Oh,no....another newbie question!

Why would an LED flashlight gradually die?

About 2 months ago, I bought a Romisen Q5 RC-F4 from ShiningBeam....loaded it w/ fresh Titaniums....was the brightest small light in my tiny arsenal.Used it several times (3-4 min. each time) then when I really needed it,used it about 15 min. before it suddenly went out.Changed batteries; worked fine for 10 min. and went out.Loaded it w/ rechargeables; worked 5 min. and went out.Now, no matter what I load it with, it will not come on.

And since ShiningBeam has a 30-day warranty....:sigh:

Not sure if Romisen has a warranty?

Reasonably sure this AIN'T something that can be fixed by a rookie,and glad it was only $24 delivered, but I've never had total failure from an LED light before....:thinking:

Your input,please?

Thanx!

PsychRN

The driver might have died, or you might have really bad contact points on the light.

First try cleaning all the contacts.

Thanx, Gunner12.

Romisen has no warranty.

Brian @ Shining Beam said it sounded like circuit board failure; has only had one other failure in this model.

He offered to sell me another one for a few $$ off + free shipping,so I'm gonna try again.

----PsychRN :devil:

You should get a light that uses P60 drop-ins I have the RC-M4 and love it, I've got several different power drop-ins from direct drive ultrabrights, multimode Q5, single mode R2 and a UV light. So I'd say instead of getting another one just spend a couple bucks more and get the RC-M4.

Well, it's a Romisen... Buying those lights is like gambling, sometimes the "house" wins.

is the dome on the led still intact, sometimes they fall off (usually some force is required) the led will quickly deteriorate if the dome is gone

There is a thread on DX about issues with this light.

Have you checked the switch to see if that's the problem?