Defective X5???

Luminocity

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I purchased a blue X5 at the Discovery store last Sunday during the Father's day 30% off sale.

When I screw the head all the way down, the light turns off for a few seconds or so and then comes back on. The only way I can turn this light off is to unscrew the head until the O-ring is nearly exposed. I don't think this is how the light is supposed to work.

I wonder if the switch pin is too short. I noticed the 123 bat is dented in where the surface contacts the switch pin. Seems to me that the pin does not get pushed far enough in to turn off the light.

This is a really cool light, but I don't like having to unscrew the head until it nearly falls off in order to turn the flashlight off.
 
Take a piece of alumin foil, fold it several times so it's flat but smaller than the inside of the light. Drop it down to the bottom & see if this helps. TX
 
OK,

I just did the foil trick and it worked (thanks for the suggestion txwest). Seems to me that little brass pin for the switch is too short.

How common is it to need to shim up the batteries to get this light to properly turn off? I think mine must be defective, or does everyone have this issue?

I don't think a light of this caliber should have this problem.
 
To me it's unacceptable to have to use aluminum foil shims to make a flaslight work. Especially a $50 flashlight! You should really get it replaced under warranty.
 
I agree with Ron. The foil was just to confirm that the pin was too short. On a pervious thread, someone had this problem & took some pliers & pulled on the pin & the problem was solved. 1st thing I'ld do is contact the dealer I bought it from & see what they want to do. If I wasn't satisfied with that, I'ld get in contact with Inova. I think they'll stand behind their product. TX
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Luminocity:
I noticed the 123 bat is dented in where the surface contacts the switch pin.
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How far is it indented? If that's the case, if you invert the two batteries or replace the set, does the light work normally?

Cheers,

Richard
 
This thing is going back to the Discovery Store. They won't have any problem exchanging it for me. Especially since while purchasing the flashlight, I decided to purchase a Meade LX90 since they were on sale for 30% off!!!
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Now that is one cool telescope.
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As I remember, when having their storewide price reductions in the past, it usually excluded telescopes.

I've just got to get the heck away from the city to some dark skies so that I can really have some fun with this thing. The celestial objects and my flashlights will look a lot better away from all the light pollution.

I've been so tied up messing around with the scope that I haven't had much time to play around with the flashlight. A trip to the Disovery Store is definitely on my agenda for this weekend.

Thanks for all the replies!
 
rlhess,

Inverting the batteries whas one of the first things I tried and yes, it did resolve the issue at first. However after 2 or 3 on/off cylces, the issue surfaced again. Upon examination of the batteries, I noticed the other one had dented in too.

The batteries dented pretty deeply. My experience with 123's is limited, but I noticed the 123 in my ARC SLS (Flashaholics dream I might add!!!), has dented in too. The bottom of these batteries appear to dent fairly easily.
 
My first one did this. Exchanged it at Fry's and the second was bad, too.

I contacted Inova and they admitted having problems with the first runs (pin was too short). Sent it to Inova and the replacement has been fine. They only replaced the head. Bought another recently and it works fine also.
 
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