Yes. And some hosts. OTOH, they’re still at $3.99 (white) and $4.49 (red). I think they are gifts to the community and wouldn’t expect any kind of service or spare parts.
Well… somehow my kids have managed to bust the inductor on my 3-month-old non-potted orange C01. The body is nearly perfect still, so either is was just destined to happen or that C01 took just the wrong drop. :-/ I can’t complain for the $4 I spent on the light, but I guess that goes to show that being potted is certainly a benefit.
I think the battery hammering on the bottom of PCB’s during head down drops flexes the PCB and can crack solder joints. Drivers with springs on them are better protected from this, but space and cost are reasons for not putting a spring on the head side of a light like this.
My Sunwayman R01A (unpotted) died from a head-down fall from about 5 feet.
AAA-powered (Lithium-ion not supported. Unsure if it’s been tested)
I dropped an NiMH AAA cell into one of my C01s lights, thinking to see how well it worked, with the idea of saving a little on cells. It lights up, but only on low. I’m guessing the 1.2v is just too low to power the high mode. It will work great if all you are interested in is using the low for nighttime navigation around the house.
Yes I use mine with only NiMH rechargables. I use the C01S daily and if the high mode starts to dim very fast after I put the light in high I just put in a new NiMH battery and recharge the old one. The light maybe doesn’t get as bright or works as long compared to non-rechargeable batteries but that’s fine by me. I always got some spares in my backpack anyway.
Do you know if this broke with the light off or on?
The djozz torture video has the light switched on, if I remember - with the light switched off, the cell can then move inside the tube and act like a hammer, perhaps what happened with your light?