Does anyone else find that the bulb goes from bright to extremely dim in an instant? Both I have do this. Battery voltage is 1.46 when checked.
201470
This has only happened to us when the battery needs to be changed. Otherwise, we love our Maglite!!!! In fact, I'm getting more of them! :)
201471
I have two of these two-cell Maglites that are about 2-3 years old. One of them has started dimming just as you describe, but the other works perfectly. If I turn the dimming one off for a few hours, it works fine when I turn it back on, but only for maybe 30 seconds or so. Then it dims way, way down again.Frustrating. Maybe it is a bad switch or a short-circuit somewhere.
1427840
Good question never thought about that... The unit I purchased was sent back. The bulb lost brightness 10 minutes of use.
1649701
It works great in mine - here's a tip though.....for some reason my bulb would turn itself off every few hours when it was dark out, perhaps being triggered by some reflection of its own light. I put some pieces of masking tape over the light sensor to make it less sensitive and that fixed it, now it's on all night long but still off during the day.
1377140
I've had very good luck with mine, and no issues. Be sure to use dielectric grease on the connections before installing the bulb. Its possible a lack of grease along with thr high wattage could be heating up the connection and shortening the bulb life. Use a plain paper towel when handling the bulb. Oil in even the cleanest skin can shorten bulb life.
1373233
If you started with a fully charged battery and ran on hi setting how soon, if ever, would the power degrade to the point where brightness was affected? I have never tried it so I don't know for certain. The spec sheet says it will put out 5000 lumens (brightest setting) for one hour 15 minutes.The charger output is 2 A.The battery rated output is 5200 mAH.The charging time Is about four hours. So you could calculate but. if it didn't work you could use back up battery pack(s). You have me curious now about what kind of an application would allow you to have it plugged in to AC four hours.
2260328
I have no problem with my lamp. I use it mostly with the USB port on my computer. If you hold down gently on the on/off switch the lamp will dim. Tap the on/off switch and the light will go out, tap the on/off switch again and it should come back on in bright mode - at least that is what mine does.
85883
i have charged mine several times with no proplem. perhaps you want to check to make sure it was off when charged otherwise i know your bulb will take a hit. try turning on the side light and leave it on, even though it might not light up, it will discharge the overcharge if that is the problem good luck.
59863
It's been a couple years or more ago. I couldn't get the current equivalent bulb to work, so I just threw out the lamp. I still miss it. Now that Batteries Plus has bulbs, maybe they have it. Just got an odd 1.
634187
Is it charged? If so the bulb may have to be replaced! Mine did. As a result of the way they are shipped the bulbs get ruined! But all and all this is a great flashlight! Call Amazon and tell them it's not working and they are very good on replacing them. I had to do that with mine and the 2nd one was fine.
1118069
Yes, the bulb life is very poor. After a couple of weeks, it dimmed and burned out,
412008
I think you have some other problem, my bulbs are still original. I would recomend to check the Watts and Voltage
2120090
Brooke-Good question. After I received this bulb I wanted to send it back because it worked poorly but had no responce. If you figure it out could you let me know?
1746857
It is probably the crappy dimmer they use. I bought a cheap in-line switch and simplycut the dimmer-switch out. I also replaced the bulb with a 2.6 watt LED from ebay.Now I leave it on all of the time and it uses almost no power. (If you go with an LED try to get the shortest one you can. E12 candelabra base. And small LED's do notwork well with a dimmer. They tend to flicker.) Good luck
1815708
I had the same experience. It operated great for a couple of weeks. Then one day I noticed it was on in total day light. It eventually went out and operated fine that night. A couple of days later it just stopped operating completely. I just returned it for a refund. It's a great light, just what I wanted, and worked fine then just quit. Go figure????
1156936
Mine was dim from the get-go, so I didn't bother trying to get another one. Get a name brand bulb from someone reputable.
497297
Check: good battery, positive (button) end first (toward bulb). Does the tailcap button give a solid "click?" Otherwise, you may have a bad one. Extra low price, ships direct from China, no packaging or manufacturer claiming ownership... roll of the dice. Try Olight, Streamlight or Surefire if you want a guarantee but at 10x the price. FYI mine doesn't look exactly like the one in this picture.
170793
Jay, if you find that an LED works, would you please let me know? I've been thinking of changing over when the present bulb burns out. Thanks