I have one of the older SL 4AA's that has the nice bright, but highly overdriven LED modules. I am a little worried about the long term reliability of the light. Sure, Streamlight will probably replace it if it melts, but that really doesn't address the problem of losing your light when you need it most. The longest continuous time I've had this light on is maybe 10 minutes so far.
Has anyone contacted Streamlight and asked for their take on this? Will they replace an older model with one of the newer ones that are a bit tamed down, given that the older one hasn't failed yet? Is it adviseable to ask for such a replacement? I know a dummy cell is an option to fix it myself, but for some reason I'm opposed to laying out money, no matter how little, to fix what appears to be a design flaw in the initial implementation. I sure like the brightness of this light, but I have concerns about it's longterm reliability.
Has anyone contacted Streamlight and asked for their take on this? Will they replace an older model with one of the newer ones that are a bit tamed down, given that the older one hasn't failed yet? Is it adviseable to ask for such a replacement? I know a dummy cell is an option to fix it myself, but for some reason I'm opposed to laying out money, no matter how little, to fix what appears to be a design flaw in the initial implementation. I sure like the brightness of this light, but I have concerns about it's longterm reliability.