Is it just me or does Princeton Tec lights stink?

oldtimer

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Yes. They literally stink. I've played around with a couple and I just couldn't get that plastic smell out of the light. I don't think it's as bad with the UK and I think they're made out of the same material.
 

SilverFox

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Hello B2p,

My Tec 40's started off with a bit of a smell, but after a few weeks of use, the smell went away.

My suggestion is to go camping for a couple of weeks and give the lights a good workout. The stink should be gone by that time.

Tom
 

flashlite

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I have a Tec 40 and a Tec 20 and I never noticed a smell from either light.
 

David_Campen

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Re: Is it just me or does Princeton Tec lights sti

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Some plastic tool handles will stink up a closed tool box, too; it smells like puke

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That is the smell of butyric acid from cellulose acetate butyrate being used as a plasticizer.
 

chamenos

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Re: Is it just me or does Princeton Tec lights sti

david obviously knows his chemistry /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 

SJACKAL

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Re: Is it just me or does Princeton Tec lights sti

I have to agree. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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