Like the product overall. Did charge it all night. pushed trigger and the little starting light in front came on but then never again, is there a trick to it? the user guide does not even mention the light ( i am not talking about the indicator LEDs on top) Like the product overall. Did charge it all night. pushed trigger and the little starting light in front came on but then never again, is there a trick to it? the user guide does not even mention... » Read More Like the product overall. Did charge it all night. pushed trigger and the little starting light in front came on but then never again, is there a trick to it? the user guide does not even mention the light ( i am not talking about the indicator LEDs on top) « Show Less
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Make sure that the toggle between tightening and loosening is pushed all the way to one side or the other. If its in the middle it will not do anything.
1753692
I have the same problem. The light in front is on and the power button is pushed one way and it still dose not work. I have the same problem and mine has been on charge for several day's and it still does not work, and the button is in the right place.
1753693
our instructions said to charge for 2 hours and that is what we did. It worked fine. It was a "gag gift", but it will actually do simple jobs.
1899755
Hey Mike, I just received mine a few days ago. I did charge it overnight, and when I woke up the next morning (and after 10 hours) the green light had gone off. Not sure why yours didn't.
2100822
I am very impressed with my light. I only use the rechargeable battery as I get the brightest results. There are also 5 light settings which can be chosen by turning the light on and "double clicking" the on/off button 1. Brightest 2. Mid brightness 3. Dimmest setting 4. Flash 5. SOS. you may have it on the wrong setting. Also, the lense slides in and out. Compressed would be a very wide light, making it dimmer. Sliding the lense out (grand the head and tail ends and pull) gives a more direct and brighter beam of light. Also. Your battery or batteries may be close to dead. Try replacing the batteries or recharging the battery. Again I prefer the rechargeable. Lastly. You may not be charging your battery fully. It must remain on the charger until full. When you place the battery in the charger the indicator light will light up red. When full it will change to green. And depending when the last time the battery was charged will take a long time. I work overnights at work once a month so I charge it before my overnights start. When the week is over I don't charge it till the next month. I have had it take 24 hours to fully charge. But that's my doing. I'm sure if you charged it once a week or so it probably won't take as long. I hope this helps. I spent $40 on this light and it's the best $40 I ever spent. I dropped the light in a pond and dropped it from 150ft+ in the air and it still works as new. Very tough and reliable light. Like I said. Hope this helps
1445523
Howdy, Check the spring I wrote about in the review. When I had mine I was walking along and light quit working. When I took out the batteries and looked into the flashlight the spring that was soldered to the LED circuit board had the solder break and the spring was just laying there. I had to resolder the spring to the board. Has been working fine ever since. I hope this helps. I guess we should all just send them back and then maybe the manufacture would fix the soldering problem they have.
1767668
I just got one and the user manual is ridiculously lacking in details. So humor me...how do i check charge status? I turned it on and all lights blinked once. I plugged it in the wall and only 1 light is blinking. How do I know when it is fully charged?
1608102
Unfortunately the same thing happened to mine. I could get it to come on from time to time if I let it reset itself but it always would cut itself back off and get the same flashing light. Do some google research on the issue and there are a few things out there that people said to try but nothing worked for me. hate to be the bearer of bad news but it may be time to get a new one if you are out of warranty. I couldn't find any repair solutions that were cheaper than buying a new unit.
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Mined works and still does, contact amazon or the seller and ask for a new one. It could be defective. Try another unit first, then call it quits after that. It pretty straight forward 8 hrs of sun with the cord to the panel. Check to see if their are any switches for on / off. I don't think that is the case in this model. If not I have other solutions for lighting that work as well.
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I also charged mine for 24 hours, actually longer cause I charged it in the guest bathroom. Anyway, I pressed the button and while holding it you slide it up and it turns on. Maybe charge it longer and if that doesn't work it might be a defected one. Hope you can figure it out, otherwise you'll have to send it back and wait to get another one. I love mine, so it would be worth the wait if you had to return it.
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I keep mine in the "AUTO" position. When in the holder during daylight hours it remains off, in the dark the "Night Lite" stays on unless there is a light on in the room. At any time, day or night if I grab it out of the holder the light is a constant "ON". When in hand I will turn the control to on or off depending on what I need. When it goes back in the holder I put it back to "AUTO". This question got me wondering so I went around the house and checked them all, they are all working properly. I don't see a way to replace the battery, I'll look into that.
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I think I solved it. Once you clean it as the manual says you need to reset the system. With it plugged in but NOT turned on, put a paperclip or something in the reset button and press the (I think) Timer button. Should work then. The reset procedure I just described is in the manual right after the cleaning instructions.Thats funny V. Montez, I did the same thing - put it away for a cpl months and finally decided to tackle that damn blinking red light. Its all working well now!
1088921
Mine just arrived. I can't make the light work no matter which way I put the batteries in, nor is there a switch or button to push to turn it on if it did work. What's the story with the "5 LED" light?
2051949
All i did was make sure the light was on with all pixels lighting and plugged into a wall outlet. The light went out and began to chage. Once I pulled the light from the outlet it automatically goes on - which I think replicates its use in a power failure. Hope this helps...
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According to the manual, you have to stare at the green light, which is on solidly, and watch for a red flash, and count the seconds between. About 30 or so seconds, the battery is okay. About half of that, and it is not. Keep reading- it doesn't work the way the manual says!!!! I have only caught one low battery this way. I have never had them chirp, due to a low battery- they have consistently set off all of the alarms in the house, full volume and noise, for several seconds- VERY disconcerting, especially to the kids, and to me, in so far as they automatically assume that it is a battery issue, versus leaving the house. To be honest, so do I, after having been awoken several times in the middle of the night, due to this incredible poor design, (or flawed construction- the instructions don't say that this is how they are supposed to work.) In one instance, I had checked for the red flashing light timing, for indication of a low battery, about 4 days before the stupid thing went off again. Maybe it is just me, but I have neither the time, nor patience, to stare at each of these things every day or two, for a minute apiece, in hoping to catch a low battery before they go off. If I had the option (I don't own the house,) I would gladly buy something else, and would have replaced them all, at my own expense, long ago.
2165468
Agree with other 2, make sure it charged because that's how you turn it on. I've had no trouble with mine, works beautifully.
1963215
The light on top was alternating red/green. I thought it might mean the batteries, but I checked & they are fully charged.Now, I can't get it to work at all, no lights, no pump, nothing...yes, the batteries are installed correctly. Any ideas?
345963
Have you considered that it may be just broken ? It should light up right when you plug it in. Play with the sensitivity ... If still nothing them obviously it's broken.
494498
Not trying to sound like a smart-ass but did you plug it in all the way? I had that issue one night while trying to get pix of the northern lights. After coming inside and seeing it in good light, I pushed it in further and problem was fixed. Pat's answer is great advice.