I killed it!!

I was playing around with my PT Impact...
The problem is that my definition of "playing with flashlights" is a bit different from the usual one...
I was making my flashlight "freefall" from a 6-7 feet height and see what happened (nothing, usually).
However, this time was different:



I still can't understand how it happened...it just fell and cracked open!
Well, I guess I won't use Impacts to /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif anymore.

:EDIT: I resized the picture.

Richard

you destroy flashlights for fun? what a sicko /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

sorry about your loss /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Silly question perhaps, but can you tell whether the lamp still works?

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supergule? epoxy?

Rothrandir,
well, sometimes...when I'm bored. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Size15s,
Sure, if you keep the pieces together... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif

Cool...New two-hands operating flashlight: One hand for holding it, one for keeping it together.

Richard

Sure koala but as Murphy says "If an object breaks, it needed replacing anyway." That's what I think about flashlights: Flashlights that break deserved to die.

Afterall, it's not a great loss...I've still got bunches of flashlights.

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That's what I think about flashlights: Flashlights that break deserved to die.

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Oh man you are wicked!

Well, as most flashaholics do, the first thing I do when I get a flashlight is flash it in my eyes. BUT, after that, when afterimages are gone, I throw it on the floor and see if it still works or deserved to be terminated /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif. If it still works, I keep it, otherwise....
"Dad, there's something wrong with my flashlight!"

Is someone having problems with the picture I posted?

You brute!

I'd say you now have spare parts for your replacement!

GregR

Right! I now have an LED Assembly for my PT Tec 40 /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif.
Now I'm afraid of performing ANY of my crash tests!

I think I'll be called the Brute Flashlight Smasher from now on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon6.gif

Richard

What about the warranty? Those things are advertised as being very tough. I don't know about the PT stuff, but UKE has a truck roll over their flashlights in their advertisements and they talk about surviving falls from quite a few feet. Perhaps PT would stand behind their product and replace the light?

I'm sure they would Steelwolf, but it wouldn't be a good thing for me since I live in Europe and mailing delivering, handling and all that stuff would be a problem. But as I said, it's not a great loss...
Thanks for the idea anyway.

Richard

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Steelwolf said:
What about the warranty? Those things are advertised as being very tough. I don't know about the PT stuff, but UKE has a truck roll over their flashlights in their advertisements and they talk about surviving falls from quite a few feet. Perhaps PT would stand behind their product and replace the light?

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I don't trust UKE flashlights to withstand falls. I once had 2 UKE Q40 but both lights went out of focus when I dropped them accidentally. Well, actually one dropped when I fell off the bicycle, the other when it slipped off the table but fortunately the lamp assembly is not expensive to replace.

Andy Ho

Hello Richard,

This might be a good time for a generous application of

DUCT TAPE.

Tom

I just have to know. When you buy a car how do you test that?

Road_kill,
unfortunately, I'm too young to get a driving licence, so I can't test that... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Buy hey! There *ARE* people doing crash tests with cars!! So that's OK!!
OK now. I'm the official flashlight crash tester. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Poor thing just couldn't handle much impact, huh?
Kind of ironic.

I was gonna say something like that, but you beat me to it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Maybe I ought to throw my Impact at a wall or something and see if it can take the impact. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif