Just Got My BTU Shocker

[ohaya]

I was looking at this thread:

A Quick and Simple BTU Shocker Battery Carrier Mod

As many others have complained the stock battery carrier on the BTU is very simple but robust. The batteries have to be carefully placed in the carrier so they make full contact. I can also see the light losing contact with the terminals if the light is bumped hard. Here is an example of what I mean (picture from Shaquille): [image] When I noticed this problem I thought to myself, "This should be an easy fix!" Sure enough it only took about 15 minutes. Mostly because I am OCD and they a…

and noticed, from the pics, that when the batteries are in the carrier, the springs are a lot more compressed than on mine setup with the 3xEfest IMRs.

On mine, when the batteries are in the carrier, the springs are barely compressed, so I’m wondering if that might account for the sub-par performance I’ve been seeing?