Just be sure you don’t have a piece of glass in your packaging somewhere. I chose to wait also. Then Neal said he could ship it immediately with a Carclo 10507. I choose that when he offered. Weeks later when the light arrived, I actually received the plastic. However I also got the glass lens, so I can switch out to a Carclo if I want. At this point though, I’m kinda digging the plastic one. Might change it later. Options are good.
I feel your pain too. Just went through the same ordeal trying to get a light and other items and not wanting to wait for the new optic but by time he actually responded it had already been several weeks and the new optics were in. I’m curious now to see if mine will actually have the correct optic or not even though he said it would. Def not the greatest way to handle a business. I understand he may be busy and over loaded but if he’s that overloaded he should’ve suspended ordering till he got back in order.
Nobody has a good point. Check in the little plastic bag that contains o rings. There may be a lens in there.
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I wish that were true haha. I also ordered a Nitecore UMS2 charger and 2 Sony 14350s and the charger doesn’t seem to recognize the batteries at all. 2 hours seated in the charger and nothing. Buttons don’t work either. Screen is active but otherwise apparently DOA.
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Do you have a DMM (volt meter)?
If yes, what do the cells show when you measure them?
It’s probably more likely that the charger is to blame if the buttons don’t do anything… but another test would be using a different cell (if you’ve got one) and see what that does.
Thanks but no DMM, no other cells. This is my first foray into 14350 lights and batteries.
Some cells are shipped with clear protective plastic insulators that’s sometimes difficult to see.
If you haven’t checked it, it might help.
Thanks, confirmed no protectors. 
Just curious, do you mean 18650 cells?
14350 wouldn’t fit in this light… just making sure.
If you have a friend who vapes, they might be willing to let you try their charger or one of their cells in your charger to figure out which is faulty.
I’m old. Any friends I have either gave up smoking altogether or never did.
Yes, oops they are Sony VTC6, 18650.
It was a long shot, but worth a suggestion as some aren’t aware of the overlap in cell usage.
Good luck friend!
Is it possible the batteries were so flat upon arrival that they would need like 5 hours to even register 1% charge?
Well what do you know, there was a glass disc hiding in the box! So I dropped it into the front of the unscrewed head, but now the head doesn’t screw all the way down. There are also 2 O-rings…am I supposed to install those somewhere too? If it’s just glass pressing against the optic, not sure how that makes it waterproof.
You have to replace the optic with a carclo one in order to use the glass lense. It won’t work with the lumintop optic.
And the o rings are extras
Thanks, so I guess this means I definitely waited for 1.5 months for no reason.
So in the even he actually sends the Carclo, which I doubt he will, I drop the new optic, install the glass, and it screws together perfectly? Again, I don’t see how this makes it waterproof.
If you have the new optic and a glass lens, you’ll have to get a carlco optic to replace it before installing the glass lens. The new style is a 2 in 1 and incompatible with the glass lens.
The original Carlco is a 10511, but they have different versions that make more throw or more flood. Get whichever one suites your preference, or get one of each to try them out. I’ll see if I can find a link when I’m back at a computer.
I believe there should be an o-ring between the bezel and the glass or 2 in 1 optic. If you installed a carlco and the glass, you don’t need an additional o-ring between the glass and the optic.
On the cells, they should have some charge (never over discharge a li-ion cell!) as shipped. The ones you have should be wrapped in green, and have exposed metal at either end. The side with holes is the + end and the flat side is the -.
Another test I thought of is to put one into the light. If it lights up, then the issue is likely the charger.
Remember to insert the cells from the head (LED) end for this light, and not from the tail (switch) end so you don’t have to reassemble the tail.
Thank you. The kind folks over in the chargers sub forum actually made me realize there was a black sticker covering the end of the batteries. They work fine.
Not sure what you mean 2-in-1. All I know is, with the optic and glass together, it doesnt screw closed all the way.
Do try the optic it came with. It’s probably dark in NYC now. I think you will really like it. I’ve swapped back and forth, and the difference is really negligible. If you don’t compare side to side you won’t notice. By the way, which emitter did you choose?
There are two versions, one with a separate lens and optic (the glass part is the lens, and the Carlco 10511 is the optic), and one with a combination optic & lens (the new style that was in your light when you got it). I was referring to the second type as a 2 in 1 above.
By most reports, the style you got is very good, however I haven’t tested it personally.