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.
Guys, those who are happy with the light, can you share more details about it? Beam profile, sustainable lumen level, time in turbo before the output starts dialing down? Any other impressions? I am on the fence about ordering one. Thanks!
Is there a youtube video on how to fix the ASTROLUX FT02 XHP70.2 issues. I want to try my first DIY torch fix, using the FT02 XHP 70.2.
I ordered one because it allegedly was upgraded to fix, and I quote: “XHP70.2 version improved the circuit, and the weakness will disappear. such as breathing lamp power consumption; charging current increased from 1A to 1.4A”
, but my unit won’t go into turbo or high level, so the max brightness is well below 1,000 lumens. The torch shuts off while I am ramping through the levels or when I double click trying to find turbo, and won’t turn back on until I loosen the tail cap all the way and re-tighten it.
I love the style and size of the FT02, it is a beautiful torch. It is one of my favorite looking flashlights, but it has more than its share of problems internally.
I need step-by-step instructions on how to change out the defective parts.
Freeme, can you find out from BG what is going on with all these problems with this light? It has so much potential and Im anxiously waiting for a truly fixed version before I buy.
Usually when something like that happens (“torch shuts off while ramping through the levels or double-click to Turbo”), if it were other flashlights, I would suspect a protected battery was used, and the current was tripped by the protection circuit. But the FT02 can fit unprotected 21700 batteries (not protected 21700s) only, unless you tried to use protected 18650s?
Also, in my limited experience, having a loose contact somewhere can cause similar types of issues (ie. high current cannot pass through if the contact points are loose somewhere, or are dirty, essentially preventing higher current to pass, and which may cause the shut-off issue)…
But then again, it might also be a real factory defect… but let’s rule out the other possible variables first.