Oh,no....another newbie question!

[PsychRN]

Why would an LED flashlight gradually die?

About 2 months ago, I bought a Romisen Q5 RC-F4 from ShiningBeam....loaded it w/ fresh Titaniums....was the brightest small light in my tiny arsenal.Used it several times (3-4 min. each time) then when I really needed it,used it about 15 min. before it suddenly went out.Changed batteries; worked fine for 10 min. and went out.Loaded it w/ rechargeables; worked 5 min. and went out.Now, no matter what I load it with, it will not come on.

And since ShiningBeam has a 30-day warranty....:sigh:

Not sure if Romisen has a warranty?

Reasonably sure this AIN'T something that can be fixed by a rookie,and glad it was only $24 delivered, but I've never had total failure from an LED light before....:thinking:

Your input,please?

Thanx!

PsychRN

 

[Gunner12]

The driver might have died, or you might have really bad contact points on the light.

First try cleaning all the contacts.

 

[PsychRN]

Thanx, Gunner12.

Romisen has no warranty.

Brian @ Shining Beam said it sounded like circuit board failure; has only had one other failure in this model.

He offered to sell me another one for a few $$ off + free shipping,so I'm gonna try again.

----PsychRN :devil:

 

[qwertyydude]

You should get a light that uses P60 drop-ins I have the RC-M4 and love it, I've got several different power drop-ins from direct drive ultrabrights, multimode Q5, single mode R2 and a UV light. So I'd say instead of getting another one just spend a couple bucks more and get the RC-M4.

 

[Outdoors Fanatic]

Well, it's a Romisen... Buying those lights is like gambling, sometimes the "house" wins.

 

[Youfoundnemo]

is the dome on the led still intact, sometimes they fall off (usually some force is required) the led will quickly deteriorate if the dome is gone

 

[Black Rose]

There is a thread on DX about issues with this light.

Have you checked the switch to see if that's the problem?