Hmm…
What you did to that black lenses? Or it just some kind of filter underneath?
New lenses looks better but what may happen here is that because of 2mm difference in lens height light goes slightly into overfocus.
Temporary solution like you already did would be to remove oring beneath lens (if it has o ring beaneath). Ugly but working solution thin circle layer of transparent silicone on the place of an old oring…
But all that should not be happening since light is not on a budget side… You can get new Conwoy Z1 for less money…
I really don’t understand their QC standards… Simple white wall test would do the trick. They do have eyes
That kind of seller behavior drive me mad. But don’t be disappointed cause they are all like that… Even 100$ Dereelights had such issues (Tiablo, Crelant, Uniquefire and others…) Glass lens are lottery! no matter what some guys think. If you don’t buy glass lens from reputable source(and that will cost 3-20x price of the flashlight) you’ll be better with plastic ones.
So production process and QC of glass lenses for China flashlight manufacturers is el terrible! However they do have I would dare to say 99% consistency if they will go with acrylic ones. Acrylic should be winning lens for China zoomie industry. Cheaper, better light transmittance and no performance variations. Easily scratched? You can scratch them with nail and it will still have better performance than same size glass one…
I am still waiting for mine i3 btw… Freaking Corona…