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.
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.
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
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!
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?
One already existing example is a ‘good’ usb rubber cap (the one on FT03 looks pretty good) where outside pressure helps sit it better and inside pressure just pops it off.
Something else that comes to mind is a thin elastic membrane that sits flat outside a metal plate with holes.
Pressure from the outside will stretch the membrane inside of each small hole, not braking the membrane.
Pressure from the inside will stretch the hole area of the membrane, braking it.