Just bought a small tub of clear silicon grease ready to start cleaning and re-lubing my lights. I bought the grease from a flashlight supplier so assumed it will be ok to use, but looking on the very informative 'grease and lube thread' it says silicon grease should not be used with silicon O rings.
DM51 has posted on the grease and lube thread that silicon O rings are not used in flashlights but I have heard conflicting evidence that many Chinese made lights may in fact use silicon, so I wondered if there is any chance that my lights as shown below may have a problem with the silicon grease. My fairly new Nitecore has some very dark grease on the threads which looks more like a graphite grease than anything else.
Do any of the following use silicon O rings: Nitecore, Fenix, Jetbeam, Xeno and 4Sevens? Those are the lights I intend to use the grease on. Thanks.
DM51 has posted on the grease and lube thread that silicon O rings are not used in flashlights but I have heard conflicting evidence that many Chinese made lights may in fact use silicon, so I wondered if there is any chance that my lights as shown below may have a problem with the silicon grease. My fairly new Nitecore has some very dark grease on the threads which looks more like a graphite grease than anything else.
Do any of the following use silicon O rings: Nitecore, Fenix, Jetbeam, Xeno and 4Sevens? Those are the lights I intend to use the grease on. Thanks.
