normally, the spring should sit firmly at the bottom... if you can remove the spring, you can try stretching the spring "a little" so that the battery will get a bit more "contact pressure".
another common intermittent failure are due to dirty thread or contact, have you try cleaning your contact point and body thread?

it should not be dirty contacts coz it looks new like out of the box.. the spring wouldn't come out so i cant do much bout it.. and the warranty is only 12months.. =(

Fenix warranty is 24 months as stated here >> http://www.fenixlight.com/service.asp?action=tiaokuan

"...We will replace products afflicted with manufacturing defects within 15 days of purchase;we will also repair a light free of charge within 24 months of purchase if problems develop with normal use..."


EDIT: mind telling us where you get it from? just notice that you are located at Sri Petaling from your avatar, perhaps you can contact our local Fenix distributor GadgetWorld2U for assistant?

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Aug 13 2010, 08:28 PM

yea.. i got it from GadgetWorld2U but in the warranty card its stated only 12months.. maybe the 24months is only for their new lights?

gadget world has a very friendly service, im sure they will be able to handle RMA and warranty efficiently..

try sending your light back to them... they can help you determine if it needs a repair service...

Hi Watta,

Just bring it over to us, let us check on it.

its okay.. suddenly its working perfectly again..

Watta...your avatar is disturbingly disturbing...

Awesome customer support by gadget world

That's freaky....you must be have some magic touch there to get it to work again

lol.. i find it cute..

im surprised too.. at least its back to normal again..

that surely the contact spring at the bottom was not position well

how to see whether a flashlight is a focus beam or spread 1..
i mean as in the model/LED type or so?

It is actually very depends on the Reflector.

If the reflector is deep, usually you will get a focused beam, or beam with very tight hotspot, hence less side spill.

In contrast, shallow reflector (Short), will have a wide spill (Floody) light, but more spill means less hotspot.

Just a little correction.
Actually TIR is a beam collimator. =D

Watt does determine brightness. But it's only one of the factors. You'll need another reading to determine the brightness and that is efficiency/efficacy. Without it the wattage will tell you nothing.
As a side note, ignore all wattage rated lights for brightness readings as it will really tell you nothing of its brightness. (Esp. the 90-200W china lights, lol)

I advise you to try one light 1st. After a while you'll decide what criteria is important to you.


Forget Ultrafires and all other (not)cheerful chinese cheapies.
If budget is tight the iTP A (A1, A2, A3, etc.) series is the best.
If you can stretch just a little bit then you might wanna look at 4Sevens MiNi/Preon (for small lights) or iTP's S series (SA1/2, SC1/2)

EagleTac M3C4 offers four LED options:
Luminus SST-50 W65S WJ LED (maximum output, single LED)
Triple CREE XP-G Cool White R5 LED (maximum output, three individual LEDs)
Triple CREE XR-E Cool White R2 LED (maximum far projecting performance)
CREE MC-E M LED (high output and smooth beam. No dark center hole is detected under the new ET55 reflector)

O.T.F. lumen output:
Luminus SST-50 W65S WJ LED: 16/56/172/376/800
Triple CREE XP-G Cool White R5 LED: 15/55/172/593/800
Triple CREE XR-E Cool White R2 LED: 16/60/165/320/600
CREE MC-E M LED: 16/52/148/312/625

Typical runtime:
1.5/3.5/8/28/100+ hours
*CREE triple XR-E R2 will have approximately 10% shorter



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I will get the SST-50 version if it really does 800OTF for 1.5 hours. Thrunite SST-50 @ 3.0A only 600OTF lumens, but dont know what bin.

BOOM!! So quiet here lately. Let's make some noise

Watta, glad your LD01 SS is working again, I think it's the springs, dirt at threads?


Here's some candy for the eyes

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My current Top 5 lights (all 2x 123)






Come to the brightside also la...

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Aug 19 2010, 11:24 AM

You mean the http://thebrightsideforums.com ?

btw very beautiful pictures you have, mind share the Settings Shutter, Aperture ISO etc?

This post has been edited by susuman: Aug 19 2010, 05:54 PM

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