Hello everyone!
I got this light about a week ago and I have to say I like it a LOT! The size is perfect, it's bright, very high quality build and a good price too.
I noticed recently that the tint of the light has changed. I compared it when I first got it with my Fenix P2D which has a nice warm-white tint and the JETBeam's tint looked a little cooler, on the blue side. I turned it on tonight and something just didn't feel right to my eyes. I took the P2D out again to compare them and to my horror the JETBeam's tint now looks purple!
I have run it on 100% a couple of times for up to 10 minutes and holding it firmly. It does get warm but nothing alarming. So I decided to take off the retaining ring and have a look inside. The LED is surrounded by a plastic ring which is greenish in colour. I noticed that the LED can freely move around along with the ring! I thought that this thing would be glued to the heatsink with some sort of thermal paste but it is not! Also, if I shake the head with the reflector taken off (so there is no pressure to hold it down in its spot) then I can hear it rattle. There doesn't seem any way of getting to the heatsink so I haven't tried anything. But to make things worse, as I was moving the LED around, its dome popped off from one side. It looks like there is gel around the die and the dome just sits on top, certainly looked weird to me.
Any ideas/suggestions on this? I'd be happy to do a DIY job of my own and maybe even get an XP-E in there, but I can't figure out how to take the head apart.
Will JETBeam cover this under its warranty?
Thanks everyone!
I got this light about a week ago and I have to say I like it a LOT! The size is perfect, it's bright, very high quality build and a good price too.
I noticed recently that the tint of the light has changed. I compared it when I first got it with my Fenix P2D which has a nice warm-white tint and the JETBeam's tint looked a little cooler, on the blue side. I turned it on tonight and something just didn't feel right to my eyes. I took the P2D out again to compare them and to my horror the JETBeam's tint now looks purple!
I have run it on 100% a couple of times for up to 10 minutes and holding it firmly. It does get warm but nothing alarming. So I decided to take off the retaining ring and have a look inside. The LED is surrounded by a plastic ring which is greenish in colour. I noticed that the LED can freely move around along with the ring! I thought that this thing would be glued to the heatsink with some sort of thermal paste but it is not! Also, if I shake the head with the reflector taken off (so there is no pressure to hold it down in its spot) then I can hear it rattle. There doesn't seem any way of getting to the heatsink so I haven't tried anything. But to make things worse, as I was moving the LED around, its dome popped off from one side. It looks like there is gel around the die and the dome just sits on top, certainly looked weird to me.
Any ideas/suggestions on this? I'd be happy to do a DIY job of my own and maybe even get an XP-E in there, but I can't figure out how to take the head apart.
Will JETBeam cover this under its warranty?
Thanks everyone!