My Imalent DX80 caught fire, vented smoke, almost exploded (replacement head arrived)

Wow…. Glad to hear you are basically OK DBSAR.
Thanks for sharing this.

Yikes! I’m glad your injuries weren’t more serious.

BTW, I’ve found that for minor burns, immediately soaking the area in room temperature water provides amazing relief. Don’t be tempted to use cold water or ice water.

When I burn my hand in the kitchen or shop, an hour in a bowl of water usually cures the pain for good. I’m always surprised that it doesn’t begin to hurt later on.

Wow, glad nothing bad happened. Should I be worry about my imalent ms12 and R90c ?? Atleast I should pay very attention!

That could have turned very nasty, glad you are ok.

I agree, I have a couple smaller Imalent lights and they are great. Just the first generation DX80 has some issues, (this one was the first gen)

Those newer models are good as far as i have understood, I had the first-generation of the DX80 which had some flaws, but i read Imalent had fixed those flaws in the 2nd generation of the DX80.

Maybe Imalent should take note, delay the MS18 release and make sure there is no gen 2 needed

Lucky you got the top off , albeit KFF Kentucky fried fingers.

Wow very interesting, i hope your finger heals well.
It will be very interesting to see what the cause was.
Get well soon.

Same shyt happened to my light, I was using with full charge, turned it off after 3 mins then mechanically locked it out. Turned it back on after 2 mins and poof, went up it smoke. I might have seen some fire but was so shocked, I was like WTF! and mechanically turned it off.
edited: this happened to my DX80

Was that this model that went off?

DX80

Imalent was quick to respond to to this incident, and they said they will ship a new DX80 or the head to me via DHL. ( May,12,2019)

That’s good news DBSAR… :beer:

If they do not require you to send the damaged head back to them, perhaps, if you find the time, you can open up the head and try to figure out where the fire started? Always good to know where lights can fail!

That’s good to hear. It’s better if this kind of thing doesn’t happen.

But when it does, it’s nice to know the company is standing by their product fixing it fast.

best would be if imalent could pay for shipping to have the light sent back to them, thats the best thing really since they made the light they should investigate what happend…

I doubt anyone out in the public would hear back from them what the problem was if the light is sent back. And it is interesting for the flashlight community what happened.

They seen the photos of the damage i’m guessing here, and didn’t request the head to be shipped back. All its joints are glued. once i receive the replacement, i may try to get the burnt one apart to see exactly what burned on the driver. there are many parts rattling inside now, so I’m guessing it really disintegrated inside.

I wonder….would it be possible to design flashlight’s waterproofing in a way that seals when the pressure is from the outside but fails quickly when it’s from the inside?