therock
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2005
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Myself, and two co-workers whom were influenced by me to go with Fenix lights, The PD series, have had them fail form drops of about waist high. A couple of occasions it was the batteries (orbtronic) pcb coming off and one battery split. (we use Xtar WP6 chargers)
But each of us now have a useless flashlight. We have done all the webbsite trouble shooting. We are industrial maintenance techs so we have the inclination. No body around here will buy another Fenix.
I don't want to send it in and get another light that will make me fear another small drop failure. These lights have embarrassed me by failing so easily on the folks I recommended them to.
In the trash mine will go. I'll not be recommending lights of any kind to people ever again.
So I go shopping and see several brands of these small straight lights that look just like the PD series with small differences in body machining. So who looks like who? I don't want to buy another Fenix build with a different name or button configuration.
Can I get recommendations on a pocket light in this performance category that is more capable of handling a small drop from say 6 feet?
Armytec is one I am trying now but I don't like the beam or the blinking switch light. The LED has a magnifying looking bubble over it and I suspect that is why. But I had to have a light like this on the job so I am trying it as an "anything but Fenix" mode.
I know lots of you will come to Fenix's aid but I and three others have had bad luck.
Thanks
But each of us now have a useless flashlight. We have done all the webbsite trouble shooting. We are industrial maintenance techs so we have the inclination. No body around here will buy another Fenix.
I don't want to send it in and get another light that will make me fear another small drop failure. These lights have embarrassed me by failing so easily on the folks I recommended them to.
In the trash mine will go. I'll not be recommending lights of any kind to people ever again.
So I go shopping and see several brands of these small straight lights that look just like the PD series with small differences in body machining. So who looks like who? I don't want to buy another Fenix build with a different name or button configuration.
Can I get recommendations on a pocket light in this performance category that is more capable of handling a small drop from say 6 feet?
Armytec is one I am trying now but I don't like the beam or the blinking switch light. The LED has a magnifying looking bubble over it and I suspect that is why. But I had to have a light like this on the job so I am trying it as an "anything but Fenix" mode.
I know lots of you will come to Fenix's aid but I and three others have had bad luck.
Thanks