Originally Posted by
Koyote
Thanks for the rec,
kingston . +1 on the backup - always a good idea.
By "crap out," I presume you mean the batteries die, and not the light itself(!)
I mean the light itself. I have had 3 die in the last 8 or 9 years since I got my first one. They have a 5 year warranty so 2 were replaced by the retailer. I could have gotten the third replaced but I was too lazy to send it back to Germany.