Few days ago I forgot to unscrew the battery cover before putting my Panda 3 in my pocket. Some time later I felt it burning in my pocket. it was so hot I was not able to touch it for few minuets after turn it off and it melt the rubber band.
I could not find any info on thermal protection but based on the results I would say it does not have protection. am I right?
Panda 3 has thermal protection only in Hi mode. And lowest flux is 30% of Hi. With good thermal isolation 30% is enough to heat up to melting of TIR optics. [Actually a lot of flashlight with thermal control have this problem.)
BTW.It was fixed in panda 4.
Thanks, maybe they release FW for the panda 3 :)
FW and driver design of P3 is likely Chinese. Now Inferion(author of M43 driver) makes drivers and FWs for new YLP flashlight.(Gekko 1.0, Panda 4.0)
Love my 3.0r but what’s new on the 4.0?
P 4.0 is sold out already. May be in few months it would be restocked.