Hello.
I ordered my S42 on pre sale May 09 and it arrived today.
Meanwhile, I have also ordered Aspire 18350 batteries that arrived a few days ago.
As everyone knows now, the battery tube is too short, but I managed to put an Aspire 18350 battery in the light.
This obviously resulted in the positive end being pushed in a bit and the same occurred to the bottom of the battery.
(You have to sacrifice a bit to see the light …)
Beyond this, the light works as advertised, but it gets fast hot in turbo.
I switched to mode 2 and the light had been on the table for a half hour. When I tried to turn on the light, it would not work through the four announced modes. It just flashed in a very low mode every time I pressed the switch. I had to loosen the end plug and put it back in place again.
Then the light came on in mode 1 and worked. Then switched to mode 2 that also worked ok.
Also the “dragon breath” and the lock out works fine.
However, i have reported back to BG that the length of the battery tube is too short so I hope they will send me an upgraded tube when this is done. (I do not want to destroy any more 18350´s.)
Likewise, the USB charge port cover is a joke. Hope they can come up with something better.
In addition, I have the 18650 tube in order - so we will se if that is long enough.
Thats all…
Well, I've modded driver replacements in Lumintops, SkilHunts, Manker, and hopefully soon NiteCores, so the cost doesn't matter much to me. If I were to buy the Manker E14 II, similar light, for over twice the price at $65, I'd still want to replace the driver. Usually the cheaper lights are mod friendlier.
I finally had some success cracking open the stubborn glued up threads on lights I have over the weekend: S41 bezel, NiteCore MH20 bezel, 3 of SolarStorm K2 tailcaps.
I was surprised to see the S41 has no proper holes for the two pegs of the optics, like the S42 has. There also was no glass lens - not sure If I once again bought too early before the Astrolux kinks were worked out.
I got mine in the mail today. Doesn’t really work with my Keeppower protected 18350. I have the S41 18650 body tube though… how do I know which end I screw into the head?
Edit - I’m not sure if it even matters because my 18650 didn’t fit either way (Nitecore protected button top).
Yea, was afraid of that - too early on that one, as well as this one :FACEPALM:
I did get the very nice polite email from Mandy, saying the tube and USB cover will be sent soon, but they are still working on the USB cover, so, should work out. I damaged the USB cover anyways, and even though I got a solution for the short tube, would be better to get a spring back on the driver and get rid of the washer in the tailcap..
Not happy with BG support, I had no response after emailing them so I logged a complaint with paypal, they then contacted me and said “they would send me a tube but cannot until I cancel the paypal dispute deal with it! ” I cancelled the dispute 3 emails later no response…………… not looking good as i cannot re open a eBay dispute. Not the best customer service.
