Agreed. I think anyone purchasing this light or possibly any GB light should take some time to read the posts of others who have received their lights. I received my two lights on 4/29 and thanks to mmander’s post with pics, I was able to inspect my light without any problem at all. I recommend post #1077 as the first thing you do when you get your light (I believe someone else posted similar info after #1077). I found that the solder joints were pretty low and there were no spots of missing anodizing on the hold-down disc, so I could conclude there should not be an issue of the solder joint shorting against the disc. I checked the springs in each battery tube and they were fairly stiff, so based on the posts here I felt safe that the cell would not short out against the pill. I checked the aspheric lens for any damage after seeing another post regarding damage.
I am still a newb. I have never built of modded a light and have no expertise regarding flashlights. Just read some valuable info passed on by fellow BLFers that could easily save your light. None of this required any soldering or even a DMM (Digital Multimeter) just some simple checks to safeguard against possible damage. The info was all right here in this thread. Both of these lights currently work great with a King Kong 26650 4000 mah cell from Mountain Electronics (a cell that doesn’t have a raised top. something else learned from this thread.)
Obviously, this does not apply to those who have received lights with much more serious issues. Simply saying that members here are extremely generous and helpful and a little precautionary reading will go a long ways.