Lazyspacetruck
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As I promised in an earlier thread, "questions and observations about armytek for interior home renovation", I am writing in an effort to document my experience with Armytek flashlights. I have now purchased 8 Armytek headlamps. I kept 6 and have given 2 as gifts. So far, I have had to return 3 lights. I have heard some bad stories about Armytek quality control but wow that's a 37% failure rate!
See earlier post if you so desire: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...ns-about-armytek-for-interior-home-renovation
See the last two lights I just put in the mail: https://youtu.be/zp9HuE_ot6k
I gave a Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) to my father and one to my father-in-law. If these have issues I would hear about it so they are working fine.
I don't Know if this has something to do with recent production runs or if I just have terrible luck. I have noticed that some recently produced pro lights have yellow buttons while the older pro models have white buttons. I know the color of the button has nothing to do with what's inside but just think it is interesting that I have 3 failed lights all with yellow buttons. I have only purchased pro versions so I dont have experience with the regular ones.
I will say that Armytek did replace my faulty Wizard Pro v3 XHP50 (warm) although I agreed to let them ship from China which took a month. I will not make that mistake again. That light had an intemittent flicker which was anoying as you could imagine. I cleaned the contact, made sure all settings were correct but the problem persisted so I had it replaced. Armytek really didn't give me any problems on the return except the long turnaround time which is my fault for agreeing to shipment from China.
I still really like these headlamps. I use them mostly for home renovation and can't remember how I survived without them. I just wish Armytek had better quality control.
Here is my current list of Armytek headlamps in the order I got them:
Wizard Pro v2 XM-L2 (warm) >>>> white button
Wizard Pro v3 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button
Wizard Pro v3 XHP50 (warm) >>> yellow button (replaced under warranty)
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button (Father's)
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button (father-in-law's)
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> yellow button (sent back with bad flicker)
Tiara C1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> yellow button (sent back with cracked lens)
As you can see from the list, I have bad luck with yellow buttons. I was going to buy a lot more Armytek headlamps for Christmas and hand them out but I don't want to return a bunch of lights for other people. I reserve that kind of fun for myself (sarcasm).
All this said, I will still continue to buy Armytek lights as long as they stand behind their warranty and don't hassle me when I need to return one. My oldest XM-L2 has taken quite a beating and is still going strong which keeps me coming back. I like tough tools. We will see how my most recent return goes and I'll update you.
See earlier post if you so desire: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...ns-about-armytek-for-interior-home-renovation
See the last two lights I just put in the mail: https://youtu.be/zp9HuE_ot6k
I gave a Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) to my father and one to my father-in-law. If these have issues I would hear about it so they are working fine.
I don't Know if this has something to do with recent production runs or if I just have terrible luck. I have noticed that some recently produced pro lights have yellow buttons while the older pro models have white buttons. I know the color of the button has nothing to do with what's inside but just think it is interesting that I have 3 failed lights all with yellow buttons. I have only purchased pro versions so I dont have experience with the regular ones.
I will say that Armytek did replace my faulty Wizard Pro v3 XHP50 (warm) although I agreed to let them ship from China which took a month. I will not make that mistake again. That light had an intemittent flicker which was anoying as you could imagine. I cleaned the contact, made sure all settings were correct but the problem persisted so I had it replaced. Armytek really didn't give me any problems on the return except the long turnaround time which is my fault for agreeing to shipment from China.
I still really like these headlamps. I use them mostly for home renovation and can't remember how I survived without them. I just wish Armytek had better quality control.
Here is my current list of Armytek headlamps in the order I got them:
Wizard Pro v2 XM-L2 (warm) >>>> white button
Wizard Pro v3 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button
Wizard Pro v3 XHP50 (warm) >>> yellow button (replaced under warranty)
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button (Father's)
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button (father-in-law's)
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> white button
Tiara A1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> yellow button (sent back with bad flicker)
Tiara C1 Pro v2 XP-L (warm) >>>> yellow button (sent back with cracked lens)
As you can see from the list, I have bad luck with yellow buttons. I was going to buy a lot more Armytek headlamps for Christmas and hand them out but I don't want to return a bunch of lights for other people. I reserve that kind of fun for myself (sarcasm).
All this said, I will still continue to buy Armytek lights as long as they stand behind their warranty and don't hassle me when I need to return one. My oldest XM-L2 has taken quite a beating and is still going strong which keeps me coming back. I like tough tools. We will see how my most recent return goes and I'll update you.