Yes, I agree. But, there are some people that just want the max possible, and are willing to push the safety limits. Somebody is going to sell to them. We have 100,000 lumen handheld flashlights now. Totally ridiculous, but there’s an entertainment factor that draws some people to them. Lots of other entertainment is dangerous too (bungee cord jumps, parachuting, car racing, a motorcycle, etc.).
I can say that used these lights outdoors about 4 times, they worked great when they did, however locking the lights out mechanically twice is what set these things on fire.
I do have a habit of mech. locking out all my soft press/non clicky lights, but none of my other soft press lights ever stopped working or even catch on smoke.
Sad, as this is one the pricier lights I own.
My kids laugh at me until they need a light and then they don’t. But after they’ve used the lights for whatever purpose they’re back to laughing at me again :person_facepalming:
That clip shows the truth about recalls for every industry not just cars. It is unfortunate but that’s just how all companies work. Safety comes last, money comes first. Samsung was notorious for trying to silence their customers who reported explosions with the Note 7 and not willing to do anything until the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission had to step in and forced them to a recall.
one of the issues in this case for a recall is the cost for Imalent to have people ship back the lights to their head office, which would probably cost as much as the lights costs due to weight & distance.
Who did you contact to get to warranty your light? I’ve sent emails to at least 4 people now with no response. It’s been a lil over a month (more like 2) with no response but from one US distributor. They were only worried if I bought the light from them directly or not. Once they found out it didn’t they quit returning emails. I only asked them who I can contact about a warranty claim. I wasn’t blaming them and tried to be polite as anybody can.
Seems since I won this in gear bests drawing last march instead of buying it nobody cares if I have a working light. I’m about ticked off enough to go back in every forum I ever said anything good about this light and update with the lack of customer service I’m getting.