"clifto" wrote in message
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Smitty Two wrote:
Still, I'm surprised that you've had so many intermittents. The design
and manufacturing quality of the mags has always been exemplary. Glad
you aren't giving up on them.

The rubber plugs that waterproof the switches fall out, too. But I still
haven't found a more durable flashlight..

Eh. I still like mine, and would buy another. But I think they decontented
them when they went mass-market. QC definitely went down. I've had to
field-strip my most recent one (4D) to clean the switch and retension the
top battery spring, a couple of times. (There are setscrews under that
rubber switch boot, that enable you to pull the 'puck' that holds the
switch, out of the barrel.

aem sends...