protected.
Good to see the Q8 another step closer. Will hopefully beat the introduction of tax on imports to Australia on 1st July!
Back to the subject of flashy modes, etc. My ultimate light would have a setting to allow a timed delay for on (as per a camera 10 sec timer), and a set (or adjustable) period before turning off (e.g. 10 secs). This would allow for hands free light on/off for when doing light painting photography solo. Not sure many other people need that setting though - interestingly the lume cube, popular with photographers lacks a delay on function.