Fourseven Lives!!!!

WWW · **on:** January 27, 2018, 01:36:59 AM

For all of you Fourseven fanatics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IXq-cSpx8&feature=youtu.be

Just saw this on BLF, and since I know some of you guys liked their lights (

Lynn) I thought you would like to know!

styx · **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2018, 10:17:14 AM

this is interesting news indeed. 4seves was the company to beat at one point. then i remember reading that more and more people had issues with CR123 lights that got too hot too fast or even caught fire and went boom on a small scale

WWW · **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2018, 12:24:42 PM

To be honest I don't really care, I'm just sharing cause I know some do. I've never owned and never really felt like owning one, also I've heard some complaints regarding Preon pocket clips.

Quote from: styx on January 27, 2018, 10:17:14 AM

this is interesting news indeed. 4seves was the company to beat at one point. then i remember reading that more and more people had issues with CR123 lights that got too hot too fast or even caught fire and went boom on a small scale

I guess that the clip issue was the least of them.

styx · **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2018, 01:16:07 PM

more people probably had pocket clip issues than the things that go boom issues. all of those reports need to be taken in with one major caveat - people who post on forums, blogs or openly talk about such things are still the minority of the total user and customer base. we might geek out over 0.2 lumen difference in firefly (aka can't see smurf) mode, or the change from a 2d Phillips to an actual Phillips driver on some tool but the average buyer won't know that unless doing detail homework. and even then it is easier to watch a YT video that might not mention something like that for any number of reasons than to read through 50+ pages of online rants

WWW · **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2018, 04:30:59 PM

Quote from: styx on January 27, 2018, 01:16:07 PM

more people probably had pocket clip issues than the things that go boom issues. all of those reports need to be taken in with one major caveat - people who post on forums, blogs or openly talk about such things are still the minority of the total user and customer base. we might geek out over 0.2 lumen difference in firefly (aka can't see smurf) mode, or the change from a 2d Phillips to an actual Phillips driver on some tool but the average buyer won't know that unless doing detail homework. and even then it is easier to watch a YT video that might not mention something like that for any number of reasons than to read through 50+ pages of online rants

Very true and yet many times we don't take into consideration. We also need to take into account how those batteries were taken care off along with other aspects that may have lead the go boom issues.

NKlamerus · **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2018, 05:43:12 PM

I never realized they left, I've had a preon 2 for years and it does get pretty warm.

Biggest issue was the terrible button interface, extremely "smushy"

But it does still work!

styx · **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2018, 07:48:23 PM

not so much went away as they weren't following along the big steps forward that Fenix, Zebra, Olight, Nitecore and others took. Tough competition is a huge factor

WWW · **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2018, 08:47:33 PM

Quote from: styx on January 27, 2018, 07:48:23 PM

not so much went away as they weren't following along the big steps forward that Fenix, Zebra, Olight, Nitecore and others took. Tough competition is a huge factor

My understanding was that they were terminating the company (based on what I heard last year). Perhaps I missundertood and this is what they meant all along, but I remember people saying goodbye to the owner (can't remember his name

) and they even had a clearance sale.