Good post. I never had thought about the lint, lubing and waterproofness issues before.
Oh well, no light is perfect!
O ring is not overly tight as with nitecore !
Having said that , my O ring broke , so no longer a concern …
Balder is sending me a 3 mode driver [ the new one ] and I think I have a XP-G S2 emitter also …
Hmm , upgrade in the wind !
Placed an order with FancyFlashlights a few days ago but still haven’t received a confirmation email and now can’t access the site; anybody any ideas if there are problems?
Glenn7, you're point raises a valid concern. No problem bringing it up here on BLF, there are no sacred cows. I would expect two of the three reviewers to respond to your observation - old has already.
FF seems to be down - haven't been able to access today. CNQG/FF are usually slow to post updates to orders but always seem to get around to shipping stuff out. Give it another day.
FF is back up…and the HD-1 is $2 cheaper! Now $31 with free shipping; why couldn’t I just have waited a few days?!? 
Hopefully will get confirmation/shipping info shortly.
I wouldn’t hold your breath - you’ll get the light OK, but I’ve not had confirmation on either of the lights I bought from them. No problem though, just a bit strange.
Well, my HD-1 turned up today but I’m having real trouble with it; it turns on and changes modes absolutely fine but it’s taking me a dozen attempts to turn it off. Tried everything from the suggested two seconds up to 10 seconds but most of the time it just cycles mode. Tried pressing the piston more on one side than the other, used different fingers, tried cleaning the end of the piston and the bottom of the pill, tried swearing at it, still no joy. Anyone else had any problems?
CB,
did you get the on-off problem solved? Just like to know before I place an order for the light.
Well, I posted the light back to Balder today; they’ve promised to replace it so we’ll see how it goes. Really is a nice little light in terms of build quality, just hope they can get the UI nailed as it seems there are others out there with a similar problem.
Will update you when the replacement comes through, but credit to Balder, they do seem keen to iron out the problems.