Aviator
Newly Enlightened
This being my first serious light purchase(for my first serious job - aircraft mechanic)...I've enjoyed the L2 for about 6 months here at work; the batteries being really the only thing that sucks. It would also be kinda nice to have a more focused beam for hitting the top of aircraft rudders during night inspections. EVERYONE else here uses Stingers.
Anyway, so I've dropped it a few times in 6 months, but nothing major. It has some minor scratches. Never had any problems after dropping it.
Suddenly a week ago I noticed it was dim. I replaced the batteries. Still dim. Then I looked at the LED itself. The emitter, which is a square, had sections of it that were no longer emitting light...basically it's like the square is made up of many smaller squares and almost half of them were out...and the sections that were emitting light weren't very bright at all.
WTF? I hadn't recently dropped or abused the thing to explain the sudden failure. I thought these things were supposed to be very durable!! TACTICAL lights!
So anyway...I mailed it off last week for RMA service. Of course the guy at SF said they were currently out of stock and he had no idea how long it would be. They always seem to be out of stock...like when I originally purchased the light.
I've been using my big *** 3D cell mag at work since then....but after testing everybody's stingers here, and seeing how reasonable the prices are....I will soon be the proud owner of an olive drab Polystinger....complete with piggyback fast charger and extra battery! All for just over $100! :rock:
I'll probably use the L2 as backup, whenever I get it back, since I can save a lot of money using the rechargeable Stinger. As far as the L2's problem....has anyone else experienced it?
Anyway, so I've dropped it a few times in 6 months, but nothing major. It has some minor scratches. Never had any problems after dropping it.
Suddenly a week ago I noticed it was dim. I replaced the batteries. Still dim. Then I looked at the LED itself. The emitter, which is a square, had sections of it that were no longer emitting light...basically it's like the square is made up of many smaller squares and almost half of them were out...and the sections that were emitting light weren't very bright at all.
WTF? I hadn't recently dropped or abused the thing to explain the sudden failure. I thought these things were supposed to be very durable!! TACTICAL lights!
So anyway...I mailed it off last week for RMA service. Of course the guy at SF said they were currently out of stock and he had no idea how long it would be. They always seem to be out of stock...like when I originally purchased the light.
I've been using my big *** 3D cell mag at work since then....but after testing everybody's stingers here, and seeing how reasonable the prices are....I will soon be the proud owner of an olive drab Polystinger....complete with piggyback fast charger and extra battery! All for just over $100! :rock:
I'll probably use the L2 as backup, whenever I get it back, since I can save a lot of money using the rechargeable Stinger. As far as the L2's problem....has anyone else experienced it?