Well, I finally got my replacement head, turns out it was shipped to the wrong address and it did not have enough postage so I had to pay another 5 bucks to pick it up. Unfortunately that’s where the “good” news ends. The head that arrived is all banged up, dented and scratched. I put it on my light and it doesn’t work. I have three fresh, fully charged cells in it that work fine in other lights but I’m getting a low battery indicator on the light, it flickers on and off and the interface is unresponsive…
So I give up, this light is a complete waste. I’m done with Fireflies, their service is terrible and their lights do not deliver on what they promise.
That sucks. It seems weird that two heads in a row would have been faulty.
The only suggestion I have, which maybe you already tried, is to put a thin shim of some kind between the battery carrier and the tailcap. Some people had problems with the battery carrier not being pressed into good contact with the head.
Well, I finally got my replacement head, turns out it was shipped to the wrong address and it did not have enough postage so I had to pay another 5 bucks to pick it up. Unfortunately that’s where the “good” news ends. The head that arrived is all banged up, dented and scratched. I put it on my light and it doesn’t work. I have three fresh, fully charged cells in it that work fine in other lights but I’m getting a low battery indicator on the light, it flickers on and off and the interface is unresponsive…
So I give up, this light is a complete waste. I’m done with Fireflies, their service is terrible and their lights do not deliver on what they promise.
What batteries are you using? Are they the same set you had in when you fell into water?
His post history indicates that the carrier was working fine before he submerged his last head into water, and they were nice enough to send a replacement.
Well, I finally got my replacement head, turns out it was shipped to the wrong address and it did not have enough postage so I had to pay another 5 bucks to pick it up. Unfortunately that’s where the “good” news ends. The head that arrived is all banged up, dented and scratched. I put it on my light and it doesn’t work. I have three fresh, fully charged cells in it that work fine in other lights but I’m getting a low battery indicator on the light, it flickers on and off and the interface is unresponsive…
So I give up, this light is a complete waste. I’m done with Fireflies, their service is terrible and their lights do not deliver on what they promise.
That sucks. It seems weird that two heads in a row would have been faulty.
The only suggestion I have, which maybe you already tried, is to put a thin shim of some kind between the battery carrier and the tailcap. Some people had problems with the battery carrier not being pressed into good contact with the head.
What batteries are you using? Are they the same set you had in when you fell into water?
That is 100% possible.
You may have had a bad carrier.
My very own high current Beryllium Copper springs Gen 3:
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/67401
Liitokala Aliexpress Stores Battery Fraud: http://budgetlightforum.com/node/60547
His post history indicates that the carrier was working fine before he submerged his last head into water, and they were nice enough to send a replacement.
I really hope his problem comes from protected cells, and not something else.
My very own high current Beryllium Copper springs Gen 3:
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/67401
Liitokala Aliexpress Stores Battery Fraud: http://budgetlightforum.com/node/60547
Yup either protected cells or maybe one is really damaged and has high internal resistance from shorting in the water.
This is what my second head does. First had two defective leds. This one is clearly shorting something out on the driver side.
I’m currently assembling the riders of the apocalypse to be released upon FF.
Sent a mail regarding the issue two months ago, no reply. PM’ed them on BLF a month ago. No reply…
One dead PL47 and two defective ROT66’s later, and I’m about to loose my sh.
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