Nope, can’t remember where I got it from also. Lost the receipt as well.

olights have serial numbers and afaik, if it came from gadgetworld2u, they will honour the warranty even without the receipt so long as the light came from their stock (they keep records). excellent customer service, i must say. had an issue with one of my lights and they replaced the defective unit, no questions asked

What are yall's fav "universal" chargers atm?

Currently I got XTAR VC4 and MC1 Ant Plus... Actually I really like the single-bay unit, but considering getting a 2-bay

+9999
I've been buying from Dannie, unker Foong and Gwen since their old shop upstairs till now downstairs and got torchlight warranty honoured before.

Guys, my Nitecore TIP can only charge to less than 50 percent. But it is already out of warranty, anywhere to fix it? I bought 2 TIP at the same time, but the other one is still working fine.

how can u tell 50%? it charges tho right?
if not mistaken it takes 1h15mins to full? tho try for longer?

Collection start since last year.

Currently still waiting D4V2 otw from Caina

I don't have much batteries to charge so my all time favorite is the Liitokala Lii-202 2 bay usb charger with my ivon 2.4a cable and ivon qualcomm charger
It's easy to plop it in, select amp and let it charge vs my overly complex and annoying Fenix ARE-C2 or my Liitokala-lii500 which always take too many steps to just charge a battery. (my fenix charger is auto detect but it always uses the lowest charge speeds)


Do you mean how the runtime is very short even when it's 100 charged?
It's possible that battery is dead from over discharge for too long and require a new battery. (Just buy new one unless you wanna diy hack your light with RC drone batteries)

i suspect that may be the case also. the 3.7v 500mah li-po battery should be easy enough to find but looking at the innards, not a matter of 'plug n play' to have it replaced.

Wouldn't call it impossible still. It's possible if you have a small background with soldering.
A smaller needle tip or a flat head is all it needs to dab and remove the wires.

The only time consuming part is removing the white silicone. Dunk the board in alcohol (methylated spirit from watsons for RM8) should soften it and peel.
Before the alcohol dry you can start soldering since it's clean from oxide now

If you're just plain lazy can just strip the wire and twist with new battery
Just make sure to tape and hotglue properly after replacement to prevent short
After all we did remove the factory insulation

This post has been edited by power911: Nov 14 2019, 09:45 PM

Probably will check it out. Now I dunno where I put the old olight lights. While searching I dug out some of my older collection of lights.
Some I have been keeping for years and some are newer. Use to always chasing for higher lumens.



Now I go for practical and EDC. Captain Marvel also want one!


This post has been edited by mr-2: Nov 14 2019, 11:10 PM

whoa... i spot a tn 40 in the mix

yeah, guess we've all been there... higher lumens, furthest throw etc etc etc. but end of day, for practical considerations, for me it boils down to price/hours of use

query: do you guys take the battery out if not used for a long time (say 3 months or so?). i guess the modern lights have zero discharge on standby, but just curious...

p.s. mr-2, do note that olight's BATTERY warranty is only for 1 year so that's something to consider.

This post has been edited by WingNut: Nov 15 2019, 10:54 AM

Hi newbie here, just recently jumped on to the bandwagon.
Currently running with an Olight M2T Warrior as my EDC.



Hope to get more of this awesome flashlights.

This post has been edited by DracoFrost: Nov 15 2019, 11:14 AM

The light indicator changed to green in 30~45 minutes after charged. There is a button the check the status of battery, blink 3 times meaning more than 50%. Mine only blink 2 times, which indicate less than 50% battery left.

Don't think I can afford to DIY, but if you would like to try, I can pass it to you.

I use it often to walk my dog during night time, need to look for alternative. I always attached it to my cap... Any suggestions, TIP2?

oh wait...tip...this takes 2hrs to fully charge.
30-45mins something wrong with the batt already.

cap...if on gadgetworld...then something cheap like thrunite t10...

This post has been edited by Everdying: Nov 15 2019, 06:19 PM

I take out the battery and leave it 50% charge or more. My experience with my battery at any 100% battery or fully charge will likely result in blot or leakage if left unattended for sometime. Also do not let your battery over discharge. Both will do no good. If I want to use, I charge it full and go on my Mission. However the battery bloating is more common on my remote control device like car and drone.

I never take out battery. I just twist the tail cap to break the circuit in case scared of parasitic drain.

TUP

Digital readout.


Still can consider as "compact".

Anyone here using Nitecore LR50? Thinking of getting one plus 4 nos 18650. Seems like a good option when camping / hiking due to the flexibility....

hmm what flexibility? to use as power bank?
or more of convenience so dont have to carry extra gadgets?
cos i dont think it'll do so well if ur walking around etc.