turbodog
Flashaholic
Started this to speculate on the u2's tailcap and the long term fate of the u2.
tailcap:
Mine works fine. I saw all the bad tailcap data from the poll earlier and am wondering that maybe the problem is that the tailcap is bottoming out against the clip assembly?
Will someone who has a "bad" one remove their clip and test this.
Long term:
In the short time the light has been out, we're seeing a fair number of people have selector ring friction problems. Surefire's official line is that it is NOT user-serviceable. They say to send it in.
What's gonna happen when they start getting all these lights back as time goes on? Is accounting going to see this and tell r&d to design a revised version? Or are they gonna scrap the light? I'm sure they will play a wait-and-see for now, especially since they are still filling backorders (as far as I know).
But, bottom line, do we expect this light to be around a year from now? One reason I ask is that I'm curious. Another is that's I'm considering selling mine and hoping for a better version down the road.
In the event they kill the u2.... can you imagine what a $270 light will hit on ebay? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
tailcap:
Mine works fine. I saw all the bad tailcap data from the poll earlier and am wondering that maybe the problem is that the tailcap is bottoming out against the clip assembly?
Will someone who has a "bad" one remove their clip and test this.
Long term:
In the short time the light has been out, we're seeing a fair number of people have selector ring friction problems. Surefire's official line is that it is NOT user-serviceable. They say to send it in.
What's gonna happen when they start getting all these lights back as time goes on? Is accounting going to see this and tell r&d to design a revised version? Or are they gonna scrap the light? I'm sure they will play a wait-and-see for now, especially since they are still filling backorders (as far as I know).
But, bottom line, do we expect this light to be around a year from now? One reason I ask is that I'm curious. Another is that's I'm considering selling mine and hoping for a better version down the road.
In the event they kill the u2.... can you imagine what a $270 light will hit on ebay? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif