Good morning all,
I have an email into 4-7's and will call them today but wanted to ask here for advice as well. I did do a search and found that a loose retaining ring might be the problem as well as dirty threads/contacts I've cleaned the light and checked the retaining ring and still have the problem. I've also used a fresh battery. The flashlight is less than one month old and I have it set for low and high modes. Low is the tight bezel setting. No drops or physical damage to the light of any kind.
Here's what's happening:
Sometimes when switching the light on via a momentary push in high mode with the bezel loose the light only comes on in low mode. When I push the switch all the way in and release with a "click" it comes on in high- only with the "click" activation if you will. This would seem to point to a switch, but there's more to it.
If the light is on in low and I rotate the bezel it won't go into the high mode it just stays low. At other times I will rotate the bezel once to high and back or just to high it will seemingly enter into programming mode. Last night when using it, it would flash in a 3-flash sequence no matter whether the bezel was tight or loose. On a separate occasion the light dropped into the moonlight mode and would not move out of it regardless of bezel position.
Lastly, there have been a few times when depressing the switch there seems to be, for the lack of a better description, a "hitch" or quick flicker of light before it comes on. On the way down to click the switch the light will go off for a fraction of a second then come one again.
I don't know what the issue is. As I said I do have an email as of last night into 4-7's and will call them today but I'm hoping someone's experience can help here.
Thanks a lot,
Christian.
I have an email into 4-7's and will call them today but wanted to ask here for advice as well. I did do a search and found that a loose retaining ring might be the problem as well as dirty threads/contacts I've cleaned the light and checked the retaining ring and still have the problem. I've also used a fresh battery. The flashlight is less than one month old and I have it set for low and high modes. Low is the tight bezel setting. No drops or physical damage to the light of any kind.
Here's what's happening:
Sometimes when switching the light on via a momentary push in high mode with the bezel loose the light only comes on in low mode. When I push the switch all the way in and release with a "click" it comes on in high- only with the "click" activation if you will. This would seem to point to a switch, but there's more to it.
If the light is on in low and I rotate the bezel it won't go into the high mode it just stays low. At other times I will rotate the bezel once to high and back or just to high it will seemingly enter into programming mode. Last night when using it, it would flash in a 3-flash sequence no matter whether the bezel was tight or loose. On a separate occasion the light dropped into the moonlight mode and would not move out of it regardless of bezel position.
Lastly, there have been a few times when depressing the switch there seems to be, for the lack of a better description, a "hitch" or quick flicker of light before it comes on. On the way down to click the switch the light will go off for a fraction of a second then come one again.
I don't know what the issue is. As I said I do have an email as of last night into 4-7's and will call them today but I'm hoping someone's experience can help here.
Thanks a lot,
Christian.
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I've used the light since and played with it to see if I could replicate the problem. I can replicate the problem when the bezel isn't loose enough for the second mode- especially using a full overhand grip. When it's loosened at least a full turn as Trevor said it's fine. Live and learn!
