+1

It's par for the course for DX lights. Good luck. Mine lasted 8 months before it gave up the ghost.....



As for a better quality light, I picked up the older MC-E version of the below light from Shining Beam, and it's been dead solid. It's far higher quality than the DX lights.

http://www.shiningbeam.com/servlet/t...-dsh-50/Detail