DenBarrettSAR
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So now the all four of the Sunwayman lights i have in my collection have failed with little use. (two arrived already defective)
Two P02A penlights, a F40A, and a M30A.
(I'm not sure if this is the right forum category for this type of topic expressing my dissatisfaction with a brand of lights and the problems i have been having with them.)
To add to my thoughts about Sunwayman in general, Sunwayman ignored my email attempts to contact them about all the issues i have had with all these lights, the only one time they replied is when i had bought a replacement driver for the failed M30A that cost my $20 bucks plus shipping. (which has also burned out)
the first P02A arrived with a dead switch, (and the tail cap assembly is heavily cemented/locked with locktite, and could not be disassembled to repair or replace the switch.
The second P02A replacement sent to me by the seller has now failed too after very little use. (used 3 times.)
I tried to take the tail cap apart to repair them as the switches failed completely, but due to the heavy cement they used, both lights were destroyed trying to get them apart.
Basically these lights have a bad switch flaw, and their use of cement makes them non repairable, and a complete waste of the high cost they sell for.
the only other two Sunwayman lights i bought, a F40A and a used M30A have both also failed. The M30A was bought used with a bad driver last year, i did manage to buy a new driver from Sunwayman last year for that light, but it failed again back in September. The brand new over-priced F40A came with a driver that flickers on Low, and sunwayman ignored my emails on that light.
Either i had a lot of bad luck with Sunwayman lights, or they are really unreliable overpriced junk. So now i have all four of the sunwayman lights tossed in the junk aluminum bin, and will no longer purchase, or never recommend Sunwayman lights to anyone, due to their problems/flaws and bad zero customer service.I have had hundreds of lights over the years, ( and still have over 320 in my collection) and use many of them quite often, but none has given me as bad number of chronic problems & failures as all my Sunwayman models have.
Below are the photos of the two P02A lights when i tried to get the tail caps apart. One the the cement was so strong it stripped the threads completely out of there body, the other the tail assembly twisted & warped the body before it unthreaded.
Two P02A penlights, a F40A, and a M30A.
(I'm not sure if this is the right forum category for this type of topic expressing my dissatisfaction with a brand of lights and the problems i have been having with them.)
To add to my thoughts about Sunwayman in general, Sunwayman ignored my email attempts to contact them about all the issues i have had with all these lights, the only one time they replied is when i had bought a replacement driver for the failed M30A that cost my $20 bucks plus shipping. (which has also burned out)
the first P02A arrived with a dead switch, (and the tail cap assembly is heavily cemented/locked with locktite, and could not be disassembled to repair or replace the switch.
The second P02A replacement sent to me by the seller has now failed too after very little use. (used 3 times.)
I tried to take the tail cap apart to repair them as the switches failed completely, but due to the heavy cement they used, both lights were destroyed trying to get them apart.
Basically these lights have a bad switch flaw, and their use of cement makes them non repairable, and a complete waste of the high cost they sell for.
the only other two Sunwayman lights i bought, a F40A and a used M30A have both also failed. The M30A was bought used with a bad driver last year, i did manage to buy a new driver from Sunwayman last year for that light, but it failed again back in September. The brand new over-priced F40A came with a driver that flickers on Low, and sunwayman ignored my emails on that light.
Either i had a lot of bad luck with Sunwayman lights, or they are really unreliable overpriced junk. So now i have all four of the sunwayman lights tossed in the junk aluminum bin, and will no longer purchase, or never recommend Sunwayman lights to anyone, due to their problems/flaws and bad zero customer service.I have had hundreds of lights over the years, ( and still have over 320 in my collection) and use many of them quite often, but none has given me as bad number of chronic problems & failures as all my Sunwayman models have.
Below are the photos of the two P02A lights when i tried to get the tail caps apart. One the the cement was so strong it stripped the threads completely out of there body, the other the tail assembly twisted & warped the body before it unthreaded.