Why would lumens increase if the tailcap pierces the 14500 cell?
POOF
Yeah, the explosion would atleast double the output. :P I think what he meant was that due to the added pressure and the spring being more compressed more current will pass through.
I just filed off the point, doesnt make a difference in brightness though
I just looked at my fairly old minimag and it has done the same to one of my TFFs (both now moved to separate SK68s). Apparently not a new maglite QC problem - perhaps softer material on the TFFs?