Zebralight questions

[richbuff]

I have not bought a Zebralight yet, but I am interested in them because they enjoy a rock solid loyal customer base. I have kept up with reading customer feedback. Things that I have heard: electronics are potted for maximum reliability, and construction is solid for best heat manageament, and also Zebralight drivers are the most efficient.

 

[this_is_nascar]

Being a fairly new ZL owner, I'm somewhat surprised with those making the ZL product sound like it's not a tough or reliable as other products.

I guess I don't understand that reasoning. From what I've read, it's pretty much a single tube, with fully potted electronics.

How can it not be reliable?


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[chillinn]

Zebralight is darn reliable, but still not recommend for attaching to a weapon and submitting it to the shock of discharge and recoil over and over and over. And don't use it as a hammer, either. It survives dropping, and at least in one case, sliding against asphalt when one CPF member laid his bike down (at least for a good while before it finally stopped working).

 

[LRJ88]

Being a fairly new ZL owner, I'm somewhat surprised with those making the ZL product sound like it's not a tough or reliable as other products.

I guess I don't understand that reasoning. From what I've read, it's pretty much a single tube, with fully potted electronics.

How can it not be reliable?


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Out of the two ZL i have my SC52F didn't survive a fall from my pocket as i was standing up, >1 meter onto concrete, whereas the SC5c II had major parasitic drain issues from the start. The first was completely my fault and the only applicable one here, but i was hoping with the reputation that it'd be able to take that on the nose and just keep on kicking, which wasn't the case here. I don't know why exactly it failed, a solder joint knocked loose or even the button getting detached inside the flashlight itself, but it was dead. ZL has had a good rep for years with some people not being satisfied, but the last 2 years or so i've seen more and more cases pop up regarding failures that really shouldn't happen, so maybe ZL has changed something in their production.

 

[archimedes]

EDIT - detailed discussion regarding "potting versus conformal coating" debate, here ...

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?440977-To-Zebralight

(starting about ~ Post #50 & on)

 

[mrsteel]

If anyone else has some reliability stories on new zebralights I'd like to hear them, lookin at SC700 soon.

 

[this_is_nascar]

Anyone have an SC53w they're looking to get rid of? Shoot me the details via PM.


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[archimedes]

Anyone have an SC53w they're looking to get rid of? Shoot me the details via PM....

Could you update your "WTB Zebralights" thread instead of trying to do business here in the discussion side of the forums ?