I create and use a throwaway email ID to log into each online vendor (so I can cancel it if it starts being spammed)
I noticed my order for these lights didn’t show up — and when I checked I found I also have an account login there using my PayPal email address as the login name.
Who knew?
So I had to try logging in to that (without knowing a password, of course)
Request a password reset, changed whatever password they had on it.
Then log in
and lo, there’s my order, plus two other orders I made for special price items, with tracking.
Very peculiar. I have no idea if it’s a security problem that they have multiple accounts for me.
So I changed my PayPal to a different email.
Tried another order.
Now they’re spamming that new email urging me to create a new buyer account so I can use more “points”
Weird.
Maybe this is part of the push to get people to order with their smartphones?
Many web systems hard-code the bad assumption that there is a strict one-to-one mapping between email addresses and actual people. This gets weird when paying by Paypal with a different email address for the Paypal account (among many other corner cases). It’s probably just a bug in the site caused by a bad assumption.
I see this type of bug all the time… but I also have about a thousand email addresses.
For a few secs it's safe, then the heat starts. Is the heat safe? well, depends how long you can take the heat. After that it's not safe. Ok - I really don't know...
They heat up pretty quick on a good or bad 10440, is the bottom line...
Seriously folks, scoop these last lights up. This is a shame these are limited, they’re so idiot proof and well made. The tint and output are both awesome too. It’s a perfect and cheap no frills light made for those single ply people in your life.
First time for a Nichia 219B ~4500K. Looks great, lousy at beamshots, plus all the tint issues between camera settings and monitors.
The colors look good to me, but I am not an aficionado of the “pop” in colors….
Beam profile is about a 4 foot hot spot at 10 feet away, plenty of spill. Ran it on a LiFePo4 10440, got warm, not hot. The protected trustfires do not fit. Output increased about half again on LiFePo4’s.
It is a great little light, the thing is a benchmark for single mode penlights. Good balance on everything, the tint is wonderful, at least to me….
Has anyone confirmed the emitter bin? It looks different than my other Nichia 219Bs - a bit cooler, and possibly a bit lower CRI. But it’s really hard to tell, and could be just a matter of having a different beam shape. It’s amazing how much the optics affect how the tint looks.