So I was using my meteor as a night light and left it on the bed, as I raised one of the pillows and laid my back on it about a minute later some strange smell started to come out of nowhere, I got up to check the kitchen and when I got back to my room I saw light coming out behind one of the pillows… my first thought was oh sh*t and indeed it was a nasty surprise:
The light was found like this with the switch pointing out:
I’m glad these were microfiber bed sheets, had they been cotton this could’ve been a serious fire. It didn’t just burnt through the bed sheets but the mattress as well.
As bizarre as they sound these things DO happen! I liked the meteor as night light because of the illuminated switch, and even though it melt a hole in my bed I won’t be replacing it with a lower power light I’ll just be more careful next time
This thing will melt every soft material especially if it is black, me and DB Custom burnt the holsters from accidental activation on turbo. After that mishap i am especially careful when using this flashlight on the higher settings.
Oh man that is nasty. One day BLF A6 accidentally started on turbo in my jeans pocket while I was in a grocery store with my kids…. Suddenly I was jumping all around, while others look at me like I’m crazy
Many times my EDC, a lowly SK68, has turned on in my pocket. Even though it’s not powerful enough to melt anything, it can sting.
Sometimes for a couple of minutes I would notice a sensation but not really be aware of what or where exactly it is. Eventually though it becomes apparent and I shut it off. The biggest negative is that the battery is now almost depleted and I may have to go the rest of the day with little or no power.
Anytime I turn off a high powered light, I try to remember to lock it out by unscrewing the tail cap a little. I have read to many stories on BLF where someone placed a light on a piece of furniture and it turned on and marred the wood, or worse.
What will34 here describes is something even more concerning, damage occurring while using a light. Now I realize that I have for watch out for that too!
Personally, I have bedside ‘touch’ lamps that go nightlight-medium-high when you, well, touch them, by the side of my bed!
If I used a high powered torch/flashlight as a nightlight, especially on high, or high enough to melt sheets, my missus would A) twat (smack) me, and B) I wouldn’t sleep!
If you’ve seen PS: I Love You……Gerard Butler insisted Hilary Swank buy a bedside lamp in one of his letters!!
But it is not the batteries fault. High output flashlights are known to generate heat and every soft object that comes point blank to the business end of the flashlight will suffer burns especially if its black and non transparent.
Here is a video of a S2+ with three xpl v6 led’s, burns the electrical tape with no effort.
Now imagine what would twelve led’s will do at full blast
Right Bobby, and imagine what 12 LED’s fed 33.7A of power will do at full blast. This is why I like a mechanical lock out switch. They’re much harder to activate and have no parasitic drain.
My Olight R50 sits in a pouch on the floor of my truck under the edge of the drivers seat. It never rolls around, but it did the other day. I reached down and slid it back to where it catches on the floor mat and thought I felt a click… Sure did, check as soon as I felt it. Bad situation avoided, but still if I had not trusted my tactile senses it could have gotten ugly!