DaveSebring
Newly Enlightened
Warning .... a little long,
*Now just a little background, I have only had the light for a week or two and I have *ONLY* removed the tailcap for resets, and to install the pocket clip, I halfheartedly tried once or twice to remove the head but I had already put the clip on, I did not want to mess with the O-ring again if I did not have to, I could not get a good grip on the light with the clip on (I am worried the clip would scratch the body as it turns?) and the head did not seem to budge, as I did not really have any good reason to remove the head I left it alone, and it has up to yesterday been working great.*
I bought my 120P from Lighthound (Outstanding service! BTW thank you Lighthound!), and it has been working fine until yesterday evening when I turned it on and it immediately turned it's self off :huh:.... I tried several more times with the same result and it also was not going into the 120 mode it looked like maybe 60 or so and it would immediately "Step down" and then shut off, I did a factory reset but the light did not react normally and did not really seem to reset.
I first thought WOW maybe I ran the battery dead already?, I am still using the one that came with the light (a Duracell Primary) but I doubt the light has been used for even 1/2 hr all together in the time I have had it.
It was late so I put it away to work on the next day.
So next morning I tested the light and it now would not turn on at all even momentarily.
Now I have been lurking on these forums for several years and have read almost all of the recent posts I could find on the Novatac before I bought it, so I remembered several mentions of the "retaining rings" in the tailcap and the head, so I removed and checked the tailcap and all seemed tight and unmoving so *NOW* I had a reason to remove the head, so I removed the clip and then set to removing the head *It was Very tight* and very obvious that my earlier feeble attempts could not have budged it at all, but it did come off and I looked at the retaining ring in the head, all tight and solid there as well!
So I put it all back together and........ now it works, again all levels and programming etc......:shrug:
So I am left with a somewhat uneasy feeling that this light may have an "intermittent" failure ?.......
I like the light when it works, of course like anyone else that has seen and held a True HDS EDC I would RATHER have one of those but I came late to the party
Might have to check out the Twisty when it arrives.
Anyway that is my tale.....not really sure if I have a Bad light?....or it's just an inherent design flaw in the Novatacs?
What do you think?
*Now just a little background, I have only had the light for a week or two and I have *ONLY* removed the tailcap for resets, and to install the pocket clip, I halfheartedly tried once or twice to remove the head but I had already put the clip on, I did not want to mess with the O-ring again if I did not have to, I could not get a good grip on the light with the clip on (I am worried the clip would scratch the body as it turns?) and the head did not seem to budge, as I did not really have any good reason to remove the head I left it alone, and it has up to yesterday been working great.*
I bought my 120P from Lighthound (Outstanding service! BTW thank you Lighthound!), and it has been working fine until yesterday evening when I turned it on and it immediately turned it's self off :huh:.... I tried several more times with the same result and it also was not going into the 120 mode it looked like maybe 60 or so and it would immediately "Step down" and then shut off, I did a factory reset but the light did not react normally and did not really seem to reset.
I first thought WOW maybe I ran the battery dead already?, I am still using the one that came with the light (a Duracell Primary) but I doubt the light has been used for even 1/2 hr all together in the time I have had it.
It was late so I put it away to work on the next day.
So next morning I tested the light and it now would not turn on at all even momentarily.
Now I have been lurking on these forums for several years and have read almost all of the recent posts I could find on the Novatac before I bought it, so I remembered several mentions of the "retaining rings" in the tailcap and the head, so I removed and checked the tailcap and all seemed tight and unmoving so *NOW* I had a reason to remove the head, so I removed the clip and then set to removing the head *It was Very tight* and very obvious that my earlier feeble attempts could not have budged it at all, but it did come off and I looked at the retaining ring in the head, all tight and solid there as well!
So I put it all back together and........ now it works, again all levels and programming etc......:shrug:
So I am left with a somewhat uneasy feeling that this light may have an "intermittent" failure ?.......
I like the light when it works, of course like anyone else that has seen and held a True HDS EDC I would RATHER have one of those but I came late to the party
Might have to check out the Twisty when it arrives. Anyway that is my tale.....not really sure if I have a Bad light?....or it's just an inherent design flaw in the Novatacs?
What do you think?
