DON’T BITE YOUR ARC!!!

[M_R]

DON’T BITE YOUR ARC!!!

I guess this is a bit of a bad habit that has now come to ruin my ARC4+ rubber boot. I started biting the boot with my teeth to hold the arc in my mouth while using both hands. This is actually quite a comfortable way of holding the 4+, however today the light started to act funny and the switching started to behave abnormally, the light was turning off and then on all by itself? What actually had happened was that the boot developed small tears (about three 1mm long) that were now allowing liquid, in this case my saliva, to enter the light and shorted something out. I dried up the innards and back to normal, but the boot is no longer waterproof. This damage happed after only about 15 minutes of total mouth runtime, so the moral of the story DON’T BITE YOUR ARC!!

PS anyone know where to get or have an extra rubber boot to spare, and I don’t mean the up my arse type of boot which I deserve for biting my Arc!!

Matthew

 

[ResQTech]

I bite the rubber boot on the kroll switch on my ARC LS. Those are easier to replace tho...

 

[bindibadgi]

You guys just aren't tough enough. Bite the HA! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

 

[Glenn]

I take a couple of wraps of high quality electrical tape
around the tail ends of the ARCs to "bite".

Glenn

 

[Gransee]

Glenn has a good idea. You may also find a rubber sleave that is the right size for the battery compartment. Even so, I bite my boot too.

MR, you may be seeing something else than shorting. When the boot tears or is damaged, the overall battery/switch mechanism tension may be loosened as a result. You may see other undesireable results of the torn boot that are caused by the looser mechanism. I have bit down hard enough on the boot to cause the contacts to open with the battery and the light to reboot. Morale of the story, it is better to bite on the battery compartment but then only if you have something to protect your teeth. I don't want any of you to be toothless as a result of biting the HA. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Peter

 

[raggie33]

just steal ya dogs rawhide bone /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[ZuluWhiskeyFox]

Matthew, for a replacement boot, it seems to me that Peter mentioned somewhere in another thread not to long ago that there are some Surefire boots that are dang close to the Arc4 boot. You can always go to CY's mod. You have seen mine and it does work pretty darn good. With Cy's mod there is no boot to bite. Kind of takes care of the temptation. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

cheers,
zwf

Found the thread. link

 

[M_R]

Thanks for the link K.

 

[koala]

I am in the process of tailcap fitting will post the result in a few weeks.

 

[PeLu]

I can hold my Arc4 with my lips without problems. No need to bite it.

 

[koala]

Ok I decided I spend the rest of my dayoff doing rubber boot fitting.

Does Surefire E2e series rubber boot fits ARC4+ ?

Short answer: No, the skirting on the E2e rubber boot is smaller in diameter compared to the original ARC4+, it will slip through the tailcap if forced sideways.

Long answer: Yes. You need a simple mod. Perhaps a washer ring that sits in between the rubber boot and tailcap to prevent the rubber boot from slipping out.

I will provide the dimensions measuring for both the rubber boots and ARC4+ tailcap opening when I get my calipers back.

Vince.