There was a box from Surefire waiting for me when I got home today and man was I excited to see that, nervous at the same time.
I opened it up and there was some commercial packaging inside, I thought it a bit odd but pulled out the box and it was a Minimus box with a brand new Minimus inside, head band and all. So I'm assuming that Surefire couldn't fix the one I sent in and just shipped me a new one.
I promptly took the light down to the basement to test it out and low and behold it worked perfectly. No more reflections off my face and body. It works great. I've in love with this light now.
One other thing I noticed is that the off and mid-way detent are more pronounced with this new light vs the other. The serial number on the new one is a later (bigger) number than the one I sent in so maybe they did make some changes in the later ones.
I would now highly recommend this light and can't wait to actually use it. I love the UI and don't think it's heavy at all but I've only worn it for no more than 10 minutes at one time.
So, OP, did you end up getting one? How did it turn out?