Bonez
Newly Enlightened
First off, I DO NOT WANT THIS TO TURN INTO A SUREFIRE FLAMEWAR. I seriously want to know if anyone has ever experienced this problem before, as I have never read about one that is like this
(and if i have missed it, please point me to the right thread
)
Today I anxiously the postman to deliver my new u2. Opening the package I saw some slight dust under the lens, but nothing I was not expecting and it was not a problem for me. Crossing my fingers I turned it on, wincing in expectation of a horrible tint. Lo and behold, it was actually close to white, with a slight blue tint that did not bother me at all. I patted myself on the back for lucking out on the Lux lottery (at least in my book, without a light meter its bright enough and tinted acceptably for me) and proceded to go into the room where we keep our furnace in the basement, as it is a decent sized room with no windows and can be made pitch black. Playing with the light (as we all do when we get a new light) for 5 minutes, I was astounded when the light output dropped by almost 50% and the selector ring would only access levels 1-2 and what looked like 3-4 or 4-5. On the lowest level, it appeared that half the lux5 die had gone dark. I have since tried letting the light sit with and without batteries to see if it would reset itself and at least 10 new sets of surefire and varta batteries to see if that was the problem. Also, when you turn the light on now with a fresh set of batteries, it starts out at the 50% brightness that I observed, and then slowly dims down to buish tinted 25% (approx). Minding that I do not want to start a flamewar, has anyone else experienced this problem that I am having??
(and if i have missed it, please point me to the right thread
) Today I anxiously the postman to deliver my new u2. Opening the package I saw some slight dust under the lens, but nothing I was not expecting and it was not a problem for me. Crossing my fingers I turned it on, wincing in expectation of a horrible tint. Lo and behold, it was actually close to white, with a slight blue tint that did not bother me at all. I patted myself on the back for lucking out on the Lux lottery (at least in my book, without a light meter its bright enough and tinted acceptably for me) and proceded to go into the room where we keep our furnace in the basement, as it is a decent sized room with no windows and can be made pitch black. Playing with the light (as we all do when we get a new light) for 5 minutes, I was astounded when the light output dropped by almost 50% and the selector ring would only access levels 1-2 and what looked like 3-4 or 4-5. On the lowest level, it appeared that half the lux5 die had gone dark. I have since tried letting the light sit with and without batteries to see if it would reset itself and at least 10 new sets of surefire and varta batteries to see if that was the problem. Also, when you turn the light on now with a fresh set of batteries, it starts out at the 50% brightness that I observed, and then slowly dims down to buish tinted 25% (approx). Minding that I do not want to start a flamewar, has anyone else experienced this problem that I am having??
...and that's not covered by the warranty. 
