Still on the fence about this one, but would like to ask my favorite question.
With the head size relatively large, did anyone measure the sustainable output? hoping it’s at least 2,500-3,000 lumens?
I was wondering what’s taking so long for the FT02 to arrive because others have already received a while ago. I found out BG refunded it without emailing me. I’m so glad because I don’t want this with all the problems reported. I guess BG realized they fked up on this.
Well, i was hoping for more than 1500 lumens. For example my MHVAST TS70 holds 1,700 lumens for at least 20 minutes before reducing further, and that’s only 33mm head. With the head diameter of nearly 60mm, i was certainly hoping for something upstream of 2,500 lm….otherwise what’s even the point of getting this light….it’s large enough and high output enough and looks nice but the battery is only 21700, so capacity is limited…if it could at least sustain higher lumen levels, it could be kinda attractive. Otherwise, there are smaller lights that will do the same job better.
I received a reply yesterday from them asking me if I read the instructions and to send them a video of the problem. I sent them a picture of my meter connected to the light showing the draw when off. too hard for me to do a video. Please let me know if anyone else hears anything.
I think the hard part will be to get them to even recognize this as a problem. Please keep us posted. My guess is it will take them a while to even understand what you are trying to tell them. They have been known to take their sweet time bouncing an issue off betweeen “ their departments” before even recognizing and responding the right way. And then they start the with the banggood style negotiation which makes no sense like… will you accept 40 banggood points , no? How about $5, no? How about 9.34?
I am very interested how this one turns out. Wishing you all the luck with these folks.
For the video, maybe you can use some kind of selfie stick or somehow anchor your phone and direct it down so it can record? If the video gets too long / heavy you can upload it to yandex. Disc or something and send them a link. I’ve done it in the past.