Re: New U2 with donut hole & flaky switch
I have a serious
with my new SF U2
santa
not only it has a donut hole, but the switch is (well,
was, read on) not working properly... Right off the box, I turn it on, the light flickers, then goes off!
It was the weirdest thing. I would tilt the light up -it'd go off- tilt it down -it'd go on again-... Turn it off... back on...flicker... tap the head... nothing... tap the tailcap... monentary on/off/flicker... press on the button... on again, then off...
I had to turn the tailcap tight, and then some more, to get continuous operation.
Then it hit me! Those little tabs on the inside of the tailcap weren't raised high enough to make a good contact against the body of the light. A little "creative" tooling, and now my U2 works fine. I actually have about 1/8 of a turn or so before I can not turn the tail cap any more. I'm sort of happy again.
Sort of happy, you ask? Yes, sort of. I can live with the donut hole, just because the tint is so perfectly white, and the light so annoyingly bright, and the light so perfectly black and all the parts are matched... but
a flaky switch, right off the box...
I did not pay more than $200 for a flashlight, only to have to repair it myself the very first I use it!!
Oh, yeah, did I mention the fingerprints on the inner tailcap plate (where the problematic tabs are... :shakehead)?
I don't really know what to think, but I can relate better now to the people who've been complaining about flaky U2 and A2 switches. I don't like to complain, but I'll probably shoot SF an e-mail regardless. If anything, just so they know about this issue and can work on fixing it in the future.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!