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Posted: 8/3/2022 10:39:44 PM EDT

I bought it in? 2016. I keep it in my truck for emergencies, rarely use it. When I do use it, it lasts some seconds dies. I assume its made to be used every day and not sitting around unused. So I charge it, pattern repeats. If I went back in time to 2016, I wouldn't have bought it.

Posted: 8/3/2022 10:44:08 PM EDT

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Batteries are $20 online thats not normal behavior of a streamlight.

Posted: 8/3/2022 10:48:36 PM EDT

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Batteries are $20 online thats not normal behavior of a streamlight.

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Really? Ok cool Ill buy one, see what happens.

Posted: 8/3/2022 10:50:18 PM EDT

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I have had excellent luck with their CS. Have to send in a few lights over the years and they were repaired free of charge.

Posted: 8/3/2022 10:54:36 PM EDT

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Yall are think the flashlight is damaged?? I thought the battery was just not holding a charge.

Posted: 8/3/2022 11:09:17 PM EDT

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My stinger that lives in my truck quit working. I bought a new battery that didn’t fix it. Bought a new charger and it still didn’t work. Sent them an email and they said something about the switch or LED module. Anyway I sent it in and they shipped it back fixed free of charge. I would send an email first.

Posted: 8/3/2022 11:11:18 PM EDT

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Do you ever cycle the battery or does it sit on the charger for months at a time between the "rare" uses?

Posted: 8/3/2022 11:15:44 PM EDT

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It rides in the door of my truck, never on the charger unless its charging to try to use.

Posted: 8/3/2022 11:22:12 PM EDT

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Rechargeable batteries lose their charge not being charged. I would keep it on the charger and drain it weekly so it doesn’t build a “memory”.

Posted: 8/3/2022 11:44:49 PM EDT

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Also being here in Texas, excessive heat (which would most certainly be encountered within your truck) will cause batteries to lose charge over time. It'll, at the very least, shorten the life of electronics.

Posted: 8/5/2022 12:47:33 AM EDT

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Also being here in Texas, excessive heat (which would most certainly be encountered within your truck) will cause batteries to lose charge over time. It'll, at the very least, shorten the life of electronics.

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truth

Posted: 8/5/2022 7:57:31 PM EDT

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Also being here in Texas, excessive heat (which would most certainly be encountered within your truck) will cause batteries to lose charge over time. It'll, at the very least, shorten the life of electronics.

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<- Can confirm. Anything with a battery is on borrowed time out here, to include the vehicle battery.

Posted: 8/7/2022 11:12:59 AM EDT

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I bought it in? 2016. I keep it in my truck for emergencies, rarely use it. When I do use it, it lasts some seconds dies. I assume its made to be used every day and not sitting around unused. So I charge it, pattern repeats. If I went back in time to 2016, I wouldn't have bought it.

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You left it in your truck, in the hot Texas weather, probably fully charged oftentimes and you killed the battery.

6 years isn’t bad, to be honest.

Buy a new battery.

Chris

Posted: 8/7/2022 11:14:07 AM EDT

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I bought it in? 2016. I keep it in my truck for emergencies, rarely use it. When I do use it, it lasts some seconds dies. I assume its made to be used every day and not sitting around unused. So I charge it, pattern repeats. If I went back in time to 2016, I wouldn't have bought it.

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Also…never buy lights with fixed, or proprietary batteries.

Chris

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