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Thanks for the ride report dhobi.

The floppy zebra & spark holders are really a pain when strapped onto a full face helmet and doing technical downhill trails.

The stiffer army one sounds like an improvement.

My dedicated helmet light is hard mounted now but one of these would be a good loaner or backup.
 
psychbeat said:
The floppy zebra & spark holders are really a pain when strapped onto a full face helmet and doing technical downhill trails.
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Well I am thinking about this set up: to mount Wizard on bars to broadly illuminate trail just in front of the bike + standard (not floody) ZL H600 mk II mounted onto helmet for distance vision. Is ZL holder really so loose that the light turns down while riding?
 
My Wizard Pro had issues with turning off when tapped and the overheating warning light would not turn orange or red, it would just drop output first.

Have sent it back to get a replacement. So far Armytek have been excellent to deal with.

Emails replied to within a few hours (hear that Surefire!)
New light sent to me before they receive mine
Postage costs covered

Great participation too on this forum means to my mind Armytek deserve a thumbs up so far.

STURDY, well made products too, keep them coming!
 
It seems they have a 'bug fixed' v1 UI that they are applying at the moment, and the new v1.5 UI is to follow soon. The main differences should be the ability to access turbo or strobe modes with triple/quad clicks directly from off, moving the 30 lumen mode to group 1 and allowing toggling between groups 1 and 2 with double clicks instead of always going into the group above.

I'm not sure why they didn't go straight to the v1.5, maybe they didn't want to confuse people who have returned their lights just to get the bugs fixed.
 
When the issues were finally identified and resolved I asked Sandra from customer service if it was alright that I wait to return my light for the warm version, with the new interface. She said I could, but it would be a while. I take that to mean if you were to return your light now for immediate replacement, you would get version 1. Of course, asking them would get you the definitive answer.

In either case, I'm taking them up on their offer and hanging on to my light until the warm led with new interface is available.
 
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Bullzeyebill said:
Sort a baiting trolling post, only based on a subjective assumption, with no real facts presented. Let's not have members biting on that post, which would derail this thread.

Bill
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Yes, it IS a subjective assumption, but if a manufacturer decides that some changes need to be made to the original release of a product, then, due to customers inquiring about a Neutral/Warm version, decide to release a Warm/Neutral version without the changes/fixes they've decided are a good idea for the light, as I asked in the post you quoted, is there another way to see it? If so, please share it with me (and that isn't sarcasm, it's an honest desire to see if there's another logical and reasonable viewpoint, besides the cynic in me)


Max
 
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bluemax_1 said:
if a manufacturer decides that some changes need to be made to the original release of a product
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That's the key point, certain changes needed to be made in order for it to function fully as originally designed. These have apparently been fixed in the bug free v1 versions that are shipping and are the default for updating those sent in for repair. Armytek also determined where certain other non-essential improvements could be made to the UI itself, and will be implementing them in the v1.5.

That is how I understand it anyway.
 
that's my plan as well. I don't get why they would even fix the firmware with V1.00 and send the light back from China to the US or wherever, and then a few weeks later v1.5 comes out and people have to send the light back AGAIN to get updated.

Would have been good for this to have been planned out better from the get go so the customer isn't stuck footing the bill to schlep a headlamp across the globe to get the necessary changes, not once, but TWICE! I'd go so far to say that this is idiotic for them to do it this way. Glad I didn't send my light back yet as I would be pissed if they had the light for several months or however long it will be before v1.5 is released when we were all under the impression the new firmware was going to be the version with the new UI. Any bets on when this will occur?

Trevtrain said:
Sounds reasonable RedForest_UK

Are you waiting for V1.5 before sending your Wizard Pro back? That is currently my plan.
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Trevtrain said:
Sounds reasonable RedForest_UK

Are you waiting for V1.5 before sending your Wizard Pro back? That is currently my plan.
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I've sent mine back already, but have asked them to wait on returning it until the new UI is available. They suggested that the original returned lights may not be sent back but replacements instead, in which case I'll probably wait for the warm version with the new UI.

Tbh I also don't really understand why they aren't implementing the new UI immediately, the two good reasons I could think of are:

1. So people returning v1 lights won't be confused by lights returning with a different UI.
2. In order to fully test the new UI for bugs, having had the experience they did with the v1.

Both of those seem like good reasons to me. But I would have liked them to be clearer about their plans, so as to give everyone who wants to the option to wait for the new UI.
 
RedForest UK said:
I've sent mine back already, but have asked them to wait on returning it until the new UI is available. They suggested that the original returned lights may not be sent back but replacements instead, in which case I'll probably wait for the warm version with the new UI.

Tbh I also don't really understand why they aren't implementing the new UI immediately, the two good reasons I could think of are:

1. So people returning v1 lights won't be confused by lights returning with a different UI.
2. In order to fully test the new UI for bugs, having had the experience they did with the v1.

Both of those seem like good reasons to me. But I would have liked them to be clearer about their plans, so as to give everyone who wants to the option to wait for the new UI.
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What does that mean original lights may not be returned, replacements instead?
 
Yes, I meant that they suggested that a replacement Wizard Pro will be sent out in place of the ones returned, rather than the original ones with updated firmware.

If I'm getting a replacement anyway then I might as well try out the warm version I think.
 
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