You're really slippin', Bro'! I know it's late there, but I don't even understand this post. I think you and the YT yahoo might want to check with, say, Amphenol. In case you've never heard of them either, they practically invented Mil-Spec connectors. This is 2023. If you're 'skeptical' of Amphenol, I don't have anything to say about that. You can be (and will be) as skeptical as you like; but if you want to learn something, here's just one example, FYI:
Again, I'm not the sort that a company can urinate down my back, tell me it's raining; and I'm going to just automatically believe them. You can pretend my skepticism is silly, foolish, and not worth giving serious consideration. Not the first time someone tried that. Likely won't be the last. Didn't work in the past. Not going to work now.
Easiest way to test it.... Well, my Original Streamlight version is literally sitting several feet away from my monitor. But I'm not heading to the bathroom nor the kitchen and just splashing a small bit of water onto the exposed USB port to find out. Sorry, not happening.
You can ignore what I posted above regarding that shill, but doubt other members will. A simple search on YouTube still turns up his video, and his recommendation for a cover. With his hopes that Streamlight corrects the issue. They never did. But thankfully someone on Etsy did.
You want me to believe that an exposed charging port has somehow been made
basically water-proof (or extremely water-resistant) while still remaining exposed on the outside. And, being able to work properly with no issues. Yeah, just squeeze the two ends together as tight as possible while still allowing a charging cable to push them apart and get in there. That is never going to be as water-tight as a rubberized or silicone cover placed literally over the opening to block out the rain. Plus, that solution already exists. Company wanted to waste their time and money on R&D for an alternative that doesn't work as well? Fair enough. It's their money to waste.
Forget Fat-Free Ham, this is more like how Automakers nowadays are insisting that their transmission fluids
NEVER need to be changed for the Life of the automobile. Ask literally any independent mechanic if that's true. After they're done laughing, they'll tell you it's a blatant lie. Unless you believe the B.S. that every Automaker is currently supporting, just so they can sell more cars. Namely, that the Life of an Automobile ends instantly when the Odometer hits 100,000 miles. Meanwhile, there are certain models, usual certain trucks, that
if maintained properly with fluid changes can do 300,000 miles before they're done.
BOTTOM LINE:
It's my money. Something goes wrong, I doubt Streamlight (a company I actually personally like) is going to compensate me for my time and damaged light. But that's minor. I work in a setting in which I literally need my lights to work reliably. Yes, at times in the pouring rain; at night. (I'm not always just kicking out ridiculous young trespassers in cars mommy and daddy bought for them, but didn't bother actually raising them properly.) Something goes wrong, people can get seriously hurt. That's no joke. Not an exaggeration. And, I'm not going to take a stupid risk of that happening just because
ANY company says, "Nope! You're good."
EDIT: Clarification.