Reactivating this thread by asking for a moment of silence for my lost HDS B42GT #1931.
It was in New York City, Hudson Yards, Bella Abzug park, Friday afternoon, where I took a photo of it next to a building under construction, slipped it into my backpack and left for another photo op. My zipper had a failure and came unmeshed, leaving the whole side of the backpack open. The HDS escaped, and when I backtracked 1 minute later, the 2 kids in the park said they thought the street sweeping guy got it. Well, he didn't speak English but showed me his gabage bags, no HDS, so I think someone simply wasn't honest.
The light may not have been the latest/greatest, but worked nicely with a Nichia 219A upgrade, Sandwich Shoppe titanium bezel, and the 16650 battery tube. It'd been having trouble draining RCR123A batteries within a week with the short body, but seemed OK with 16650. I suppose once the battery gives out, the thieves will have trouble finding another battery and toss it.
May it rest in peace.