Deal killers..........

Just unscrew the tail unless you want a discharged battery after 30 days

Not to get off topic, but USB-C is the standard. Anything that has micro usb has been a deal breaker for me for at least 5 years. I have literally been without an e-reader for 4 years (until a couple of months ago) because my old one died and I refused to replace it with one that still had a flimsy, awful, and outdated micro usb port.

Micro USB's are TERRIBLE, I literally hate them solely due to how many have failed in the device. I get not wanting to buy and accumulate more cables, but i havent bought a USB-c yet.

"notta one".

I have gotten Every One I Own from my Sofirn and Astrolux (when Astrolux randomly includes them) lights.

PS. this IS a colorful thread OP. i like it.

I think a lot of yooz are abusing your male ends. Females tolerate a bunch of ruff in and outs. Lotsa abuse and they still work the next time ya need em’. ’Course the occasional USB-micro has failed. So has a USB-C. Butt ya gotta be doing some SERIOUS abuse to yer male ends cuz for the most part they’re rugged as h*ll. Sure jam it in there constantly, ram away, without concern of orientation, and ya it’s gonna eventually fail either that or ya got cheaply made junk to begin with.

IDK. Lotsa purrfectly good USB-micro cables gonna be orphaned/trashed. Think of the environment! How many more innocent pelicans and seagulls have to strangled? We got enuff floating discarded oceanic plastics. For watt? A much better connection? Ya right. It ain’t THAT much better. Another marketing scheme to get ya to buy their latest and greatest BS. Buy, Buy, Buy cuz it’s better!!! It really is. Trust us! :laughing:

female end that just got loose

That comes with time and intended use, it’s perfectly natural.

5, but yeah.

USB C is where things are going now. Just the way it is. I’m mostly on micro but have a few things with C. C can be quite messy but hopefully the standards are getting more defined and when everything implemented correctly with the correct cables it is really an improvement.

I truly hope that we will always be able to get lights without such unnecessary breaches that expose them to possible water damage. No charging, ports within the seals, or magnetic charging are my preferred choice. None of it is a deal breaker for me however. Like my SC31 Pro and I don’t even remember if it is micro or C as I sealed the charging port. Don’t use it. Want to know what is going with my batteries. As I already have a charger that will give me a good idea of the health of my batteries I just don’t use built in charging.

Hay LB,

Is this twoo?

If it is Sofirn shoulda focused on improving THAT first instead of maybe going USB-C trendy. See now I’m really glad I didn’t buy even one. Deal killer. Cuz ya know now it’s not just that notta’s gotta remember to have a USB-C handy butt now I also gotta fooking remember to unscrew the tailcap every time I put it down somewheres x 5 each. :person_facepalming:

I like to set and forget mostly. Too many increasing things that need too much remembering for not too much gaining. :laughing: :open_mouth:

PS. Maybe that’s why they’re blowing em out?

Ain’t saying it’s not, but I never noticed.

1 - I never leave long-term lights with cells in ’em, not even “locked out” (ano can wear through).

2 - If they’re “active duty”, I notice when they’re getting low and charge ’em, or top ’em off if “it’s been a while”.

I could ask my gf, see if she noticed anything. That became her purse-light for a while, iirr.

“I could ask my gf…….”

Watt kinda wonderful flashy techno gf is that? U lucky bassturd.

Is she like Wonder Woman or sumthin in the dark? :laughing: :open_mouth:

Three Mile Island has the finest women in the world. No batteries needed. Natural GITD.

Ahem. I won’t say it.

If the USB-C light came with a cable, I wouldn’t mind even though it would be literally the only USB-C gadget in my possession. I’m jealous even of my Bic pens, let alone a single solitary cable :stuck_out_tongue:

Now parasitic drain, that is my deal killer. Never purchased a Nitecore in years past because of the unpleasant discovery of standby drain on selfbuilt’s reviews.

Lightbenders gf:

she’s a very kinky girl,
the kind you don’t take home to mother.

i miss Rick James—

Geez, for a moment I started to doubt we‘re still talkin‘ about cables and fleshlights. :-))

I enjoy living in the 21st century. We have carts that can move without the need for a horse! Also, no need to piss into a pan under my bed - unless that’s your kinda thing of course :wink:

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Just checked my MH20, which hasn’t been “topped off” in over a month. Still blinks out 4.2V.

That’s vaguely what I meant by “years past”. Nitecore lights before the EC20 were consistently recording several mAs of standby drain. The MH line came after the EC20’s launch, by which time they’d sorted their drivers straight and any drain was lower than the self-discharge of a li-ion cell, so all was good :wink:

Yeh, the only NC light I know of that has and probably still has a parasitic drain issue is The Cave Man (EA8), but that takes 4/8 AA alkaleaks. Which is even worse, ’cause a week later you can end up with the runt of the litter puking its guts out in your nice pricey light, ruining it.

My DV-S9s have about a 10mA parasitic drain for the Hall effect sensor, so that’ll run down a 26650 in about 3wks. Which is perfectly reasonable, because it needs to sense the small magnet in the slider through the case and up to a half-inch away, not like the kinds of lights which have the sensors right under the skin and only need to sense a tenth of that distance.

I hate this post…mainly because there is likely truth to it & I look across at a shelf with filled with lights 50” wide with light sitting 3 & 4 deep. They ALL have cells in them, I manually lock all my lights but I should probably remove all the cells. It just a hellova lotta cells to put somewhere. :person_facepalming: