They are accessible with NiMH cells. You have to keep holding the button for over 2 seconds.
Ive tried 2,3,4,5,6,7,10 seconds, nothing happens
At 5 seconds you go into lockout mode.
not this one lol, doesnt do that either, no matter how long I press and let go, the main emitter will come on. amazon doesnt even have stock anymore so I cant get it replaced, only a refund
Sounds like it’s defective. Bad luck.
well my finger is numb from holding the button, absolutely no time period will lock it out or turn uv/red on. Thats some poor QC on their end. Looks like I have to send it back.
I wonder if you could get Acebeam to warranty it?
Might be more trouble than it’s worth? I don’t know, It was a great price, but in this case I got what I paid for :laughing: Hopefully everybody else gets a good light.
Try one click and on the second click hold —- mine goes in by holding button but sometimes I have to click and hold on the second click to get it back to white light
see my reply in your other thread. you have the earlier version.
That doesn’t work either, it just cycles from brightness levels when I try it. Very disappointed with this light, I wanted something that I wouldn’t’ have to toss out after a few years like my tips, tini or olight I1r and the red/uv which I dont have on any other lights except a red on an old petzl headlamp
Amazon discounts normally have nothing to do with the chances of receiving a dud or lemon. They all ship from the same warehouse regardless of the price being sold so I wouldn’t call this “you get what you pay for” situation. If you’ve really tried everything in the manual then it’s probably a factory defect, try asking for a replacement instead of refund.
Mine should arrive tomorrow so I can confirm about the version.
Even if he received the earlier version, it should still have a working red light and UV light. Based on what he described, his light is defective.
I would also think you could contact Amazon and set up a replacement unit once more inventory arrives. May take a little while. I would at least try since the price was so good.
Amazon doesn’t do this for “Fulfillment by Amazon” orders.
It’s usually impossible to replicate a lightning deal and a coupon on an exchange when not shipped from and sold by amazon, I have tried in the past but they couldn’t do it. Of course after I just shipped it back I see the seller has stocked it again, but no coupon now, still wondering if they were offloading a defective batch, has anyone else got theirs yet?
I got mine and works just as advertised. I am sure he got a bad one.
I’m not calling out Amazon on this, they have always been solid with me, I even just got my refund a minute ago after dropping it off at UPS 2 hours ago…I was referring to Acebeam and their quality control, a defect like that should never have been shipped out, it’s obvious they don’t fully test the lights before they package them.
Wasn’t sure. Of course I have only had to get a refund on one item in all the years I have purchased items through Amazon. I have had a couple of defective items that the seller has replaced without any issues. That usually happened after a poor review.
Reposting from UC15 review thread:
Got mine from the amazon $20 deal, another lemon. Same as Blackbeard’s UC15.
3 modes on the main group + turbo and strobe, nothing else.
Long press from off does nothing it just turns on the main emitter when released, no matter how long I hold it. Tried with 2 types of batteries but same thing.
Seems like they flashed it with a FW from another flashlight.