Simon wrote:....... that requires the 3 x AXA.
Well that should insure it works! Obviously UV is very risky!
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Simon wrote:....... that requires the 3 x AXA.
Roger wrote:Having suffered a dodgy connection to my Magicshine battery pack in November (after two years' use for night-O and commuting), I was looking for a replacement. This thread led me to 7dayshop. They were selling the 'Mk 2' version with rubberised weatherproofing rather than the more recent hard-case version, but they were so cheap that I bought two. My previous Mk 2 had offered about 3 hours' run-time on full power.
After some 'unexpected occurrences' on my commute and in the forest, I investigated further. One of the new batteries ran for only 45 minutes on full power (going straight from green-light indicator to 'off'); the other did go through the red-light phase before shutting off but managed only 90 minutes. Each battery contains four cells but I believe that they're 2 x 2 (i.e. two parallel pairs of two cells in series), so the problem is probably more complicated than one pack containing one good cell and the other two.
My reason for posting this is to warn readers that, as I was disappointed to discover, 7dayshop offers only a 30-day warranty. By the time I had determined that the problem was the capacity of the battery packs, rather than maybe them erroneously indicating that they were fully-charged on receipt, I was beyond the 30-day period. So if you buy from 7dayshop, make sure that you test the equipment fully within the warranty period.
(No, I haven't tried arguing with them - given the low initial cost, by the time I've paid return postage it's not worth it.)
Big Jon wrote:My view is that my night-orienteering is worth enough to me to pay more and get reliable kit. My Petzls (Ultra and Nao) have been reliable for about 3 years now. Personally I reckon if you pay really cheap prices you tend to get cheap sh1t.
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