Mine arrived last Wednesday (Sept 9). Order placed August 15. The LGs I ordered at the same time came 2 days earlier.
All seems good so far. Worked fine straight out of the box. The blue and black anodising mismatch doesn't worry me at all - it is almost undetectable in daylight. (If you have to inspect a torch with another torch to notice the problem you may have bigger issues. LOL)
I haven't tried to open the head other than a superficial attempt where I couldn't budge it by hand. There is less than 0.2mm variation in wall thickness of the tube so not off-centre with the boring. The 5A tint is fantastic to my eyes - but I prefer neutral or warmer tints anyway.
Unfortunately I remain dubious about the longevity and reliability of this light if it gets dropped or otherwise abused. Given the photos I've seen of the soldering I figure I'll have to crack it open one day but until then I'm working on the "if it ain't, broke don't fix it" principle.
Just to be thorough I should try switching to 4-mode and testing the mode memory options too I suppose.....
I have two 30Q's, they are in my two BLF A6 lights. They are the only pink batteries that I have, it makes it sort of organised that I keep them there.
There are no visual flaws, only single nick in anodisation (impossible to see if not looking for flaws).
Tube is maybe not 100% centered, but looks perfectly fine compared to some horror pics posted here.
I don’t have any batteries to test it, but I hope a friend will come through with some Ultrafires (can those
cells even power this light?). I took it apart right away to see if I’m maybe stuck with thread-locked head,
but fortunately I had no issues.
How many o-rings A6 has? I think I lost one when disassembling, so here is my count:
one on each side of the tube, one on the head and one on each side of the lens?
Also I can’t seem to tighten the head (part over glass) without o-ring between it and glass
popping out? Am I doing something wrong, or head simply isn’t meant to be 100% tight?
And once again thanks to everybody who made this amazing GB happen! :bigsmile:
this holy grail of driver is absolutely sensitive under heat!!! i spring bypass just the tail and after 15sec on turbo i cant go back only forward funny thing is it behaves different samsung q30 it gets hotter and brighter but works better then with the LGHE4 no idea why but its like that.
spring bypass front and back makes more then 6am on the samsung Q30 its gets hot very quick but to my eye its no difference
There is an o ring between the reflector and glass. I took and moved mine above the glass and tighten very gently. Keep an eye on the centering ring that surrounds the led not too let it twist the led off the board. Someone actually recommended lightly pressing on the glass while tightening so that only the head is turning. :)
I heard, I joined, I got a code, and Banggood is currently sold out. :_(
I’m reading ALL the way through the thread, and learning a lot. But some of the messages I’m reading (up to page 107!) leave me worried that I might miss out. So If it will help, can you put me down on the list for a 3D?
Received my 1A and 3D here on the southern tip of Africa!
All works as advertised, even the one with the shorter tube (2.726). Only imperfection I can see is minor scratch/dirt inside one lens and on reflector, but nothing to get hysterical about. Will strip them and check everything (and hopefully not break anything in the process).
Thanks again to all involved.
