Capolini
Banned
I am not spending anymore time emailing them.I asked Fenix Store directly about this condensation issue on the TK75,and i received an explanation about it.It´s not exactly word for word,but i have sum the info i received here:
*The head of the TK75 lamp is not hermetically sealed from the rest of the light so when it is opened for replacing batteries air will exchange from the outside and be trapped in the light once closed.
*Because the volume of empty spacy in the light is significant the relative humidity of a users environment comes in to play. High humidity environment will produce the condensation. Now the condensation has yet to cause any failures in the the lights to date. Now to take into condensation a user who lets say is in a rainforest knows that just the location is more destructive to electronics than say a person living in a desert. The same should be applied when discussing this issue.
How to get rid of condensation it if appears:
*One shall running the light for 5 minutes(approximately) while standing on it's head and then remove the battery carrier and dropping in one of those silicone packets that absorbs moisture in the tube and leave it for a short while, then replace the battery carrier, all the while leaving the light on it's head. It takes several batter exchanges to gain the condensation back in the light,all depending on the surrounding humidity.
So the conclusion is that the condensation does not come from the factory process-it comes from humidity in the air and it is not harmful for the light. If this is correct,then users who lives in desert like areas with low humidity should experience low or no condensation at all,while users who lives in areas with high humidity should experience more condensation on their TK75.
It would be interesting for a comparison to hear feedback from owners who lives in different areas with different humidity how much(or any) condensation they have been experienced on their TK75.
This is what I would tell them!
1. When the condensation forms I am 20, 30 or 40 minutes into a walk/hike,,,,so that one method of turning the light on for 5 minutes and then putting silica gel in it is useless to me! What I continue to do[ I should not have to] is to maintain the light with silica gel in the chamber and now keeping the batteries and the carrier in a sealed tupper ware with a silica packet when the light is NOT in use.
2. THIS IS SIMPLE!! WHY DON'T THEY HERMETICALLY SEAL THE HEAD?????????????????????????
I have spent a lot of time and also wasted energy on this!! I have come to ACCEPT THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE ON THE MANUFACTURERS END,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IT IS LIKE TALKING TO A BRICK WALL or
p.s There claim that the PROBLEM does not happen in the factory is BS!!! :thinking:
The moisture would NEVER get inside in the first place if it were built the way many other lights are who DO NOT HAVE THIS ISSUE!! Again,,that would be to build it IN THE FACTORY so that it is hermetically sealed!!
I rest my case your honor!!
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