"SF going the extra distance" design change of the KL1

Just got my second order of KL1s from Stategos and they're slightly different.
The positive battery contact housing used to be dome shaped and slightly recessed -- now it's cylindrical and very slightly extends past the head.
And the contact itself is now sort of pointy.
So pointy that is actually fits inside the vent hole of one of my Energizer 123s and doesn't actually make contact.
Most of the other 123 batteries have their vent holes on the side of the teminal rather than the center so it probably won't be a huge issue but I still think someone was asleep at the wheel when they made this change.

They also look rushed.
Tiny drops of epoxy (I'm guessing) are clearly visible in the slot where the lens retainer screws onto the bezel.

Originally posted by GJW:
Since it seemed to be a huge issue to some I'll also say that the beams are much whiter than my last two.
They look blue against the well-lit dirty yellow walls of my office but in the pitch black of the darkened bathroom they are the whitest Luxeons I own.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Greg,

What about brightness?

Brightnorm

Here is what KL-1 #A00348 looks like. Is this what you mean by new style?

Hmmm...Mine has part of the rubber gasket sticking out where the head pieces were pressed together.

--dan

Originally posted by Roy:
Here is what KL-1 #A00348 looks like. Is this what you mean by new style?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">that is the old style. the new one has a lip on the edge of the black plastic piece.

IMPATIENTLY STILL WAITING FOR MINE TO ARRIVE

YEP,ME TOO

Interesting. My 2-KL1's that just arrived don't look any different than my 1st batch of several weeks ago.

Originally posted by dano:
Hmmm...Mine has part of the rubber gasket sticking out where the head pieces were pressed together.

--dan

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Mine too, and I have drops of epoxy on mine.

Maybe I got a second!

Trying to get folks to use SF123's exclusively?

Why do I get the feeling that Peter Gransee will be chuckling when he reads about this?

Oooh Maybe I'll get mine also. I got my finger crossed.

Best Regards,
Randy

Since it seemed to be a huge issue to some I'll also say that the beams are much whiter than my last two.
They look blue against the well-lit dirty yellow walls of my office but in the pitch black of the darkened bathroom they are the whitest Luxeons I own.

Got mine from Surefire 5 days ago, looks like Roy's!

How about a comparison pic?

...and serial number. Would like to see if this difference follows some sort of number sequence.

Mine look like Roy. Serial #A00920 and A00866.

Alan

Maybe somone is making imitation, non-authentic KL1s

Originally posted by Roy:

If your KL-1's look like me, you got a couple of butt ugly KL-1's!

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Originally posted by Roy:

If your KL-1's look like me, you got a couple of butt ugly KL-1's!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Is your positive contact nubbin a bit pointy these days too, Roy?