So last night at work, took out my XT2CR Pro to check something.
Quick blast on Turbo for a few seconds. All good! Or so I thought....
Bezel seemed suspiciously hot. Thought nothing of it at first.
Quick blast never an issue before. Had the light a handful of years.
Awhile later used it on Turbo again. Why is there a donut in the beam?
Turn the light off, take a look; and the LED is burned out! Black as Midnight!
Light still works. But that bezel should be warm after a few seconds on Turbo.
Nope! It's blazing hot! Something horribly wrong. Not taking any chances!
Disposed of both the light and the battery inside (properly) soon after work.
This Klarus model has been completely trouble-free up until last night.
Checked Battery Junction to confirm my suspicions. Found what I needed.
On Battery Junction, underneath the description for this light is the following:
....features intelligent temperature technology, and will automatically adjust the brightness output to prevent overheating and damage to your flashlight and batteries.
Yeah........ Seems that technology decided to fail miserably for no reason at all.
Didn't drop the light. Never abused it. Never got it wet. NOTHING!
Just out of the blue one night it quit working. Lost one of my favorite lights.
Love the U.I. and the subtle crenulated bezel. Could buy another one. But why?
Lost confidence in it, and Klarus. Even worse, I have a more powerful Klarus
(XT21X Pro). Is this what's waiting for me down the road again, with that one?
I have several other less power Klarus models too. Yeah, I'm done with Klarus.
Going to replace my XT2CR Pro with something else. From a different brand.
Quick blast on Turbo for a few seconds. All good! Or so I thought....
Bezel seemed suspiciously hot. Thought nothing of it at first.
Quick blast never an issue before. Had the light a handful of years.
Awhile later used it on Turbo again. Why is there a donut in the beam?
Turn the light off, take a look; and the LED is burned out! Black as Midnight!
Light still works. But that bezel should be warm after a few seconds on Turbo.
Nope! It's blazing hot! Something horribly wrong. Not taking any chances!
Disposed of both the light and the battery inside (properly) soon after work.
This Klarus model has been completely trouble-free up until last night.
Checked Battery Junction to confirm my suspicions. Found what I needed.
On Battery Junction, underneath the description for this light is the following:
....features intelligent temperature technology, and will automatically adjust the brightness output to prevent overheating and damage to your flashlight and batteries.
Yeah........ Seems that technology decided to fail miserably for no reason at all.
Didn't drop the light. Never abused it. Never got it wet. NOTHING!
Just out of the blue one night it quit working. Lost one of my favorite lights.
Love the U.I. and the subtle crenulated bezel. Could buy another one. But why?
Lost confidence in it, and Klarus. Even worse, I have a more powerful Klarus
(XT21X Pro). Is this what's waiting for me down the road again, with that one?
I have several other less power Klarus models too. Yeah, I'm done with Klarus.
Going to replace my XT2CR Pro with something else. From a different brand.