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Fourday
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Feb 2, 2019
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Hello,
I just received an email in reference to some changes to the switch and tail cap. The email was not clear to me. Did the switch move? Does it now come with two tail caps? Are there any photos of the changes?
Thanks,
Omniseed
1972
Feb 3, 2019
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FourdayYeah it read like we're getting two tailcaps with different functions instead of one that does everything.
It's quirky I guess but I'm happy regardless. If anything it is motivation to finally buy a compartmented case or box for all the gadgets I hoard.
JaleesaG
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Feb 4, 2019
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FourdayHi there,
Please see the latest update for images of the final version of the flashlight (https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-vega-aa-14500-aluminum-flashlight/talk/2334921). @Omniseed
Motorrad
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Feb 4, 2019
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Fourdaysounds like a product fail to me. the main reason I got this was because of the switch and magnet end being the same piece and now it's not. shoulda just got the Lumintop. what a waste.
Fourday
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Feb 5, 2019
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MotorradI see your point. I am okay with it. My wife purchased a Maratac mechanical watch and it was having magnetism issue. I think it was a flashlight and money clip causing the problem. So now, I am okay with the option.
Danthrax
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Feb 15, 2019
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JaleesaGSame here, I hate twist switches. I bought this for the mag end with click switch.
Chipp1
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Feb 20, 2019
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DanthraxMe too, it is a very brite light, only had mine for a couple of days. So far so good. I haven't tried the magnetic cap yet. But one thing I have noticed is just after a few minutes on high w/ a rechargeable lithium ion battery this light gets very hot! No heat disapation what so ever!
Fourday
131
Feb 20, 2019
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Chipp1I believe it's hot to the touch because it is dissipating heat. Aluminum is a excellent conductor of heat and to a lesser note electrical energy, which is why radiators, a/c condensers and the like are made from aluminum.
Chipp1
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Feb 22, 2019
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FourdayBS, My friend you just contradicted yourself. It the flashlight was disapating heat it wouldn't be so damn hot to the touch! The fact that this light get so hot just after a few minutes on high is a clear indicator that it is in fact NOT disapating heat.... Simple logic my friend.
Fourday
131
Feb 22, 2019
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Chipp1So I guess a thermos with hot coffee is dissipating heat energy, since it's cool to the touch? The flashlight is hot because your hand just became part of the pathway of the dissipation. Convection, conduction and radiation are the three mediums of heat movement. That being said, convection would be greatly assisted by cooling fins, radiation is not noteworthy leaving us with conduction and your fragile hand. You may also want to read up on the properties of aluminum along with absorption and dissipation of heat. In closing it's not logic it's physics.
Motorrad
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Feb 22, 2019
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Chipp1By the definition of the word: Dissipate ([PHYSICS] cause (energy) to be lost, typically by converting it to heat), the light is dissipating heat. Simple logic...and physics, but apparently not spelling.
Stepbystep
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Feb 24, 2019
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FourdayActually yes, your cool-to-the-touch thermos is still dissipating heat, albeit slowly. :) One should expect a tiny form factor light like this with an XP-L and small cell to get hot...totally normal. It cannot get hot enough to burn your skin, for a couple reasons, but it can reach the uncomfortably warm stage (but that is perception on an individual basis, and often momentary). Lights like this aren't usually used or intended to be run for long periods so heat management is less of a concern, but is still designed within safe parameters. If you want more capacity for dissipation then you need more mass, which is going to add considerable bulk to the host design (or possibly length if they wanted to put a deep pill in there or something), but in the end all it's doing is buying time until the exterior heats up. Not many people want a tiny pocket/edc light like this to be bulky and there's no effective way to add "fins" to this as is. If you've ever run any other AA or AAA 3.7 lithium lights, they all get pretty warm (as do most of the 18650 tube light designs but of course they're pulling more juice anyway). I don't know if they designed thermal regulation into this light (probably so) but if you're really concerned it's too much, then use a protected cell. Little less capacity than unprotected but no risk of super heating or runaway. Also, fragile hands are actually a measurably effective heat sink in lights...surprising how much heat your blood can move from a light body, even in warm weather.
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Fourday
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Feb 24, 2019
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StepbystepVery well stated! Looking at mass, another option is a material like brass or copper which will keep the dimensions the same just with more gravity to it, blah blah blah.
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