The flakiness/flickering on my two orange lights was solved by the usual ‘all of the above’ — cleaning threads, checking tightness of the driver (it can be too tight, it can be too loose, it can be just right, no idea what’s going on with that), smoothing every electrically conducting part, putting conductive lube on, and “wearing in” through lots of cycles of off, on/change mode.
Happy with them now. No surprise it took some time to get rid of the flickering. Still puzzled, I’ve never had other lights where the driver could be tightened down too much, but whatever that is, backing it off just a quarter turn or so gets rid of that part of the flickering.
It might be that the spring isn’t long enough (like on one of mine), and unscrewing the pill shortens the distance the spring needs to reach. You could try stretching the spring, instead of loosening the pill.
choombak is not a drug reference name, rather an Indian word for “magnet”. And can we steer clear of personal insults please! Name-calling always derails the discussion, and is counter-productive to thoughtful exchange.
While quality is always subjective, I am surprised stating observations is construed as disproportionate complaining on this forum. If manufacturers are smart, they’d rather take a clue and fix trivial QC issues that may nag consumers - especially given this is low hanging fruit. Issues in this light are telltale signs of extremely poor QC (trying to squeeze as high a profit margin as possible), making the light utter unreliable. A dead light is as good as no light.
Oh, and Banggood did come back on my DOA light - they want me to send a video of the light to show them the problem (!!). I guess “light does not work at all” does not cut it for them. For those who enjoy them, please have a reliable backup.
At first I was thinking I should EDC one light, with some batteries as backup. Then I thought, why not EDC multiple lights with batteries in all of them. No need to swap batteries out in the element. More fun that way!
I have 2 1xAAA flashlights in my pants pocket, and 4 flashlights of a variety of configurations in my jacket pockets. I have 3 different keychain lights on my keyring, and 1 more little LED light in my Victorinox Midnite MiniChamp.
So, courtesy of my youngest, my copper A01 now has a cracked lens. Can someone point me to the cheapest place to get a replacement or two or is it simpler to just buy a new torch for spares?
So by my measurements these lenses are 13mm x 1mm.
Fasttech don’t have any in that size sadly.
Anyone know of anywhere I can get these tiny bits of glass cheaply? Saw one on eBay for £3 but I resolutely refuse to pay that. I’d rather spend a few quid more and get a whole torch.