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Emisar lights have questionable water resistance. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/flashlight
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I have an emisar d2 and dt8 and both are ip 67 but so far any time i tried to use them in wet conditions water got into the body. The strange thing is they didnt actually break they just acted strange for a while and then after drying for a night everything seemed okay. Except my trust in emisar. They are both amazing lights but im always extremely carefull now when using them. Kinda dissapointed. Wanted to do a nld post about my dt8 but this how it ended up. Extra details: they both fogged up, the d2 didnt really turn off correctly. The dt8 worked perfectly for hours after submersion in water but when i changed the battery i noticed the head was audably and visibly bubbling water when i screwed on the cap.

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[–] dmenezes 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is discouraging re: Hanklights. :-(

Meanwhile, my much much cheaper TS10 was actually able to resist immersion for many minutes with absolutely no water ingress nor any ill effects: https://old.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/10vm19z/my_wurkkos_ts10_is_now_with_the_fish/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh no a reddit link /s. Still dont know how my lights survived tho. They were so wet that water was dripping from the pcb. It wasnt a good felling

[–] dmenezes 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh no a reddit link /s

An old reddit link ;-) At least while the effers there don't cut old.reddit.com out completely, that is.

They were so wet that water was dripping from the pcb. It wasnt a good felling

Holy crap! :-( That would have freaked me out completely :-(

Mind telling us exactly what those "wet conditions" were?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sorry for late reply but it was only tapwater(no soap or anything evil) and steam(i was showering and the power went out).