I have a Defiant 1500 lumen 4D 3-mode flashlight I picked up at Home Depot for $30 CAD last year. It is fantastic, except the on/off button is way way way too sensitive!! I keep mine in the car for seeing numbers on houses at night (I do food delivery), but it can get accidentally turned on extremely easy! If it rolls around slightly on the floor, passenger seat, trunk, wherever, the button can get turned on, resulting in dead batteries.
It's the light described in this thread:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?392393-Defiant-1500-lumen-rated-triple-xml2-emitter-4D-behemoth
What can I do to make the switch harder to hit by accident?
1. Glue or bond some kind of stiff "bubble" shield over the button? What can I use for this and where can I get it?
2. Disassemble it somehow to access the underside of the switch (Is this possible?) to somehow add more resistance in the form of a stiffer spring or something, making it harder to press?
3. Glueing/bonding some kind of wall/barricades around the switch so the switch still presses just as easily, but is now inside of a recessed "well", protecting it from leaning into something that will press it?
4. Replacing the switch entirely? (Probably more fuss than I'm willing or capable of doing)
5. Applying some kind of liquid coating or something to the rubber button that once dried, will stiffen and thicken the rubber?
Here's a pic:
It's the light described in this thread:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?392393-Defiant-1500-lumen-rated-triple-xml2-emitter-4D-behemoth
What can I do to make the switch harder to hit by accident?
1. Glue or bond some kind of stiff "bubble" shield over the button? What can I use for this and where can I get it?
2. Disassemble it somehow to access the underside of the switch (Is this possible?) to somehow add more resistance in the form of a stiffer spring or something, making it harder to press?
3. Glueing/bonding some kind of wall/barricades around the switch so the switch still presses just as easily, but is now inside of a recessed "well", protecting it from leaning into something that will press it?
4. Replacing the switch entirely? (Probably more fuss than I'm willing or capable of doing)
5. Applying some kind of liquid coating or something to the rubber button that once dried, will stiffen and thicken the rubber?
Here's a pic: