zespectre
Flashlight Enthusiast
Every once in a blue moon I get a sample light from a manufacturer and they say "this is a prototype, we'd like it back and please treat it with care".
When that happens I generally split between sending it back saying "no thank you", or doing a "private" review that will only go back to the company so that they can knock any rough edges off their product.
In this case I decided it would be fun to give the prototype a good once over and give the manufacturer feedback.
I rarely ever intentionally test to destruction but such is the nature of a "real world review" that things happen. Lights get dropped, chewed on by a dog, come on in a pocket or jacket for an extended period, a battery leaks, or any of a thousand other things that just plain happen in life.
I thought I'd seen almost every kind of common AND oddball failure or quirk that you could find in a light but I had an absolute first today when I went to pick up a [EDIT: correcting error. This is a DUAL 18650] powered light and actually received enough of an electric shock to make my fingers tingle. I would classify it as bottom end "electric fence" level jolt and it was NOT static electricity. I finally had to grab some gloves so that I could disassemble the light and remove the batteries.
As you might imagine, I've contacted the manufacturer with full details and I'm going to give them a chance to examine things and see if they can determine what the hell happened.
No, this isn't some weird "taser" or other specialty purpose light, just a nice strong EDC. I have to admit that I'm completely baffled as to what the heck happened.
If/when I get more details I'll post them.
When that happens I generally split between sending it back saying "no thank you", or doing a "private" review that will only go back to the company so that they can knock any rough edges off their product.
In this case I decided it would be fun to give the prototype a good once over and give the manufacturer feedback.
I rarely ever intentionally test to destruction but such is the nature of a "real world review" that things happen. Lights get dropped, chewed on by a dog, come on in a pocket or jacket for an extended period, a battery leaks, or any of a thousand other things that just plain happen in life.
I thought I'd seen almost every kind of common AND oddball failure or quirk that you could find in a light but I had an absolute first today when I went to pick up a [EDIT: correcting error. This is a DUAL 18650] powered light and actually received enough of an electric shock to make my fingers tingle. I would classify it as bottom end "electric fence" level jolt and it was NOT static electricity. I finally had to grab some gloves so that I could disassemble the light and remove the batteries.
As you might imagine, I've contacted the manufacturer with full details and I'm going to give them a chance to examine things and see if they can determine what the hell happened.
No, this isn't some weird "taser" or other specialty purpose light, just a nice strong EDC. I have to admit that I'm completely baffled as to what the heck happened.
If/when I get more details I'll post them.
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